Restoration of a 1960 Porsche 356 Super 90 sunroof coupe.
My dad was able to unearth some Polaroid photos of the car as originally found. A true barn find. He was a sales rep that drove quite a bit. He was traveling one of his normal routes shortly after a tornado had swept through the area. A couple of 356 that were formerly hidden away …
The engine arrived! The good news is it appears undamaged, and the boxes with the carburetors are still there. The bad news is the flywheel and torque wrench are missing. I can see someone walking off with a torque wrench, but who the hell would want an old rusting flywheel. I will think twice before …
Received the Kardex for our 1960 Porsche 356 T5 Super 90 today. It is reportedly a scan of the origin factory Kardex card, done for the Porsche factory for historical archiving reasons. It did not reveal much that we didn’t already know. Was really hoping for a sunroof mention. It is interesting to see how Porsche …
I guess you could say this is a classic “before” photo. The engine as it came out of the car. Before I tampered with it. We’ve decided to ship the engine to my house in California. It is small enough that I can get the rebuild going in my garage, without needing to park the …
