356A Coupe restro

[greg356a]

Still digging in!

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[greg356a]

More digging in and more panels ordered

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[Gary71]

That’s some digging!

[greg356a]

Still hoping to find a pot of gold

[greg356a]

Slowly collecting parts to rebuild the engine, mostly with the great help from Paul at PRS

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I guess given the current state of the globe, not surprising there are a lot of parts on back order.

[neilbardsley]

Those heads look very clean. Are they new?

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[greg356a]

Yes, they are new Willhoit WR heads. These should make a big difference when fitted to the 1720 barrels and pistons, SEX2 cam shaft, etc

[roy mawbey]

Gregg you know in the mid sixties I was looking at 356 cars to buy in the hundred to one hundred pounds region to buy. All I seemed to see were rusty ones so in the end ended up seeing one in 1968 for £440 that seemed okay and it was really, but I had rust soon found that out, but I was able to control it so its still with me.

But the rusty ones I saw some only 10 years old were probably saveable you have a lot on your plate to restore yours. Of course you can get panels but its never easy. You are doing well and I hope it all goes to plan. Its patience and time Gregg.
Keep at it and well done so far!

Roy

[hashman]

Ooooh, with those heads that should go nicely.
I just wish my budget would stretch to some of those
Its gonna be very nice when done.

Karl.

[Hugo 356]

Speaking to Mike Smith today and he was saying the Willhoit heads flow better than the originals & unlikely to crack because they take the smaller diameter spark plugs

[neilbardsley]

John does seem to produce some quality kit with proper Dyno time and figures behind. Just get your wallet ready

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[greg356a]

Patience and trust.
So the 356 has been with the body shop for quite some time with little recent action. The guys at the shop have just employed a metal beater / fabricator, who will initially work on my car full time. I have seen his work and its excellent, last job was an E Type. So fingers crossed we are back on track and will have some significant progress to report over the coming weeks and months. This was never meant to be a full restoration just a freshen up. Body/Paint/Engine/ Some mechanical etc. I guess that is most of the car then

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[greg356a]

Happy to report positive progress.

I really did not realise the car was that bad. I know, age old story, it should not be a surprise but oh the pain.

So body shop guys kindly took regular pics and sent over whole collection on progress. It may take a while to work out some of the pics.

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Actually quite jealous, would love to work on the car 10 hours a day, day after day.

Starting to dream about final colours again.

[hashman]

You'll need the extra performance you're building into the engine to push all that extra new metal around.

It is looking good though.

Karl

[greg356a]

Hi Karl,

Working on the theory that rust is heavier than fresh metal should be ok