300090

[John Straub]

Very cool stuff!

John

[Chuck Miller]

Excellent...………….. and amazing …

Your new adventures have just begun....

Cheers and luck,
cm

[300090]

Davep probably can confirm but I think it's 19.11 completed, 4.12 it left the factory. So it was waiting for 15 days before it was sent out to Sonauto

Philippe

[300090]

Here are some pictures of the Water Drip Pan we removed from the 300090.
What is strange for me is that there is no reference: 901.571.231.23 / 90157123123
Any idea?
Thanks,
Philippe







Unfortunately the drain tube connection seems to have been cut:

[Dr_Danger]

I had a similar repro part on my '65 car, I believe all early "drip trays" should be fiberglass unpainted.

[pss]

my records show that until car 1115 all cars had the polymer dripping pans. I think they experienced problems with this while water was leaking from the seam between the 2 halves. Then they switched to the fiberglass.

Great to see that the very early ones had a different design apparently.

[pss]

Hi all,
Here are the 5 gauges of 300090.
They are all dated October 1964 except the speedometer which is dated November 1964.

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Fuel/oil level: October 1964:

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Oil temperature/pressure: October 1964:

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Tachometer: October 1964:

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Clock: October 1964:

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Speedometer: November 1964:

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I do not know if it was done at the factory but the reference written by hand on the speedometer is the correct one:

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Restore the gauges?
in France we have a very good specialist who restores, repairs and adjusts the VDO instruments.
I think entrust the five gauges to him.
In order to clean, check and repair the interior, the specialist must of course remove the existing trim rings and replace them with new ones.
Do you think this could harm the authenticity?

We have another question about the speedometer reset knob.
During the 1964 production the reset knob was in Bakelite:

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As the pictures show, the speedometer of 300090 which is from 1964 has the knob from 1965.
• Does anyone know when exactly Porsche changed the knob?
• The knob may have been replaced by a previous owner?

Anyway, if anyone has this Bakelite reset knob for sale please contact me.

Thanks,
Philippe

Philippe, great thread !!!!
When restoring my gauges by THE Dutch VDO specialist, I had my trim rings replaced. He reproduced theses (brass/chrome). There seems no way to disassemble the gauges without damaging the rings. You cannot have them in yr sight all day long being dented.

[pss]

Hello experts,
Here are some pictures of the steering rack we removed from the 300090.
There is no identification plate nor stamped date only this reference : 78 20 501 112 (7820501112)
Do you think it could be the original rack?
Thanks,
Philippe

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For what it is worth, some comparison to early 1965. The 1964 versions have only 1 mount for the damper (blue circle), as I also see in early 1965. See picture of 300700. However my 700 version has a small console for the number, which I do not see on the 1964 versions. Will check the cast tomorrow. Later cars had a second mount where my console is (red circle).


Later cars have 2 mounts and I assumed this would be to use the rack for both LH and RH steered cars (?) Discussion was not concluded I think and I have little evidence on when this changed. At least before 1379, as this car has 2 mounts.
I posted this feature in the 'special 64 features on 65 cars' thread, post 316.

[pss]

Today it is 55 years since the 300090 was completed.
The factory build book indicates that three cars completed that Thursday:

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Sorry I can’t show entries of the other cars.

We hope for the return of the car for his 56 years.

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Again thank you all for your support and advice.
Philippe

Ha, the build book also answers the antenna question: no Blaupunt Köln remark placed, so delivered without a radio, hence the antenna on the RHS.

[preS]

Ha, the build book also answers the antenna question: no Blaupunt Köln remark placed, so delivered without a radio, hence the antenna on the RHS.

Is it no Blaupunkt Koln remark placed or no Blaupunkt remark placed? In other words was the Koln the only option for those cars?
Also - I missed that - is a RHS antenna factory, and left dealer?

Thanks

Richard