#301111 were and are still red.
John
#301111 were and are still red.
John
1959 356 Coupe, 1600 Super, sold
1960 356 Roaster, race car, SCCA, sold
1960 356 Roadster, show car, sold.
1962 356 Cab, show car, sold.
1965 911 #301111, Red Book Vol 1 "Cover Car," owned 54 years.
1967 911 #307347, bare-bones, some road wear, a little surface rust, and a few dents..., owned 14 years.
1970 914/6GT, (Sold - ran the last three Rennsports)owned 30 years.
Photography Site: JohnStraubImageWorks.com
Registry #983
R Gruppe #741
I thought I read what I thought was very interesting post yesterday explaining the variations in parts from one car to another due to the relative small size of the Porsche factory and the challenges it had establishing relationships with its vendors. The post did a lot to show that early Porsches were NOT all cookie-cutter cars. Now that post is gone! I must've been dreaming.
John Schiavone
Connecticut
356 Cab, 66 911, 914-6, 550-Beck, 981 Cayman, 54 MV Agusta Dustbid
Checked the heater flappers a bit further... no splines on the axle (just rust )
Cheers
Reuben
member 2971 Jacques
911 March 1965
912 April 1965
911 May 1965
964 RS clone (one of many)
964 Targa original Dutch police car (one of 45)
964 Turbo 3.6 (one of 1450)
993 S Vesuvio (one of 250)
So much material in this thread so not sure if already mentioned, but while refinishing wood dash on 1744 discovered that base to which wood veneer is applied is actually made from white molded plastic. Only the ashtray piece is made entirely of wood. The beveled edges of the white plastic are painted flat black to hide color. On other SWB dashes I’ve restored the dash base is made from a lesser quality wood, not plastic. Strange that they would start with plastic and then switch to wood for dash bases on later cars. Has anyone else experienced this?
John Schiavone
Connecticut
356 Cab, 66 911, 914-6, 550-Beck, 981 Cayman, 54 MV Agusta Dustbid
John, the 1964 and early 1965 that I have worked with were molded compressed wood composite.
Did your later plastic core have the face bevel and the edge bevel also?
Note the very early dashes were from six pieces, there is a joint in the radio panel - just above the ashtray. From about spring 1965 it became a single panel, for a total of five parts.
(Sorry for the bottom pieced together photo - reflections are hard to work with).
Bob
Early S Reg #370
Bob:
Pretty sure face and edge are beveled -- looks like they add the veneer and then bevel trim -- but I'll check. my 1744 is five piece, no split at radio. Also, my backing appears to be a hard plastic molded in white -- not compressed wood composite.
John Schiavone
Connecticut
356 Cab, 66 911, 914-6, 550-Beck, 981 Cayman, 54 MV Agusta Dustbid
From Bob:
John, the 1964 and early 1965 that I have worked with were molded compressed wood composite.
Did your later plastic core have the face bevel and the edge bevel also?
Response:
Yes, face and edge beveled as shown in photo. But literally "digging deeper" found that the hard white plastic material is only a coating, underneath is composite wood. Assume they abandoned this plastic coating process later on...
John Schiavone
Connecticut
356 Cab, 66 911, 914-6, 550-Beck, 981 Cayman, 54 MV Agusta Dustbid
Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but when removing the window regulators from 301744 noticed round metal rollers as opposed to 66 and later rectangular plastic. Just in case someone ever documents all of this....
John Schiavone
Connecticut
356 Cab, 66 911, 914-6, 550-Beck, 981 Cayman, 54 MV Agusta Dustbid