1956 Porsche 356 European

[deluxecustoms71]

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! Here's some before-after pictures to give you and idea of what it took....

[JTR70]

Beautiful work! This car appears very straight! I am impressed with how fast you guys knockout this car. So you gave the owner back a painted assembly ready shell? You guys are not putting the car together? Thanks again for posting this build. Justin

[deluxecustoms71]

Yes ready to assemble. The customer chose to assemble this car himself. That is option we give the customer, if they wanna save some $$$ on the project... Our other thread with the 58 Speedster is being fully assembled by us (Deluxe Customs) again that was the customers choice.

[deluxecustoms71]

[roy mawbey]

Car looks great but I have a question? I notice the 'european' badge on the front wing ( fender ). Over the years seen a lot of 356 cars and why don't I remember that badge? Yes, 'continental'I know but, was that badge only supplied for short time on cars to the USA?

Maybe my eyes have just missed that for years

Roy

[MMW]

Not sure if this is true but I had this discussion recently at Hershey as there was a "European" 356 there.

I was told that Porsche originally used Continental but was challenged legally by Lincoln as they already had a Continental model in the US. Porsche then changed to European in place of Continental.

True or not? I don't know. Waiting for someone else to answer.

[JTR70]

Thanks for the updated photos Matt. This coupe really turned out Beautiful!!

Mic, you are correct. Lincoln sued Porsche for their copyrights to the name "continental". European was the short-lived replacement name.