SC Coupe Restoration

[JTR70]

Looking good Tom!

Jack's right the top strip should hug the deflector profile. There is most certainly a left and right side orientation to these strips and a distinctive profile shape at each end. The back is sharp and elongated to mate up to the deflector and the front tip is much blunter in shape. You may have yours switched or if you've acquired these you may find out that you two rights or lefts instead of a matched pair. I learned this one the hard way a while back.

Like a moron I sold all the original frames to this car thinking they are all the same. This side fit natural

But this strip ended up being a touch too long as Jack described.

Excess was removed to fit this car properly.

Live and learn but so glad I found out all before chrome plating.
Sorry I missed catching up with you guys at Dana this year...
Justin

[Jack Staggs]

Tom, those window frames seem to be all over the place, even on OG cars. I shoot for even gap at the vertical B pillar when veiwed from the side, even if they are wider from one door to the other. Yours looks good there. As far as the "tilt", the frames must be adjusted to allow good contact with the door seal to reduce wind noise. Don't worry too much about some differences there.
RE: the part you call the threshold strip. Yours seems to be a bit out of position. I could be moved a little rearward to give a tigher fit to the chrome wind deflector at the rear of the window frame. The gap looks too big there. That will give the needed relief at the front as well. You will need to build up the trailing edge of the door a bit, as the deflector and strip should not extend over the door surface. Irregular gaps at the very top of the door are common, but those chrome bits should not be flapping in the breeze over the edge, as your deflector is now. So don't sell your welder yet!
Sorry I missed you at DP Sunday. I was there from 10:30 till Chinese dentist time.

[tperazzo]

Thanks Jack,
My vertical dimension from the door bottom agrees with yours. Now it's just a matter of getting the 32ish dimension close. I'm feeling much better about punching those holes in, but I will still fit everything to make sure I can see before I do. I spent a good amount of time looking at Porsche tech service bulletins and came up empty on mirror locations. I looked at several cars at the Dana Point Concourse and they were all over the map. So I can't screw it up too bad

Last night I tinkered with the passenger window frame. It needed a bit of tweaking similar to the passenger side. I got the gap even all the way around although it's hard to see in the pictures due to shadows in my dark garage.









There are few things that I'm not 100% sure about though.

One is the angle of the frame relative to the B pillar. The drivers side lines up more parallel. I know I can slot the door bottom more and bring the top out, but that will also reduce the gap at the top some.





Second is the threshold strip seems too long at the front.






I guess given all the work that's been done to the doors and pillars I suppose I will need to grind the strip a bit, but I hate to do that.

Thanks for watching these minute details!

[Jack Staggs]

quote="tperazzo" post=34553]My welded holes seem a little too far toward the rear.

What do you think about this mirror pictured below? The mirror location seems to agree with the brown car that Jack sent the link to.




Thanks,
Tom[/quote

That looks pretty good. I took measurements off of a couple cars that I believe had factory fit Durant. Both had good visibility to the rear/flank, and excellent "near peripheral" vision (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_vision), regardless of seat location fore and aft.
From the bottom of the door, to the center line of the mirror base when mounted, appox 20 3/4 to 21".
From the rear of the door to the trailing edge of the mirror (not the gasket) when mounted, appox 32".
I will try to look further for factory diagram, but no joy thus far...

[213532]

Prior to launching the restoration of my car, I had two Durant mirrors. The passenger side was mounted symetrically with the driver's side but I added a 3 inch bubble mirror that worked great.

Mike

[tperazzo]

Thanks Steve for your response on the pin and reamer set. I sent you an email.

Also thanks for the mirror location feedback which is all good.

Since I'm average height, 5'11", I'd like the mirror to be in a well accepted position asthetically. I do understand that there is a lot of variability, but my plan is start with the universally accepted position and adjust from there with the seat/pedals in the car. From what I've seen so far most of the variability is in the front to rear direction. I usually drive with the seat almost all the way back, but I will put the pedals and seat back in and report my findings when I get some more garage time. I probably need to put the wind wing back in to huh. (Funny picture by Trevor). This summer has been full of fun activities but I'm dying to finish my pre-paint to do list.

Thanks again for all the input...you guys are awesome.
Tom

[John Pierce]

Roy,

You're driving on the wrong side of the road!


JP

[roy mawbey]

Tom,

I know my 356 is an 'a' might make a difference to your SC but Justin is correct sit in and get someone to move it to the correct place. But I would place the swivel in the mid position to allow for correction.

I took a few photos of mine today with a ruler in mm. Try that first before drilling anything.







Roy

[Don C]

+1 what Justin said. Why mount them if they don't work? I'm 5'7" and the location I posted earlier work for me.

[JTR70]

Seems those mirrors where placed all over that upper quadrant. If it was my project I'd take Bruce's earlier advice and position that mirror so it "works" for me sitting in the drivers seat. Better still an even split of utility and aesthetics; leaning toward the utility side.

[tperazzo]

My welded holes seem a little too far toward the rear.

What do you think about this mirror pictured below? The mirror location seems to agree with the brown car that Jack sent the link to.




Thanks,
Tom

[Jack Staggs]

Tom, I posted the wrong link. Correction made.

Ya know Tom, I've been staring at the previously welded holes on your door pix, and they actually look pretty darn good on close review. Do they line up well with the access hole?

[Trevor]

Here are a couple of pics that demonstrate the wrong positioning of the mirror.

[Don C]

Jack, I take no offense! I'm pretty new to the 356 world and love learning all the little nuances on these cars. Whoever mounted the outside mirrors must have given some thought to their location as they actually work. They don't give a big field of view but I can see PART of a car in the blind spot when you lose it in the inside rear view mirror.

[foamcar]

Tom
Thanks for fessing up. I too put my door bottoms in before in knew what I know now. Even with Bruce's email guidance and pictures, I could have done a better job. Biggest mistake I made was not understanding Bruce's directions and not asking for clarification. I did not get the slight vertical curvature into the replacement lower piece and tried to put it in after the piece was welded in. This has caused some distortion above the weld line. Not terrible(<1/16"), but I have been working on removing it. I have one door pretty good now, but have yet to tackle the other one.