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Florian,
This is a nice thread, I really wish you all the best on this project. I had not seen those 1951 356 photos from Justin before or maybe I did a long time ago. That car just looks fabulous. As does the original one.
I also concur the performance of the early car's was good for the time when produced but lacking really on today's roads. I covered many miles in the passenger seat of my brothers 51 split screen still then with the VW gearbox in the 60's. It was fun but so much better when we put the really early 1952 full syncro box in it from our 52 pre-a.
There is no getting away from it the improvements made over the 356 years made the ' driving' more interesting. ( Though I still hanker after driving an original early pre-A
)
Looks like Justins and others resto pages on here, will help you so much when you come to start on it. If you can follow them you will do it, some great metalwork and great methods of doing it.
I will be watching
Roy
This is a nice thread, I really wish you all the best on this project. I had not seen those 1951 356 photos from Justin before or maybe I did a long time ago. That car just looks fabulous. As does the original one.
I also concur the performance of the early car's was good for the time when produced but lacking really on today's roads. I covered many miles in the passenger seat of my brothers 51 split screen still then with the VW gearbox in the 60's. It was fun but so much better when we put the really early 1952 full syncro box in it from our 52 pre-a.
There is no getting away from it the improvements made over the 356 years made the ' driving' more interesting. ( Though I still hanker after driving an original early pre-A
)Looks like Justins and others resto pages on here, will help you so much when you come to start on it. If you can follow them you will do it, some great metalwork and great methods of doing it.
I will be watching
Roy
looks to be Derby Red
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