1960 Porsche 356 1600 S Cabriolet
vin: 153255


Price: $65,000

please call 770-427-2844 ext. 16
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Engine:

  • A. 912 counterbalanced crankshaft
  • B. Recent top end overhaul with new rings valves and guides Headwork by Competition Engineering
  • C. All engine sheet metal powder painted
  • D. Carbs completely overhauled by Eurometrics to new factory specs
  • E. New clutch assembly, alternator, engine hardware, and coil
  • F. Gastank cleaned and refinished, new gaskets and fuelcock.

Transmission:

  • A 5000 mile rebuild
  • B. New shift bushings and swing axle boots.

Brakes:

  • A. Newer brake shoes, wheel cylinders and wheel bearings
  • B. New master cylinder and stainless brake flex lines
  • C. Rebuilt pedal cluster

Wheels and Suspension:

  • A. Four new bilstein gas shocks
  • B. New kingpins and linkpins
  • C. New 5 1/2 inch chrome wheels and S-90 hubcaps
  • D. Original spare tire and wheel
  • E. New front and rear suspension bushings
  • F. Rear torsion bars removed regreased and reset
  • G. New Yokohama 205/50x15 low profile tires

Body:

  • A. Just completed bare metal freshening of older restoration
  • B. Extensive rework or replacement of all previously repaired metal, including:
    • 1. front closing panels
    • 2. headlight buckets replaced with new
    • 3. front fender doglegs
    • 4. battery tray
    • 5. headlight bucket surpports
    • 6. door sides and bottoms
    • 7. heater tubing and supports (incredibly hot heat!)
    • 8. jack supports
    • 9. rear torsion bar area
    • 10. rear engine bay
    • 11. rear firewall/top mounting area
    • 12. doorjambs front and rear
  • C. Repaint in factory color polyurethane
  • D. All original engine bay, front trunk, and floorpan sound deadening painstakenly replaced.(the car is very quiet)
  • E. All rubber seals replaced
  • F. Seventeen hundred dollars spent on rechroming of factory original parts
  • G. Older hartzcloth top, with new top bow. Hartzcloth topboot and bag are new
  • H. New decostrips, lenses and badges
  • I. New door latch lock cylinders, with matched factory key blanks
  • J. Great attention to detail and perfection when refitting doors and top seals to insure reasonableness in doorlines and a leakproof car.

Interior:

  • A. Brand new totally restored wine leather seats. Wine interior with matching wool carpeting
  • B. New rubber mats, under red plush logo mats
  • C. Cad plated seat tracks with new cad plated hardware
  • D. New chrome window cranks and door handles
  • E. All Door hardware and window mechanisms carefully cleaned, painted, lubricated , and reassembled with new hardware.
  • F. Nardi mahagany steering wheel with matching knob
  • G. New sunvisors, glove box and glovebox liner. (over five hundred dollars spent here)
  • H. Orginal tool kit, owners manual, service manual, radio manual, and embossed cover
  • I. Ashtray new and unused
  • J. New wooden floorboards
  • K. New chrome carpet threshold strips.

Electrics:

  • A. New battery and factory battery cover
  • B. H-4 headlamp bulbs
  • C. Newly rebuilt speedometer and tachometer
  • D. Blaupunkt am fm cassette in unmodified factory radio hole
  • E. Power amplifier and blaupunkt dual cone speakers
  • F. Older rebuilt tachometer and gas/temp gauge
  • G. New generator
  • H. Factory driving light option (very rare)
  • I. Rebuilt factory horns Over $ 28,000 has been spent over the last year and a half to make this cab not a concours entry but rather a great driver and a tastefully correct refurb
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