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Porsche 356 "HotRod"...?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by McKee, Mar 12, 2008.

  1. VonMoldy
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    chopped it
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  2. I like it. It is a bit overdone, but the workmanship looks great. I always like to get ideas from builds like this, and my dad has always been a porsche guy, so I have been around them my whole life. I guess because of that I like to see what the Euro side of the car world is doing as well.
     
  3. Indeed...Emory's shop/family does THE best hot rod 356's I have ever seen, very tasteful and subtle, much diferent that that silver thing which is way over the top and rather silly looking. My old '57 race car, wish I had kept it and turned it into an outlaw for the street...oh well.

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  4. e z i
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    the Germans always did build cool cars...[​IMG]
     
  5. gasit
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    Yes,I agree.I think this might have been the inspiration.
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  10. DocWatson
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    I found out not too long ago my uncle painted the 'Silver Bullet' I would ask him some questions but they all seem to be answered in the article.
     
  11. I guess this would be an ok place to post these photos. These came from a found Kodak slide "donut" from a goodwill store. There were other photos from Fort Hood or maybe Waco, Tx.. Obviously a service man that did a stint in Germany in the mid '50's.

    Some very cool Porsches here.

    Dan
     

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  12. More. I don't know all of the different models but there are a couple I've never seen before.
     

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  13. Karrera
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    Here's the Dean Jeffries Kustom Karrera from 1957 - its currently undergoing a full restoration.
     

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  14. customcory
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    I always wondered what was going on with the Jeffries 356.
     
  15. 50Fraud
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    Jeem,
    When I started at Art Center in '59, some student there had a really early, flat white split 356 -- the kind with the bumpers below the body instead of wrapping around. If you walked around this car you couldn't go more than a foot without passing a dent you hadn't seen before. "Roached" would be too kind a word for this POS. I remember thinking, I would never do that to a car myself, but I'd love to have it just for a beater.

    This was definitely the car you wanted!
     
  16. Jeem
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    Hahaha, sounds like it!
     
  17. Jeem
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    That's awesome to hear!
     
  18. smarg
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    thats one strange agent
     
  19. moses
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    oh hell ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!jeffrey
     
  20. omr007
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    Still for sale, or up for sale again?

    click here
     
  21. freeze plug
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    a few more interesting 356 examples

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  22. Little Wing
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    Race car yes,,hot rod no
     
  23. butch27
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    Freezeplug: What's the on with the front engine in it?
     
  24. itsahemithing
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    It started life as an V screen 356 .Sold to Jeff.He cut it up in 24 hrs & gave the rest back to Greg.A bloke who has been collecting 356's for 40 years & a very good friend of Jeff's.Jeff Dutton is a panel beater/mechanic.I didnt get the rest of the story from Greg yet.But I'll ask him next week .The car did a lot of racing before it was sold.
     
  25. Flatheadguy
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    Eigenbau at it's best!!
     
  26. shock733
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    thats one bad ass porsche
     
  27. uniquecoaches
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    Porsches have been my favorite since I was a wee lad ,but I am crazy over these outlaw 356s. It is what Dr Ferdinand Porsche would have done in his spare time. I built a kit 356 speedster a few years ago and had a blast with it but always wanted a coupe to play with. aah maybe someday.
     

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  28. Ramblur
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    Don't know a bunch about Porsche's,but I haave fond memories of watching them rip around the Sebring airport in the 70's and 80's.The wife got a couple
    pics of this one at last months Roar and Soar show.

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  29. john walker
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    not a 356 obviously. i built this speedster from a '73 targa about 10 years ago. 3 liter turbo engine with SC cams and a K27 turbo. scary fast. sold it and recently traded it back not much worse for wear.
     

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  30. lostforawhile
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    very good thread, i wouldn't compare them a bit to volkswagons, i know the links, but they were built to go as fast as possible in a lightweight car, and of course James Dean drove one and sadly died in one, they are insanely fast. :D what other car company had a car with the nickname widowmaker?
     

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