January 28, 2017 | Research & Identification | 0 Comments

Enter what you would like to search for (such as VIN) and click Search.If the number that you searched on is in the database this is the screen you will see. Click on any of the "links in blue" and you will see this page with the complete history, that is in the database, of the VIN number that you have chosen.

April 7, 2014 | Research & Identification | 2 Comments

Click Below for a PDF of Porsche PET Katalog 1959 Katalog THIS PARTS CATALOGUE CONTAINS ALL ORDER INFORMATION OF TYPES 356 FROM MODEL YEAR 1950 - 1955 356-A FROM MODEL YEAR 1956 - 1959E_356_59_KATALOG.pdf 1965 Katalog THIS PARTS CATALOGUE CONTAINS ALL ORDER INFORMATION OF TYPES 356-B FROM MODEL YEAR 1960 - 1963 356-C FROM MODEL YEAR 1964 - 1965E_356_65_KATALOG.pdf

June 25, 2013 | Research & Identification | 2 Comments

by Bill Sargent Information on the V Series (64/65) Blaupunkt Koln radio.    There will be many PDF files. They are all the Blaupunkt factory circuit diagrams and specifications that allow a technician to repair and adjust the radio.  Russ Collins and I scoured the world to get them in order to repair the radio in my 64C. Koln U Series Board Layout PDF File 1 PDF File 2 Koln V Series Align PDF File 1 PDF File 2 PDF File 3 PDF File 4   Koln V Series Schematic Koln V Series Spare Parts Koln V Series Technical Data PDF File 1 PDF File 2 PDF File 3 PDF File 4        

June 10, 2013 | Research & Identification | 0 Comments

The attached diagram shows the internal construction of a plain bearing carrera dry sump oil tank.  Note that the earlier roller bearing carrera motors used a much more complex oil tank that was effectively a tank within a tank.

June 10, 2013 | Research & Identification | 1 Comment

Click here for a pdf of 356A carrera oil system from the tank and parts in the engine compartment all the way to the front of the car where the coolers sit.  This file is concentrated on the front coolers.

June 6, 2013 | Research & Identification | 3 Comments

356 A Carrera Oil Cooler information by Bill Sargent   1.       Click Here for a PDF file – 356 A Carrera Oil Cooler Brackets & Ducting.   Photos with notes for installation of the A carrera front oil coolers2.      Click Here for a PDF file - 356 A Carrera Oil Cooler Brackets & Ducting – 11 x 17 inch print.   Tracings of all oil cooler ducting parts full size if printed on 11 x 17 inch paper.3.      Click Here for a PDF file – 356 A carrera oil cooler mount block & brackets.   Somewhat crude drawing of the alloy mount block that the coolers and soft oil lines connect to.  Block also is used to mount the coolers to the mounting brackets.4.       Click Here for a PDF file – Metric Tube Fitting Assembly & Troubleshooting.   Parker Hydraulic manual for the EO style metric tube fittings used on all 356 carreras.  EO fitting information starts on page 28.

June 6, 2013 | Research & Identification | 4 Comments

356 A gas heaters by Bill Sargent          1.       Click Here for a PDF file – Porsche 356A BN2 Eberspacher Gas Heater Installation Manual.  Scan of late 50s factory installation manual for post deliver installation of the Eberspacher B2 gas heater used in Pushrod cars2.      Click Here for a  PDF file – Porsche 356A Carrera BN3 Eberspacher Gas Heater Instruction Booklet.  Scan of original 356 A carrera instruction manual for the B3 Eberspacher gas heater used only in A and B T5 carreras3.     See below for Photos – all parts necessary to install a Eberspacher B2 heater in a pushrod car and photos of an installed heater. Note that this installation of a B2 heater has the warm air hose routed as done in a factory carrera.   Note also that the heater exhaust is not factory stock.  The flex tube is used in place of a pressed sheet steel factory part that rusts out very early in the car’s life.   356 T6 B/C Eberspacher gas heater   Click Here for a PDF file – Eberspacher BN4 t...

September 24, 2012 | Research & Identification | 0 Comments

Remembering Hubert KinzlerBy Harrison McCaugheyI learned recently that a good friend, Porsche master mechanic and racing buddy has passed away. Very few people who entered my life have had as much positive impact as he did. And yet I wonder if he  understood how much he touched so many in such important and long-lasting ways.  He was one of a kind.I first met Hubert during a period that I must confess, was one of the low points in my life, sometime during the later months of 1969. I had been attached to a Navy attack squadron the previous year and it was during this period I traded a 1966 VW bug for a 1962 Porsche 356B S-90. As would soon be pointed out to me, I had made a significant blunder by making such a “deal”. I confess that I hadn't any idea of what to look for in a used Porsche (rust you say?) or how well it would handle (I just sold a VW bug and we all know how they handle). The engine looked a lot like a VW. I needed advice, and based at a naval air station in north centr...

May 22, 2012 | Troubleshooting & Repair | 4 Comments

Carrera Oil Lines by Bill Sargent The text below should help those wishing to assemble 356 Carrera Argus type soft oil line ends onto the stainless steel braided oil hose.  The process I use is based on instructions from Warren Eads (Sypder Sports) as well as discussions with Gerry McCarthy and Jim Ansite.  Shown below are the three parts of a carrera small soft oil line hose end. They are the original German "Argus" type fitting with a smooth collar. Current AN type fittings have flats on the collar for a wrench.  Hose end fitting sources:  Warren Eads (Spyder Sports - http://www.spydersports.com) can supply the original Argus type fittings.  As of 2010 Spyder Sports could also supply pre bent hard oil lines for the 356 carreras, however additional bending is required to fit the hard oil lines to a particular car.  Jim Ansite (Ansite Inc - http://www.ansiteinc.com) and Peter Hoffman (Classic Parts - http://www.classic-parts.com) can both supply the Argus hose end fittings with ...

May 12, 2012 | Troubleshooting & Repair | 3 Comments

By Adam Wright In the global economy we live in today most of the 356 parts we sell get shipped. While this is not big deal when you are selling a switch or a knob when you sell a complete motor it can get complicated. When I sell a motor I always crate it for free, for two reasons. The first being it is good customer service, the second being a damaged motor at the other end doesn't do anyone any good, me or the buyer. Years ago I had to crate my first motor and my first few crates were not very impressive. Big John commented once early on that I must be a graduate of the Dr. Seuss School of Crate-Building, because my crates were rather cartoon like, but they worked! Over time I have perfected a quick method for crating a 356 motor. I have never had a crate fail me and I have sent them all over the world, so this is a tired and true method. Step 1 You have to first get a pallet, I normally get one from Bargain Outlet, they put them out when they are finished with them, so they...