Yum.. 1957 356A

[evolveVW]

Thought I'd share, since these gorgeous cars are few and far between. Have any good shots Rich?

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[blk.raddo]

WOW!!! That looks absolutely spectacular. Is that car located in Syracuse somewhere?

[useanimagination]

I'm so jealous you got to touch that car....

If I've gathered my info correct, this is RichB's friend Gerry's car.

[evolveVW]

Yes.. Gerry is local. The car has 277k on it. Running a 108 or so hp 912 engine vs the old 60hp one.

[boostin20v]

damn man you did a smokin' job on that paint!

[shortbus]

drool drool

[20vB5er]

that caught my eye this morning on Rt. 57. i was pleasant distracted.

it looks great, vin.

[evolveVW]

the paint was not my doing. All I did was do the interior and wash it, and dress the tires. The paint was freshly buffed, with not one line or anything from being touched. I was ver yhesitant to touch the outside of it and screw that up. Naturally, the rinse water spotted as it dried, and i was pulling my hair out trying to make the car look perfect.

[VWTUNING]

that thing is ****ing sick!

[RichB]

I'll have some pics which I will post when I get a chance... but I just got off the phone with Gerry and had to post this news....

Gerry attended a small Porsche show (around 40 cars... its a annual regional event at/near Belhurst Castle) in Geneva yesterday (Sunday) with the 356. The car came in second in its class (beating out a car Gerry lost to last year, but losing to a Cabriolet). Despite the second place finish in his class, the car won Best of Show! Needless to say, Gerry is very happy and pleasantly surprised (he is not big into the competitive show car thing... you can see from the couple of 100K miles he has put on the car he enjoys driving it more than anything else). Congrats needs to go out to Vinny who's hard work helped in making it possible! :)

This is quite an accomplishment because there are a number of other excellently restored/maintained (concours winning) vintage Porsche's in upstate NY.

[customfabvw]

i have a 1961 356 in storage at my friend gary's house.

[evolveVW]

I was surprised when Gerry called to tell me. It made my day. Its always great when something you take pride in doing makes someone else happy.

[RichB]

i have a 1961 356 in storage at my friend gary's house.

Sweet! What kind of shape is it in? Got any pics??? We need more info! :) :) :)

[customfabvw]

no pics yet, but i am gonna be bringing it home, i am thinking about doin a resto on it but making it more race than anything!