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1964 Porsche 356 / 356c on 2040-cars

Year:1964 Mileage:81758
Location:

Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States

Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States
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Selling this project that never got started.

I have the glass (no cracks), most of the trim, gauges, seats, original wheels, gas tank, wiper motor and arm assembly, original Hella lenses, rear seats, engine lid louvers, and all of what I would call the major parts. Some of the smaller parts are new repro or NOS, like some trim pieces, some lenses, a Bosch distributor, and some other miscellaneous stuff.  Motor and drivetrain are original and complete.

Rockers and floor are totally shot. Lots of surface rust throughout interior metal.  The last (original) owner started to do some patch work and didn't do a good job; it has to be redone. Doors, window channels, roof, engine lid are decent. nose is fair. trunk lid (in front) is rough. Door hinges are good and with no door sag. I think most if not all of the metal needs attention, but certainly not beyond restoration.

As far as I know, the car drove up until about 1985 when it was put in a garage where it sat until I took ownership in 2012. It deteriorated quite a bit as the garage it sat in was not suitable for storing a car. 


I am more interested in a roadster than a hardtop. I was going to chop the top off but couldn't bring myself to butcher a restorable car of this stature, so I'm sadly letting it go in search of something else.

I'll be happy to answer any questions or send additional photos.

   


On May-22-14 at 12:24:39 PDT, seller added the following information:

*UPDATE - I stated in the description that "Motor and drivetrain are original and complete".  After being asked to provide the body VIN and Engine ID,  I realized that I never actually researched it myself and just took the word of the previous (original) owner of the car.  I did not verify that it is in fact the original 1964 engine in the car.  I did some research but the numbers I found were inconclusive.  Body ID is 128304.   Engine ID 733213.   I do not want to misrepresent what is here, so please check for yourself and make you own conclusions. 

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