I subscribed to the channel. I just came across it with the VW video! I had a Subscription to the Magazine back through the 1980's!! Bought them in the stores magazine racks before then!! We used to have BUG BASHES in North Carolina, and people would be here all the way from Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, etc, etc!!!😮😮 They were at Farmington Drag Strip, in Davie County, NC!! All the vendors, and Racers, and Visitors would stay in Winston-salem,NC at the Howard Johnson on Stratford Rd. Stratford was the Cruising Strip for All the surrounding counties, and Towns!! GREAT TIMES!!🙂🙂😁🤔🤔🤔🤔😉😉😉😊❤
I owned a 1953 Coupe, 51022 and a Karman hardtop and a couple of "parts cars". There was no undercoating until the 1960's. . They were rust buckets in Calif in the 1970's when I bought mine. It had been undercoated, heavily brushed on and even the battery box was good, rare for a Porsche. replacing a hood is a nightmare, the variation in the nose of the car are Big. And the windshields have a 1/4" variation! Doors are the worse to replace. I had to replace my hood and in 4 tries found a descent fit, almost but not quite like the factory. And the rear sections all seem to interchange nicely. I was at a Porsche auction, Mr Porsche, I think, and at least 6 rear clips went unbid on. They are a nicely made car but the cancer is real and 45 years ago a reason to be Very careful. I see stuff on ebay that literally should be illegal. When the body pad has cancer, the longitudenals, it gets in everywhere and was a problem for the 356 even in Calif. And all the nuts and bolts interchange with VW. I had a book showing all the interchange. Really, the 356 is like a Mustang: The chassis is Falcon with a Mustang... 356 is VW with Porsche body. This changed around 1960? but the difference is very small, I've forgotten the details, but a 1" variation in the wheel base maybe.
My boss worked in the body shop at Porsche before coming to America. He told me the stampings were so non-uniform for the 911s,each door,fender,etc. required much labor to fit properly to the body-shell. If one tried to put a donor body-part on another 911 it would not fit right, because at the factory those sheet metal parts were reworked for each individual car on the line.
@@dmcnamara9859 Yep, and that' s why restoring a 356, they're worse than 911, one can easily become a night mare. But I see 356's on ebay that are cancer ridden relics and are missing major parts yet they sell for over $10K, even $20K and more. And we need to wake up and get our values adjusted.
Made by hand was once a moniker of quality. Mechanization is even derided by comparison at 9:35. But automation proved its worth and attitudes changed. Today's Porsche factory is as impressive as the cars it makes.
Must have been more job satisfying to work back then in such a Car industry. I worked in Holden's and Chrysler in the 80ties and already then it was nothing but rush and pressure at the expense on quality.
I remember that column, always bought the latest issue of Hot VWs every month on my way home from work. Had a ‘63 bug at the time in the mid ‘80s. Probably.have about 3 or 4 years worth of issues in the basement of my ex-wife’s house.
Absolutely supreme quality and assembly!. Even the kit cars, some costing 100k+ can't compare! BTW they have modified VW motors. I'm a semi retired Porsche mechanic, age 74.
I subscribed to the channel. I just came across it with the VW video! I had a Subscription to the Magazine back through the 1980's!! Bought them in the stores magazine racks before then!! We used to have BUG BASHES in North Carolina, and people would be here all the way from Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, etc, etc!!!😮😮 They were at Farmington Drag Strip, in Davie County, NC!! All the vendors, and Racers, and Visitors would stay in Winston-salem,NC at the Howard Johnson on Stratford Rd. Stratford was the Cruising Strip for All the surrounding counties, and Towns!! GREAT TIMES!!🙂🙂😁🤔🤔🤔🤔😉😉😉😊❤
I owned a 1953 Coupe, 51022 and a Karman hardtop and a couple of "parts cars". There was no undercoating until the 1960's. . They were rust buckets in Calif in the 1970's when I bought mine. It had been undercoated, heavily brushed on and even the battery box was good, rare for a Porsche. replacing a hood is a nightmare, the variation in the nose of the car are Big. And the windshields have a 1/4" variation! Doors are the worse to replace. I had to replace my hood and in 4 tries found a descent fit, almost but not quite like the factory. And the rear sections all seem to interchange nicely. I was at a Porsche auction, Mr Porsche, I think, and at least 6 rear clips went unbid on. They are a nicely made car but the cancer is real and 45 years ago a reason to be Very careful. I see stuff on ebay that literally should be illegal. When the body pad has cancer, the longitudenals, it gets in everywhere and was a problem for the 356 even in Calif. And all the nuts and bolts interchange with VW. I had a book showing all the interchange. Really, the 356 is like a Mustang: The chassis is Falcon with a Mustang... 356 is VW with Porsche body. This changed around 1960? but the difference is very small, I've forgotten the details, but a 1" variation in the wheel base maybe.
My boss worked in the body shop at Porsche before coming to America. He told me the stampings were so non-uniform for the 911s,each door,fender,etc. required much labor to fit properly to the body-shell. If one tried to put a donor body-part on another 911 it would not fit right, because at the factory those sheet metal parts were reworked for each individual car on the line.
@@dmcnamara9859 Yep, and that' s why restoring a 356, they're worse than 911, one can easily become a night mare. But I see 356's on ebay that are cancer ridden relics and are missing major parts yet they sell for over $10K, even $20K and more. And we need to wake up and get our values adjusted.
Amazing footage! Thanks for sharing
Made by hand was once a moniker of quality. Mechanization is even derided by comparison at 9:35. But automation proved its worth and attitudes changed. Today's Porsche factory is as impressive as the cars it makes.
So sharp, timeless design!!
Wow, awesome film. Thanks for sharing.
Must have been more job satisfying to work back then in such a Car industry.
I worked in Holden's and Chrysler in the 80ties and already then it was nothing but rush and pressure at the expense on quality.
I sold early transporter parts to the editor Bruce. Mike Hornbecker did Dime Time, a monthly column in Hot VW's. He was my neighbor.
I remember that column, always bought the latest issue of Hot VWs every month on my way home from work. Had a ‘63 bug at the time in the mid ‘80s. Probably.have about 3 or 4 years worth of issues in the basement of my ex-wife’s house.
Absolutely supreme quality and assembly!. Even the kit cars, some costing 100k+ can't compare! BTW they have modified VW motors.
I'm a semi retired Porsche mechanic, age 74.
Porsche cars are really a better betty getters then most cars by far...
@8:20,they didn't do a very good job of rust prevention as we found in the 1980's when the floors dissolved in humid weather. 😁
True of all cars of the era.....
All cars back then had rust issues. Not just Porsche.
Porsche began zinc coating in 1977.
no, 1976 - I had such a car ( 911 G Model 165HP) and it last 24 years without corrosion, then I sold it - unfortunately @@Edgy01
Wish I had ALL THE PORSCHES in the VIdeo !!!!!!!!
Do they make everything in the dark? Lol😂❤
Wonderful ! And l don't do Porsche !
No wonder how they rusted so bad. Great beautiful cars. Sad they rusted more than a vw beetle
Awesome, but they still all rust out
they rusted from the inside out
Thank God they’re not made like that any longer!
Bly gemaakte Volkswagen 😘
Nowadays robots do a very much superior job.
And they make cars with no soul
Bodies were never dipped in a tank to be electro coated with an anti rust primer,,,Thats why they were rust buckets