Porsche 356 SC

The vehicle in detail

As always, the preliminar step before any restoration, consists in studying the factory production information. In the case of this Porsche : the Kardex. Which taught us that:

– It is a correct 1600 SC Convertible

– This Porsche 356 was sold new in Bielefeld/Germany

– Was originally Hell Elfenbein, which is the white colour the car still has today.

– Chassis n° 161199 comes from a range of 356C Convertibles built end of 1964 for model year 1965.

– The original engine 821426 comes from a series of engines (821181 to 821701) of the type 616/16 engines , which are 95 HP SC engines from end 1964.

The actual engine in the car with n° 821165 is from the same type of SC engines (range 820523 to 821180) slightly older but also in 1964.

– Note: the KD stamped for the engine number means “Kunden Dienst” which indicates it is a factory exchange engine of the correct type and HP.