NOS Porsche 356 B hood for sale

[JackWalter]

I have a NOS (New Old Stock) front hood for a T-5 bodied Porsche 356B that I've owned since the early 1970's that I'm putting up for sale to help defray the costs of my 1956 356A restoration. The hood has been hanging in my basement for the past thirty-five years and is a virgin unstamped hood. It is currently bare metal with a phosphate coating so you can see that there is no hidden damage or flaws.

I originally bought the hood when I did the first restoration of my car back in 1973. It had taken a shot in the nose that bent the original hood pretty badly and tweaked the nose downward by about half an inch. The body shop sort of reworked the damaged hood and trunk opening and got everything to fit but it wasn't right (lots of bondo). When I finally got the new hood it didn't fit properly because the body wasn't straight so I decided to set it aside in case I needed it later. Also because the new hood was for a B model the crown wasn't exactly right for an A model (although the edge contour is identical).

Thirty five years later I'm restoring the car properly. I wasn't sure if we were going to be able to salvage the original hood because of all of the previous damage but my body man is a true metalworker and was able to rework the original hood. First we used the new hood to get the nose back up where it belonged and rework the trunk opening (nothing like a nice new hood to make sure everything is correct) then we replaced the front 12" of the original numbers matching hood plus fixed all of the structural damage. I probably have more money tied up in reworking the original hood than I'm asking for the new hood.

Since I wasn't sure which hood we were going to have to use and the original primer that was applied to the NOS T5 hood had suffered over the years of storage I went ahead and had the new hood plastic media blasted when I had the rest of the car stripped. I knew that the old primer needed to be replaced since the new epoxy primers are so much better I felt that this wouldn't hurt the desirability too much. The hood has never had any numbers stamped into the hinge area like the ones that are installed - the structure and the hood are in new condition and will make the perfect replacement for anyone with a bent or rusty 356B hood. It can be used on an early 356A but the crown in the middle is a little lower and the support structure looks different.

******** sells new reproductions for $3200 - I'm asking $2900 for this original Porsche front hood. I'm in Roswell, Georgia just north of Atlanta and will deliver it within 100 miles of home for free. I can build a crate to ship it for around $50 in materials - the crate would be about 4 feet square by a foot thick and would probably weigh around 60 pounds with the hood in it. My zip is 30075 if you want to calculate shipping costs.

For more info or pictures contact Jack Walter - 770-402-7887

[JackWalter]

I'm dropping the price to a low, low $2500 - for a new old stock hood - tell your friends or anyone who has a rusty or bent hood (victims of unknowing gas station attendants) about this opportunity. The bills on my restoration are mounting up - need to pay the bodyman for all his great work.