[ron69912t]

Saturday morning I was invited to a 356 owners tech session at a 356 shop in Glenview IL. It was a very informative meeting on engine problems and sheet metal repair. Stressed that you can never tell what lies beneath the paint no matter who you are! The better it looks the greater the chance of a body problem. They showed examples of welded together body parts that were horrible and plain dangerous. All hidden by bondo and a nice paint job.

Learned a lot, nice bunch of guys, all 356 owners, some had more than one. My friend had his 1961 Super 90 at the event. It was started after 20 years of storage in an Arizona garage. Beautiful white with red upolstery and a factory sun roof (mechanical). The shop owner said it was the most rust free 356 he had ever seen. Needs brakes and some minor things.

He also had in the shop a 69 912 Targa (silver color) with some engine damage, brass in the oil filter. A beautiful blue 1955 356 cabrolet and two red 356 C's and a couple of engines. And shelves full of parts.

FYI

Ron D