Entries Categorized as '356'

356 Found at Bottom of Wisconsin Lake

Date July 2, 2008

Some folks in Wisconsin got a call from the Sheriff awhile back. It seems a landowner found a car in their pond and wanted it out of there. The Sheriff told the folks if they helped get it out, and there was no foul play involved and it wasn’t reported stolen, they could have it. [...]

Natural Gas Speedster?

Date February 9, 2008

Wow, check this out. French company PGO Auto will unveil this natural gas powered 356 replica at the Geneva Auto Show in March. Called the Cévennes Turbo-CNG roadster, this car has a 1.6 liter turbocharged I4 that runs on compressed natural gas. It has a compression ratio of 11:1 and produces 150 hp and 155 [...]

Small-Block Sacrilege? Or Crazy Genius?

Date August 31, 2007

Over at Jalopnik, a reader by the name of “Junkman” sent them pictures and info about his outrageous Chevy 400-powered ’57 Porsche 356. The fender flares are pretty hideous, but the craftsmanship that went into this conversion looks to be top-notch. Junkman says “It’s all steel, crazy fast, surprisingly good handling and totally offensive to [...]