Spiff up Engine Compartment

Got all of my stickers from Stoddard.

i think the oil filter should be in another color,,Shell yellow or whatever oil was popular then..

Klasse 356. A Bosch sticker for your coil, a valve adjustment sticker for your fan shroud .006 that’s about all

Here’s that photo I promised.

@Marshall posted:

Here’s that photo I promised.

Crying out for some lovely red Uni pre-filters.

@Marshall
Well!  Nice engine compartment with everything in the proper place!

Interesting key-lock for the engine lid, too.

You have a 1971 or later fan shroud, probably with the wider (more volume) fan.  If you’re wondering about the big indentation at the top, middle of the shroud, that was to clear the old oil bath air cleaner on the single carburetor mounted in the center on a stock Bug.

I’m with Alan - Klasse 356 should have those stickers and if not, try Stoddard’s    They seem to have a bunch.

https://klasse356.com/catalog/...ms.asp?Category=DECL

https://www.stoddard.com/porsc...s/decals-labels.html

@Alan Merklin posted:

Klasse 356. A Bosch sticker for your coil, a valve adjustment sticker for your fan shroud .006 that’s about all

Standard is Orange/black iirc. I’ve also seen blue/black.

FWIW, if you’re handy and creative with hoses and fittings, there’s a place that sells those partial flow oil filters for early Willis Jeeps that are ~$75 vs the $400-$500 for the kit from Vintage.

http://www.darrylsgarage.com/speedster/speedster.htm

@barncobob posted:

i think the oil filter should be in another color,,Shell yellow or whatever oil was popular then..

I took my inspiration from an original 1962 Super 90. That was the original color for that year, make, and model. The oil filter was also this color when I bought it off eBay. Although it had a lot more rust on it  

Heres the motor I copied:

And this is from the 356 Registry:

'60 T5 Coupe "1600" H Filter Silver / Silver Fan shroud black
'60 T5 Coupe "1600 Super" Fram Silver / Silver Fan silvery-beige-greyish
'62 T6 Roadster "Super 90" H Filter Silver / Black Fan silvery-beige-greyish
'62 T6 Coupe "Super 90" Fram Silver / Silver Fan silvery-beige-greyish

@dlearl476 posted:

Standard is Orange/black iirc. I’ve also seen blue/black.

FWIW, if you’re handy and creative with hoses and fittings, there’s a place that sells those partial flow oil filters for early Willis Jeeps that are ~$75 vs the $400-$500 for the kit from Vintage.

They’ve gone up a little bit.

https://www.googleadservices.c...96BAgBEAo&adurl=

@Robert M your engine compartment is sublime.

@DannyP posted:

@Robert M your engine compartment is sublime.

Thank you Danny.

et al.

Thanks to everyone who contributed suggestions.  I've ordered a Bosch 12-V sticker for my coil and a valve adjustment sticker for the fan shroud.  I agree that's about all I should do aesthetically.  I'll look into that optional oil filter, though.  But I'm hesitant to change anything mechanically as she's running like a dream since we installed new carbs. 

Also, thanks for the Klasse link.  Didn't know of them.

Promise an updated photo when done.

Marshall

@Marshall posted:

et al.

I'll look into that optional oil filter, though.  But I'm hesitant to change anything mechanically as she's running like a dream since we installed new carbs.

Marshall

I use my original 356 oil filter as a crankcase breather. You could just install it and not hook anything up to it if you're trying for that authentic 356 engine look.

@Robert M posted:

I use my original 356 oil filter as a crankcase breather. You could just install it and not hook anything up to it if you're trying for that authentic 356 engine look.

I was thinking it would be an excellent stash for drug running. Do people still do that, or is it all the dark web now.

@Marshall posted:

Also, thanks for the Klasse link.  Didn't know of them.

Marshall

Yes, thanks from me, too. That’s where I got my coil sticker but I couldn’t remember the name.

I got a couple of orange/yellow blue coil stickers on eBay that were really high quality. Then I realized black coil/yellow sticker is what I needed.  I used a Pertronix coil and switched stickers.

I think that the Wolfsburg should be shown proudly.

And the 912 got the color match. Well really close powder coat. Are stickers really needs. Hahaha

(Pre-A currently on BaT)

Wonder what the 356 Registry says about the oil filter cannister colors?  Years ago I bought one off ebay and it is a patina-ed chrome that appears to be original.  Think it has a Knecht decal on it. This is online photo - but chrome like one I have.

I don't recall exactly, as I had two of these at one point.  Grey paint?  Black Paint? definitely not chromed.  Recent photos and some here show red paint.  Does not strike me as what I had, but maybe it was ... ??  Cars: '56 A Normal, '61 B S90

I had one at one time that was all black, with stickers.

I'm not sure if it came off a 356 or a 912. I had a generator, fan, shroud, carb linkage, and oil filter.

Don't know what this is exactly, its off the internet, but looks really familiar to me.

Google Porsche 356 engine, and see what comes back.

My 69 912 had a grey/black Fram.

Rich MacKoul and I worked up a comparison of a 356 vs a 356 A, so for the oil filter, this is what we have (sorry for the sucky formatting, but you get the idea):

@El Frazoo- I don't know anything about the filter canisters other than they're bypass and not full flow (and if guys really need something like that to make is more Porsche-like, whatever...), but I did notice that European tuner exhaust with it's longer back primary tubing (to more closely match the front primaries so it produces the best power).                                                                                                                                       And the quadruple tailpipe treatment is pretty cool too!

I thought the quad pipe exhaust pipes  were just right.  Nowadays, I think A1 sidewinders are the bomb.  Tastes (and displacements) change.

Also, I never really understood the old filter arrangement.  where you splash some of the oil on a thing that looks like a filter, and let the rest of the oil go hang.  What's up with that?  But . . . I changed my oil and filter about every 3k mi 30 HD in summer, 20 HD in winter and just did what I was supposed to do.  The coolest thing I have seen so far along these lines ws a faux filter on a VW Speedster replica, that looks perfect, but is the exact opposite of a full flow system: it was a no-flow system, completely cosmetic -- just a storage place for an oil rag and maybe four spark plugs.  The repro had all the right decals and so forth.  It looked pretty good.  But there are always tells, because a "modern" VW mill will never be an old 356. If you know where to look.

Added some steel braided hose today. The oil filter was an add on that Greg from VM did for me. The decals came with it.