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Thanks!!
I've checked from time to time on Ebay... typing in "356 filter" or "speedster oil filter". Guess I better use the correct words. hehe.
I checked Ebay immediatly after reading your helpfull hint, and JUST missed out on a filter that was closing bidding in 20 seconds. What timing. I'll snag one soon. ;o)
Thanks!!!
This... is why this sight is so cool! ;o)
~Nick~
Here's the new version @$179:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-BUG-GHIA-356-NOS-FRAM-OIL-FILTER-F3-P-JUDSON-OKRASA_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6755QQihZ005QQitemZ150122945942QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

And here's now $10 one that is missing the hoses:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-FRAM-OIL-FILTER-1946-1947-1948-1949-1950-1951-1952_W0QQitemZ190157426379QQihZ009QQcategoryZ6763QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


I got a 356 chrome one off ebay ($30) awhile back - just need to add the decals.

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I can see using one of these as non functional, looks only approach. However, and in spite of Porsche buildings hundreds of thousands of 356's with them, these are not a good filter solution. Only a very small portion of the oil flow is filtered at any point in time. Something like 5% or so. If you have something circulating in the oil system besides oil, it will take a long time for the filter to catch it. More likely it will end up in a main or rod bearing than in the filter.... not to mention how much dirt will circulate for hours and miles before it is trapped. Full flow systems are many times better.......
If you want a period-nostalgic (from the '50's) filter that actually works very well AND looks similar (but not the same as) the original Porsche one, you might consider a Frantz filter (www.wefilterit.com).

I've mentioned these before, but my Dad had them installed on a large fleet of school busses for years when I was a kid and they were terrific. Plus, the fiter element is a roll of toilet paper (honest!). After installing them, we went to periodic oil analysis (cheap at a local truck stop) to measure viscosity and acid build-up and stretched oil change intervals to 12,000 miles on dino oil, by changing the filter element every 3000 miles.

They paid for themselves in a couple of years (we kept busses for 4 years, then traded) and in the one engine tear-down we did (driver over-revved it and broke a rod - then we fired him) the engine was amazingly sludge-free at 140,000 miles and rod bearing wear was less than half of what we expected when we plastigauged them. and remember, 95% of school bus driving is stop and go.

Been thinking of getting one to replace my spin-on WIX filter.
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