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A 1961 356B T-5 Roadst<strong>er</strong>Restoration (Part 1)by Dick PitmanWhen you see the LUFTEKNIC adv<strong>er</strong>tisement in theHEAT EXCHANGER look at the “For Sale” sign in the leftrear window of the 911. I’m not saying I was that closeaft<strong>er</strong> owning my 1961 Roadst<strong>er</strong> since Octob<strong>er</strong> 23, 1964‘BUT’!new cam ground for it.Ev<strong>er</strong>ything was rebuilt, carbs, distributor, fuel pump thenthe sheet metal was given a two part epoxy paint job.The new pow<strong>er</strong> curve is ‘nice’!I first met Rob<strong>er</strong>t Ov<strong>er</strong>hols<strong>er</strong> and his Dad, Chris, at anRPM gath<strong>er</strong>ing sev<strong>er</strong>al years ago on Alex Smith’s largegreen lawn. My engine had been making funny poppingsounds that I had learned to live with along with runningon three of its four cylind<strong>er</strong>s, but I nev<strong>er</strong> called them!The numb<strong>er</strong> one cylind<strong>er</strong> was swallowing its exhaustvalve.So, back in Octob<strong>er</strong> 2008 while out for a nice Saturdayaft<strong>er</strong>noon cruise on Rt. 288 h<strong>er</strong>e in Chest<strong>er</strong>field CountyI decided to turn around and head back home. When Ishifted, the gear shift lev<strong>er</strong> went all ov<strong>er</strong> the place, butall I had was 3rd gear!GREAT!Now, I am conc<strong>er</strong>ned, being a worry wart! Well, I milkedit home, gave Pat Dailey a call and his first response wascall Chris and Rob<strong>er</strong>t! I did, talked to T<strong>er</strong>ry Ov<strong>er</strong>hols<strong>er</strong>who holds down the front office with h<strong>er</strong> ev<strong>er</strong> faithfulcompanions Molly and Bella, two lovely goldenretriev<strong>er</strong>s. T<strong>er</strong>ry gave me their recommended roll backs<strong>er</strong>vice numb<strong>er</strong> who got the car to them and they fixedit! It was the shift coupl<strong>er</strong>, plus rebuilt the front end anddid a complete brake job (badly needed).Rebuilt Engine Installed and RunningThe Roadst<strong>er</strong> came home in April 2009 for me to breakin the engine, get 1000 miles on it, change the oil andcheck and set the valve settings to .006. (Go to RPMwith 700 miles on it) get anoth<strong>er</strong> 1000 miles on it anddo the same thing.WOW! The car really rolled a lot smooth<strong>er</strong> and I couldactually feel the brakes (all four wheels) working!So Roadst<strong>er</strong> #88971 came home in Decemb<strong>er</strong>2008 for the holidays because I was lonesome for itscompanionship. Chris had given me some sage adviceas I was leaving, “Boy, you had bett<strong>er</strong> do something withthat engine before it hand grenades”!Back to the shop in mid January 2009 for a full engin<strong>er</strong>ebuild, pumping the 1600cc to 1750cc or so and aPhoto by Jim Condon, RPM 2009-A13
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