Looks awesome and seeing the casting flash reminds me of
Startin' to get exciting, isn't it? 
Body look great , has it stopped raining ?
@Lane Anderson i know how exactly how you & he feel....i absolutely GEEKED OUT for days after first seeing my body delivered 
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Nice looking car, Joel!
I like those convertible D's with exhaust via the bumpers...
Looking good!
@jncspyder posted:@IaM-Ray i like to imagine growing up as teenager "hans" in the town of stuttgart germany with rich german parents and getting a new 1957 356A coupe or D roadster for my 16th birthday or high school graduation....life ist winderbar!
and frauliens beware
A guy on another forum has his dad’s 356B Coupe. Bought new in ‘60. He remembers going to school in it as a kid.
You never know when something that is just a common occurence today will be looked at being farytale like in the future. What was normal for one in the day becomes the dream of the other 40 years past, or 50 years past. 
We are funny that way with nostalgia but if you knew what would take off you could make a lot of coin if you were able to know the future trends.
Got another update from Carey today. A lot is going on. He did the engine and transmission mock-up. Carey said they fit like a glove. He is starting the motor mount and the transmission mount fabrication. He said the transmission mount will be easy, but the motor mount fabrication will be more involved because the engine mounting points are well behind the current cradle. So, he will need to make a new engine cradle. While he has the engine in the car he is going to design and fabricate the exhaust system and the engine bay shrouding. He will also be working on building the suspension and measuring the lengths for the drive axles and determining wheel and tire size. For the exhaust we are using the stock Porsche headers and dual mufflers feeding into twin center mounted tips. It should look and sound awesome. On the engine we plan on dressing is up by painting the air intake plenums red. More picture below.
Joel
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Woo hoo. That's going to be a great combination, Joel!
Great stuff, now to make sure it stays on the ground ... Just kidding.
Some more pictures from Carey showing the redesigned engine cradle and the mockup for the engine, transmission and suspension. He is now completing the fabrication of the engine cradle and motor mounts and checking clearances. He is going to design and fabricate the exhaust and the engine surround. Interested to see the exhaust. Initially he wanted to use a single muffler. But space may not be sufficient and may have to go with 2 smaller individual mufflers tucked up in each corner existing through a centered dual tip. I think I prefer that over the one central muffler. It will be more efficient, sound and flow better. 
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Yes, it looks great. Don't forget, this is before the engine is rebuilt and cleaned up and the air intakes painted Red.
I’m droolin’ here, Joel!
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Joel's right, that little touch of red will make quite a difference:
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@Sacto Mitch posted:.
Joel's right, that little touch of red will make quite a difference:
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You've still got it, Mitch 😄