The 356 !

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=40 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="23028521erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>                  The Embug.com website!</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" The Embug.com website!"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Embug !"><U>The Embug !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The first Bug and more!"><U>The first Bug and more!</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bill Collins 2001 Fall Foliage Run !"><U>Bill Collin's 2001 Fall Foliage Run !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Central Ohio Vintage Volksfest 2000 "><U>The Central Ohio Vintage Volksfest 2000 !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Central Ohio Vintage Volksfest 2001 !"><U>Central Ohio Vintage Volksfest 2001 !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2002 COVVC SHOW"><U>2002 COVVC SHOW</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VW Friends !"><U>VW Friends !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The 59 !"><U>The '59 !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michigan Vintage Volkswagen Club Show !"><U>Michigan Vintage Volkswagen Club Show !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Show Dates !"><U>Show Dates !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us !"><U>Contact Us !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" The Volkswagen Calendar"><U>                 The Volkswagen Calendar !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2003 Volkswagen Calendar"><U>2003 Volkswagen Calendar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Volkswagen Graveyard"><U>Volkswagen Graveyard</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Bus has Landed !"><U>The Bus has Landed !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Favorite VW links"><U>Our Favorite VW links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" VW Calen"><U>                                VW Calendar Candidates !</U></A>   |   <B>The 356 !</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="22fd2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <U>How It Happened...</U></div> <div> <B>PART I</B></div> <div> It all started out innocently enough.  I had always liked the Karmann Ghia and thought maybe one day I would be able to pick one up.  When I started tentatively looking, I became really interested in the KG convertible.  Over about the next six months I looked and looked for a KG 'vert that would suit my needs.  One day while checking out TheSamba.com I came across someone wanting to trade a Porsche 356 for a beetle.  Intrigued and having the '59 available for a possible trade, I took a look.  Lo and behold - it was a giant piece of **** !  but, at that moment, I knew I was headed in a new direction with VW's.  Being basically a similiar car and designed by the same person, and having done a successful restoration on the '59, I felt that I would be able to effect a restoration on a 356.  Beginning in November 2003 I purchased two 356 coupes at a reasonable price from a fellow in Indiana.  We took a Sunday off and went and got them - a relatively uneventfull ride.  The story to the left begins with these two cars.  More to be added as the story develops ( which it will...! )</div> <div> <B>PART  II</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=440 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>The 356 !</I></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>