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The Guides

Forum consensus, book sources, and factory documentation consolidated into task-oriented guides — then verified during the restoration of our 1959 356A 1600 Super. Every spec cites its source; nothing unverified is presented as verified.

Body & Chassis

Verified on the shop car

Replacing 356A Floor Pans: What We Learned Doing Ours

Old floors out, Sierra Madre repair panels in — the complete arc from rust survey to seam-sealed new steel, photographed step by step on our 1959 356A 1600 Super.

Engine · Type 616

Verified on the shop car

Rebuilding Zenith 32 NDIX Carburetors with the ZE-25K Kit

Teardown to running engine: the complete rebuild of our 356A Super's pair of Zenith 32 NDIX carbs — kit contents, jet layout discipline, cleaning, and reassembly, photographed on the bench.

More on the way: each phase of the shop car's restoration generates new verified guides — brakes and suspension are the next major mechanical phase. The build log shows what's currently on the bench.