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.
A week in vinegar, then rinse, dry, mineral spirits, and fogging oil. What came out of our tank was varnished gasoline, not structural rust — and that distinction is what decides whether you line a tank or leave it alone.
Verified on the shop carOld 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.
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.
Number every wire before you touch a connector, and understand why the gauge won't move before you pull harder. The combination gauge on our car wasn't held by its bracket — it was glued to the dashboard by fifty years of compressed rubber.