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Brian
Adams
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1959 Super Coupe
#107520
Original engine and transmission.
Silver (original color) and red.
Car has had floor pans and one longitudinal replaced, major body
work, paint and interior since I bought it. A previous owner replaced
the right front fender, the car apparently having encountered an
obstruction. The VIN number shows up in Pellow's database
under "Ripoli" of the Tampa area.
Carbs are Weber 40-IDFs with corrected symmetrical linkage and other special treatment, jetted for altitude. I don't have the original
Zeniths. The engine will climb to 5000 rpm willingly before it starts to
float a bit; I haven't pushed it past 5K, but being a Super the upper
redline is 5500.
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I purchased the car from William Ceriale of Seattle, who purchased
it sight unseen from Pete Pierson, 315-lb offensive tackle for the
Tampa Bay Bucaneers. William had the car shipped from Florida to
Seattle.
When I bought the car in Seattle, it still had the factory original rear
red Konis installed. (They say "PORSCHE", "Made by Koni", and "1-59" on them.) The front shocks were Boge I think (brown color.)
All four shocks were completely shot, but I drove the car on I-5 as far
as Portland, OR before putting a set of KYBs on it. That was insane.
Getting it from Portland to Reno was another odyssey. I had a distributor clamp slip and the timing started floating in 105 degree
heat in northern California. Having no tools to speak of, I had to beg
a couple of 10mm wrenches from motorhome captains at a freeway
rest stop.
Later, I discovered how pitiful my headlights were driving over the
winding black forest road (deer heaven) between Weed and Susanville,
California on a moonless night. I crawled along at 45 mph until a trailer-less big rig with roads lamps like a locomotive flew past me. I thought
"Here's my icebreaker", got tucked in behind him, and stuck to him like
stink at 70 mph the rest of the way over the mountains. The moon came
up and I was home free to Reno. Elapsed time from Portland: 14 hours.
I try to drive the car hard once every week, weather permitting, to get the
engine up to operating temp. (No driving in the rain or snow.)
Brian Adams
Reno, NV, USA
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