Left Rocker almost complete; Full Flow Oil Filter Adapter

Last Thursday I basically finished off the left side rocker panel. The gap between the door and the rocker closed up quite nicely in both horizontal and vertical planes with a bit more work. I think I need a couple more hours to get everything done before I can move on to helping Don complete the right side, which includes not only the rocker, but also the lower portion of the lockpost and the adjoining section of rear fender. Both of those saw poor repairs in the past at some time with pop riveted patches and lots of filler.

The accompanying picture is just to make me feel good though. The nose is not attached in any way, it is just sitting there on the front of the car to check fit, but it almost looks right! Still needs a bit more metalwork and we need to attach new foglight brackets before we can contemplate taking the ultimate step, but I think this is the first time I've ever looked at my C car when it didn't either have its nose smashed in or removed entirely. I won't be going out to do any additional bodywork until Thursday or Friday. Tomorrow I'm going to do some engine work. I got my full flow oil filter adapter from Precision Matters today. This adapter replaces the oil pump cover on the 3rd piece of the 356 engine case, and allows you to have full flow filtration of your oil. This is something that 356s normally lack, and they are much worse off without it. The regular 356 oil filter is a bypass system which barely filters any oil at all. A recent 356 Registry Magazine article described the scientific testing Ron LaDow has done on 356 oil filtration, making the benefits of full flow filtration abundantly apparent.

I'll have a complete review of the installation procedure when I get to it. Let me say though that right off, this piece of machinery looks top notch and of excellent quality.

Posted by pbrown at April 4, 2005 11:13 PM