Hi, all. I stumbled onto this site and thought it would be a good place to start. I've been into VW performance for a long time (30+ years...since I was 9) but for the first time, have acquired some old rare stuff. Here's my story from last week.
My dad calls me the other day, says he's at a garage sale and
there's what looks like a VW motor for sale, they say it's a porsche
motor. I asked a few questions..hmmm, three bolt dual port head and
the generator stand is part of the case...early pre A porsche or
maybe it's a 2 ltr T-4. He buys it and brings it over....wowser, I pull the vintage looking finned aluminum valve covers off...Okrasa, with
either an early Porsche crank or Okrasa (small 8 doweled) it has the
chrome single barrel intakes no carbs, a strange old hipo oil pump "Phobos" and....aluminum finned cylinders, either Byral or nickelsel. THe case number is 1-0494654, that would make it a fairly
early '52, I think. Yowser, I'm going to track down the people to
see if the carbs/linkage are available. I was totally freaked out when i pulled the valve cover off and saw Okrasa. I only see these in mags and at shows.....a garage sale...amazing. Wonder where it came
from...Rometsch, Dannenhauer....anyway, I'll probably ebay it as having something that valuable around freaks me out. Is there a way to tell if the crank is an Okrasa vs. porsche without pulling it apart...check stroke via spark plug hole? and...is this indeed the year case I suspect it to be? There aren't many engine number listings out there that go back that far. Thanks, and any ideas where to sell this the best would be much appreciated. Ron, Michigan - USA