Perhaps one of the most expensive original 356 accessory to buy today would be correct, original, vintage, non-reproduction luggage.  Here are a few shots of the luggage carried in "Miss June".  Very real, very correct.  Note the unique hardware.  The words Ikafix Gleiter is on the back side of all the locks I have seen on 356 canvas luggage.  Also, as for the plaid material on the suitcase, note there are 5 red bars going each direction in the pattern.  That is unique to the luggage made for Porsche. 

Many think the manufacturer of the luggage for Porsche in this era was "Skai Dur".  I have been told by a well informed enthusiast that Skai Dur is actually the commercial name for the vinyl material used in the vinyl luggage (and supposedly the vinyl used for the 900 series seat upholstery).  The language Skai Dur ended up in the published price list for accessories so they would know that luggage set was vinyl.  The actual manufacturer of the luggage was Karl Seeger Lederwarenfabrik GmbH (sometimes named as Karl Seeger Lederwaren GmbH).  This name is nowhere on the luggage.  By the way, Skai Dur can be translated by doing a Google translation on the internet. It means durable imitation leather or durable vinyl.  Karl Seeger Lederwarenfabrik GmbH was sold to Montblanc in 1992.

Porsche had watches made for award and promotional purposes back in the 356 era.  Some watches were given to owners who kept their cars long enough to have traveled 100,000 km in the car.  Those watches were marked on the back of the watch with "100,000 km" .  Other occasions for a watch to be given out were to special customers, or within the dealership.  Below is my watch.  By the way, I have a copy of the letter that was sent to the owner to apply for the 100,000 km award.  If you are interested in a seeing it, feel free to send me an e-mail.

Three factory optional accessories show in the picture below of the interior in Miss June.  They are the VDM wood steering wheel, the AM-FM-M 3 band Blaupunkt radio, and you can see the fog light switch on the dash to the right of the clock.  The little yellow light illuminates when the knob is pulled out and the fog lights are on.

Luggage racks over the engine deck lid were also a factory option.  This is a beautiful chrome rack made by Leitz.  It is chrome- not stainless steel like the reproduction ones, and in great shape!

As mentioned above fog lights were an optional accessory.  They were made by Hella (model 128) and they are the original 6 volt bulb type.  Later versions had halogen bulbs, but the 356 era cars did not.

The fog light relay is very hard to find.  When working on this circuit it took me over a year to find an NOS Wehrle relay as shown below.  I was very lucky to find one in this condition.  Pictures below should help others in their search of what an original relay looked like.  -  This is not restored, but just as it came out of the box.

Another odd accessory back in those days was an outside mirror on either the drivers door or the passenger door.  Miss June never had one.  I have had the door panels off and looked everywhere for evidence that a mirror was once installed, but no such markings.  A unique feature to not have a side mirror, but actually, I kind of like the clean look- and it is as shipped from the factory.

Headrests were also available as an option in 1965.  Miss June was not ordered with them though.

Below is a shot of my key fob.  Not the prettiest one out there- old and showing some signs of wear. Not a reproduction one, but all original.

Original brass chain with the unique curly end.  Back side is plain.  Why is the backside plain?  Because Miss June was built after Porsche bought Reutter.  Older key fobs had the name of the name of the coach builder on the back side.  Since by the time Miss June was produced the Reutter plant was a Porsche facility, the back side is plain, without a coach builder stamp.  The front side still carries the Porsche crest as shown below.

Of interesting note above (besides the key fob) are the steering wheel and the seat belts.  More photos of the steering wheel are in the Interior Section.

As for the Seatbelts, Miss June has original FACTORY installed seatbelts.  This has been verified by Jim Breazeale at EASY.    These are easy to

identify by the two parallel indents on each buckle.  See photo below.  Most of the 356 cars with seatbelts were either dealer installed or a later addition.

Dealer installed seatbelts and seatbelts added later do not have this unique buckle. 

Although technically not an accessory, a glycerin bottle came in the elastic strip on the inside of the glovebox door as standard equipment.  It was used on the rubber parts to keep them supple and it was recommended to use in the door lock to keep ice from forming inside the lock in terrible weather.  Most were thrown away. Here is a shot of mine.  For more information on these bottles see this article- which also has the shot of my bottle ;-)

These bottles are being reproduced now.  Oh well- this one is ORIGINAL!

Below is my 1965 Porsche Calendar coin.  Interesting factoid- the Calendar for 1965 is the same as 2010.