[BobNovas]

Not that I've ever done it, but I was reading an article in Excellence about the early 356 days, when US enthusiasts first started working on 356's. The factory send some engineers over to talk to them, and in the discussion that ensued, the US owners found out that you DROP the engine, and the German engineers found out that it WAS POSSIBLE to pull the engine out the top. Apparently, the owners didn't know about dropping the engine and figured out how to raise it through the hatch. The Germans were amazed that this was even possible. The owners were thrilled at how easy it was to drop an engine as opposed to pulling it through the hatch. :P