Equipment
Hub caps, Excelsior tires, boot cover, sun shade, banjo steering wheel, Blaupunkt stereo, wood door trim.
Condition
Original engine. Very good paint and brightwork. The doors stick out slightly at the bottom. Some paint chipping off the steering wheel and the face of the original Blaupunkt radio. Excellent interior with hardly any seat time. A few smudges on the boot cover. Inherently very desirable as an early bent window Porsche, plus even more collectible as an open car.
Market commentary
Built at nearly the beginning of the Porsche legend celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018 with this Atlanta sale, this is a seriously special Porsche, meticulously restored and nearly miraculously still with its original engine. The bidders made a serious effort to buy it, making a realistic offer, but the consignor had more grandiose hopes. Good luck. As good as it is, the age of its two restorations are showing and finding more enthusiastic bidders than were gathered in Atlanta is a faint hope.