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1957 Porsche 356A 1500 GS/GT Carrera

VIN: 83735

$180,000

Unsold

High bid

Seller details

  • Auction

    RM Auctions

  • Location

    Santa Monica, CA; US

  • Event date

    May 25 - May 26, 2002

  • Lot

    142

Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    83735

  • Body style

    Speedster

  • Odometer

    7913 m

  • Interior Color

    Black

  • Exterior Color

    Silver

  • Generation

    1956-1965 Porsche 356 Carrera

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

Nardi steering wheel, cast headlight guards, competition belts, 4 cam Type 529 GT engine. High quality restoration to showroom condition. Body thoroughly chip guarded. Excellent cosmetics. Shift linkage upgraded to Porsche 741 type. Original gearbox parts, old SCCA rollbar with scrutineers labels and period SCCA logbook are included. Factory built with close ratio gearbox, limited slip diff, 60mm brakes and 80 liter tank. A very sharp GS GT Speedster. Titled as a 58.

Market commentary

Just about the ultimate Speedster, sympathetically restored in 1996 and showing little evidence of use since. Even at that, however, its fair to say the amount reportedly bid today is ALL the money for the car. In this high powered form the Speedster bodys rigidity shortcomings begin to overwhelm the charm of high speed open air driving. If there was money anywhere close to this bid it should have been grabbed.

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