Equipment
Chromed steel wheels, gold brightwork, tools.
Condition
One of five 356 Bs bodied by Beutler. High quality paint in its original colors. Shiny, clean brightwork. Excellent other than the headliner not quite fitting at the back. First restored after light damage from a garage fire in 2007 and it still looks fresh. Rare, interesting, and a show-quality restoration. Tommy Trabue Collection.
Market commentary
The Beutler brothers of Thun, Switzerland built several bodies on the Porsche 356 platform, including a very attractive one-off aluminum cabriolet called the "Pur Sang." This more conservative coupe, on the other hand, isn't their best work and most would call the standard 356 coupe a prettier car. It looks like a BMW 503 with a Porsche nose. Any Beutler-bodied car is a rare quirk for Porschephiles, though, and a standard car in the same condition likely would have sold for half this amount.