993-C4S

Thought you guys might enjoy this if you haven't already seen it.

The Rarest of the Rare

Kahdmus

Nice pics. I ended up reading the article underneath about the Porsche Tapiro...fascinating - I'd never even heard of it!

993-C4S

Glad you liked the pics. The tapiro is a favorite of mine. I have a few other pics that I'll be using in another post soon.

Cactus

What will this go for approx.? Truly amazing!

aron in toronto

A few more Gmund pics.

993-C4S

Hard to say, as there are so few available and much of the sales data has never been made public. Maybe some of the hard core 356 guys here on the board might have some thoughts on it...

RJT

An unrestored one went for 750K about 5 years ago. Who knows these days!

993-C4S

Joanne,

Have you checked back on this post? The one where I listed your 993? there have been a few comments from people wanting more info. Not sure if you saw them or not. I had assumed you sold it or I would have sent it sooner.

Sorry for hi-jacking my own thread. :-)

RJT

Thank you for letting me know. They have the wrong email address listed for us. I think the ad came out while we were in the middle of moving and it was so crazy I never checked back to correct it.

We still ahve our 993. We didn't pursue selling it this winter, but now that it's spring, it's time to try selling it again. We know it is a very strong car, even the 993 guru Tony Callas says it's the strongest road car he's worked on. Personally I know it's by far the best running 993 we have ever owned. I also know we will not give it away to a bottom feeder like we did the "A" coupe. And there are LOTS of bottom feeders out there now, just like in real estate.

Thanks again for hijacking your own thread

camchain

This one from Colorado

Cactus

^^So lovely^!

67FJ45

Here's a 1949 SL factory racecar. It's been owned by Charlie Laforge of Los Altos, CA since 1957, and he takes it to the Monterey Historics every August, where these pics were taken. The following paraphrases the story board he shows with the car at Monterey.

Gmunds were aluminum-bodied, and the SLs were further lightened to less than 1400 pounds. This example is believed to have run at LeMans in 1951. It was imported by Max Hoffman in 1952, when the present 1.5 liter roller bearing racing engine was installed. It was raced in CA by dealer John Von Neumann and others in the early 50s. It was originally a coupe, but Von Neumann removed the top and converted it to a roadster shortly after he received it.

UberXY

There is a Gmund cabriolet for sale near me. I think it counts as fairly rare as well.

hammergtv

Two early 356/02-33 and 35 and the pyramids of Giza, Egypt circa 1949.
The VW Typ166 is in our possession now under complete restoration