Help me identify the type of 356 I saw.
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Last night at a pizza place on Havey's Lake, PA, I saw a silver 356 cabriolet with a hard top. Beautiful car, lots of details that make me think it was original and not a replica.
The biggest indicator that it wasn't a kit was that it wasn't a bathtub Speedster. Not round enough, and there was a distinct crease in the rear fender that ran from behind the door, up and above the wheel arch. The crease wasn't particularly sharp, and it blended at a point above the wheel arch.
I poked around on the internet, but I couldn't find anything quite like it.
Help a non-356 guy out?
Last night at a pizza place on Havey's Lake, PA, I saw a silver 356 cabriolet with a hard top. Beautiful car, lots of details that make me think it was original and not a replica.
The biggest indicator that it wasn't a kit was that it wasn't a bathtub Speedster. Not round enough, and there was a distinct crease in the rear fender that ran from behind the door, up and above the wheel arch. The crease wasn't particularly sharp, and it blended at a point above the wheel arch.
I poked around on the internet, but I couldn't find anything quite like it.
Help a non-356 guy out?
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Replicas come in a lot of shapes and sizes. There are non Speedster replicas of other 356 models including B and C cars. By your description of a removable hardtop it could have been a speedster, convertible D, A cab, roadster etc.
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1961 Karmann. The car I took my driver's test in. Easy to park!
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Hmm... I don't see the crease in the fender. It was very distinctive.
Also: the front corner turn indicators were in the headlamps and the rearview mirror was a clamshell on the fender. It looked completely blended in, not bolted on.
Also: the front corner turn indicators were in the headlamps and the rearview mirror was a clamshell on the fender. It looked completely blended in, not bolted on.
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Outlaw?
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I don't think so. It was completely pristine.
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Okay, so the creases in the fenders ahead of the wheel arches are reminiscent of a Karmann Ghia. The crease didn't continue forward onto the door, though. And it was absolutely a 356. I poked around on GIS for 356 Karmann and didn't find anything that looked right.
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Now you understand my confusion.
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There are creases in the rear quarters of the 356 Porsche America Roadster, but they go all the way to the tail rather than ending just above the wheel arch. I haven't seen one with a hard top, but I suppose there could be such an animal.
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humm.. creases in the fenders....
http://zagatosghost.blogspot.com/201...b-carrera.html
if that... easy 6 figure car
there are only 2 356s with creases that i can think of the.. the Abarth GTL and the America roadster
http://www.carsfotodb.com/photo/pors...2/default.html
both are super rare
http://zagatosghost.blogspot.com/201...b-carrera.html
if that... easy 6 figure car
there are only 2 356s with creases that i can think of the.. the Abarth GTL and the America roadster
http://www.carsfotodb.com/photo/pors...2/default.html
both are super rare
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although an A coupe flank kinda looks like a crease -
http://bringatrailer.com/2012/12/21/...-porsche-356a/
in silver even more so..
http://bringatrailer.com/2012/12/21/...-porsche-356a/
in silver even more so..