goofballdeluxe

Was at the car wash today, and look who showed up.

This 1958 Speedster was in all original shape, meaning rough paint, some slight dents/scratches and some rust. But it is a CA car and has the original magnesium rudge wheels. The guy bought it 5 years ago for $43K!

It had the exact same Polar Silver color to it as my car, and it sure looked like my car, but the 1958 open top version.

Sorry for the camera pic, and only 1 photo....

ilko

Sweet!

Flying Finn

Gotta love cars that are being used, way more character and interesting than a pristine, non driven "queen".

matt777

Its nice to see these cars on the road from time to time although they are extremely rare up here. It is amazing that you can see the lineage from the 356 up to our 993.

I'm just getting used to the amount of attention my old 356A coupe gets every time I take it out. Kids seem to love it especially. I love the older restorations in particular as they have character. Unfortunately any open 356 is a very expensive car now. I saw a Speedster project car sell for $100k in January. I can only dream of finding an open 356p roject car for $40k let alone something that runs and drives. IIRC someone had a set of original Rudge wheels for sale recently for $40k!

CorrdoBrit

I can believe it. Even aluminum knock offs (pun intended) are asking $18K......
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C254234

TheBen

43K????

That was a steal even back then! Wish I could find myself a real speedster for not a ton of loot. Kudos to the driver for driving it though.

H.H.Chinn

Great timing and nice photograph! We are fortunate enough to have several 356 Speedsters in our area. It's always a treat to see them out and about.

JPP

The wheels are worth that much all day long.

richardew

Sweet. I'm inspired. I think I'll drive my car more.

techsis

Perhaps you can blur his plate in the pic as well.

Ed Hughes

I don't understand that philosophy. The guy had more "risk" driving to the car wash, than he has here on RL, if someone wanted to use that number in a bad way.

TRINITONY

Nice pic -

techsis

Pictures on the net have a long life and they are often lifted from one site and placed on another. The ability of anyone in the world to trace the plate number to a specific address is a risk I do not think one should take for another individual. Please notice that the OP did blur his own plate. Just my 2 cents...

BTW, great picture.

MarkD

wow, very cool meeting

goofballdeluxe

Well, I don't know how it works down there in Texas, but here in CA, plates are usually traced easier if the plates are newer, because the newer the plate, the less chance that it's traded hands/owners.

I took a long shot here and figured that since the plate is over 50 years old, and the new owner has had it for only a few years, I guessed that this plate would be much harder to trace, since it has changed hands many times over. Also, these yellow CA plates are very rare, and I wanted those on RL who haven't seen one a chance to see one. The owner also told me is car is safely locked away, also minimizing the chance of any risk.

Finally, although I did indeed block my plate out, I don't think there is much risk in having a plate traced via a photo on the Internet.

Hope this helps explain it all to you