One to Buy: scruffball 1958 Porsche 356 A 1600 Super Coupe

One to Buy: scruffball 1958 Porsche 356 A 1600 Super Coupe

The liberation that comes from driving a well-sorted but cosmetically scruffy classic car is difficult to underestimate. Once freed from the worry that driving a car can compromise its clinical perfection, a…

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One to Buy: Meissen Blue 1958 Porsche 356 A 1600 Convertible D

One to Buy: Meissen Blue 1958 Porsche 356 A 1600 Convertible D

Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1954, the Speedster was conceived as a lightweight, back-to-basics iteration of the 356 that would be of particular interest to those…

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One to Buy: 27,000 mile ex-Robert Stratton 1959 Porsche 356 A T2 Coupe Carrera GS de Luxe

One to Buy: 27,000 mile ex-Robert Stratton 1959 Porsche 356 A T2 Coupe Carrera GS de Luxe

During the late 1950s, Porsche’s ultimate properly appointed road car was a 356 Carrera GS de Luxe. As its name suggested it combined the radical four-cam Carrera engine with a luxuriously equipped…

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One to Buy: ex-Anton von Dory 1959 Porsche 356 A Carrera GT

One to Buy: ex-Anton von Dory 1959 Porsche 356 A Carrera GT

Having been used in the firm’s 550 racing cars since 1953, Porsche began to offer the 356 A with an Ernst Fuhrmann-designed dual overhead cam Carrera engine during the second half of 1955.

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One to Buy: 1956 Porsche 356 A Carrera Speedster with GT engine

One to Buy: 1956 Porsche 356 A Carrera Speedster with GT engine

Five years after he had joimed Porsche (back when the company was based in the Austrian town of Gmund and the 356/1 prototype was still on the drawing board), engineer Ernst Fuhrmann was given…

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