The music genius had other meaning in his mind when he wrote this song so we hope he could forgive us for this kind of misuse of the title. But, since he wrote it, many things have changed for real and one of those, althoug not important at all for most people, is the value… Read More Sign o’ the times: 1961 Porsche 356B T5 Karmann Hardtop
We didn’t understand which Porsche it was until we read the description: surprised to see that this ’67 targa is an S version, the most powerful Porsche of the time. However, this ’67 has a lot of parts replaced with other coming from later cars (it often happened during the past 30 years, as most 911 have… Read More Hidden potential: 1967 Porsche 911S Targa
This project Speedster (chassis #84796) has run in the same family since 1966 when it was purchased by the father of the actual seller, it is undergoing a restoration since 1998 and now it’s the turn of the future owner. It has a beautiful color: the Fijord Green is not common on these Speedster and it is… Read More Family business: 1958 Porsche 356A T2 Speedster
During the 1961 and 1962 a small batch of these “strange” Porsches were built by Karmann (who wasn’t at the time the official Porsche coachbuilder: Reutter was) basically welding an hardtop on the body of a Cabrio. We don’t know why they decided to make such experiment: maybe they wanted to check the response of… Read More Almost Cabrio: 1961 Porsche 356B T5 Hardtop by Karmann
March 10 Here it is again, this time on eBay, with current bidding at $60,000 and reserve price not met. Thanks to reader Brian for this tip. January 30, 1015 In 1953 the 356 was still made using a bent windshield as well as in 1954 (the last year of this feature), but 1953 was… Read More Bent window: 1953 Porsche 356
It has been a long time since we published a 356 to restore, and the main reason is that these project are becoming rarer and rarer as almost all the barn finds have been trailed out of their barns. However, as this car demonstrates, there is still something out there. This car is a model year 1954 356… Read More Rescue me: 1954 Porsche 356 Cabrio
We are perfectly aware that these cars aren’t much loved by most people but a small bunch of passionate fans but, because we are part of these, it was obligatory for us to publish this very early KG. Very early as 1955 was the first production year for the Karmann Ghia and in that year… Read More Low gravity, Lower chassis: 1955 Karmann Ghia Coupè
February 28, 2016 Here it is again on eBay with a huge price drop to $105,000 September 18, 2105 Mr. Rapley never betrays expectations and indeed now has another very special car for sale. That’s a special coachbuilt car made in germany in the early fifties by Hans Fischhaber to compete in the German Championships… Read More Fischhaber’s special: 1953 Lancia Aprilia “Eigenbau”
Back in the sixties german car producers often asked to italian designers and coachbuilders to shape their cars: they were actually right as many of these cars came out well like this Glas GT. Designed by Frua and powered by Glas with a four cylinders engine fed by two carburetors, this car was an elegant… Read More The italian job: 1967 Glas GT 1300 by Frua
You’d say, watching this car, “Well, ok, it’s just a 911” and somehow that’s true with the “little” exception that this car, a 911T 2.4 “E” series (with the oil filler on the rear left fender) is actually for sale by its first and 44 years long owner. That it, nowadays, an extremely rare event as… Read More 44 years long owner: 1972 Porsche 911T/E 2.4
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