Model: | Porsche 356 Speedster |
VIN number: | 81079 |
Type: | Pre A |
Engine type: | 1500GS |
Engine number (current): | owner only |
Year: | 1955 |
Country (current): | Germany |
Color (original): | White |
Drive position: | Left Hand Drive |
State of car: | The car is completely original (Never restored, correct engine, transmission and with all the paperwork and toolkit, etc.) |
Condition of car: | Superb and as new |
Km run: | 0 |
HP: | 100@6200 |
Remarks owner: | PORSCHE CARRERA SPEEDSTER GS 1500 1955 VIN 81079 # 81079 is an example of the first series of the Porsche 356 Speedster which only after the introduction of the Porsche356 A Speedster was referred to as „pre-A“ # 81079 is one of the first examples of the first batch of Speedster equipped with the Fuhrmann-designed 4-cam engine, making it one (No. 3) of the earliest “Carrera Speedsterâ€Â* 4/01/1956: date of dispatch to Porsche’s East Coast distributor Hoffmann – Porsche Car Corporation, New York (USA) *delivered to first owner Baron Daniel von Herrmann (Dan W Herman) via Sweeney British Cars of San Rafael, CA (USA)* *v.Herman raced the car successfully in SCCA races (sometimes equipped with a pushrod Porsche engine)* # 81079 is the most successful Porsche Carrera in history. 1956 – 1960 : Daniel von Herrmann, Sebastopol/Santa Rosa, CA (USA) 1960 – 1964 : Robert Carroll, San Francisco, CA (USA) 1964 – 1967 : Eric Johnson, San Francisco, CA (USA) 1967 – 1970 : Peter Keys, San Francisco, CA (USA) 1970 – 1991 : Louis L. Lovato, San Rafael, CA (USA) 1991 – 2003 : Wayne L. Baker, San Diego, CA (USA) 2003 – 2010 : Skip Shirley, San Diego, CA (USA) & Tom Davidson, Avon, CO (USA) 2010 – 2012 : Jay Moyes, San Francisco, CA (USA) Since 2012 : Michael Stehle, Ãœberlingen, BW (BRD) |
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Registration date: | 12/9/2019 9:57:32 AM |
Modification date: | 9/12/2019 11:18:16 AM |
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