1956 Porsche 356A Carrera GS/GT 1500 Speedster by Reutter

[Scooter]

The 1956 356A Carrera GS/GT 1500 Speedster is definitely one of the more desirable body styles the 356A came in, and sticking to the point of it having good options that pile on the price, the car you see here is expected to fetch up to $1,5 million.

If you then break it up into pieces and analyze the significance of each individually, you start to see the story making a bit more sense. The most telling part of its name is the GS slash GT which means it’s neither of the two, being a GS at heart but with elements that previewed the higher performance GT that came after it.

It has unique original wheels too, and a full 1992 restoration by a German collector - Hans Reutter “who oversaw an exacting restoration that prepared the car for enjoyable touring.” The car was also lightly upgraded too, with better tires (Michelin), a fancier louvered engine cover, Koni Classic adjustable dampers and a camber compensator for the rear suspension borrowed from the 356 B Super 90, to name only a handful.

Very cool car, perfect for touring the club events and vintage rally scenes – it would probably make a really nice Mille Miglia car.

 

[MrSpace]

avec le toit c'est vraiment badass, quasiment pas e fenetres latérales hehe

on voit la référence avec les speedsters G50 et 964 avec le toit super bas.

 

[sgsr20]

Such elegant simplicity!

Too bad any time I see a pic of a 356A it reminds me of topgun tho...

 

[cyber-b]

Porsche - décapotable - pas de ceinture
Il fallait des grosses couilles pour conduire ca!
Une vrai merveille, malgré que c'est une évolution de la beetle. De mémoire c'est ce modèle qui a différencier porsche de volks.

 

[[Ef]saceone[sF]]

Hnggg

 

[MarkFrank]

Tellement pure, tellement parfait, remembering simpler time when building cars was an art.

 

[Mathhhh]

Trop beau. Dans le temps que les voitures étaient des vraies voitures. J'adore l'intérieur, tellement simple.