| southernstar |
10-18-2013 11:35 AM |
My pleasure. I too love old Porsches. Interestingly (or not) when my brother was going to school in socal in the late 60's he owned a red 1958 Porsche 356A; in the early 70's while I was going to school in Canada I owned a 1961 Porsche 356B, also in red. The photos bring back great memories - even if mine was stolen while being stored over a winter while uninsured. I know, incredibly stupid, but I was a poor student and couldn't afford the insurance coverage when it was not on the road (and the car had cost me only a few hundred bucks and had a VW engine which the previous owner had installed when he blew up the original).
Over the years many of the cars received mods/updates to bumpers, wheels/wheel trim etc., so it can be tricky to ascertain the model year. As I recall, the 356 B was introduced in late 1959 as a 1960 MY in North America. In addition to the changes to the bumpers (including the aforementioned exhaust exit through the rear bumperettes), they received slightly different tailights, reflectors on chrome mounts above the tail-lights, side vent windows and redesigned front sheet metal with different bumpers, raised headlights, a different shaped hood with a different hood pull and and different front openings/trim for the horn, etc. In terms of appearance, to me the 356A was the most clean and pure of the bunch and the Speedster and Convertible D, the most clean and pure of the clean and pure. Wish I could afford one today!
Brad
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