1960 Porsche coupe

1960 Porsche 356 Description

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Shift Bespoke Automotive is proud to offer this1960 Porsche356 T5! The 356 we are offering here is a matching numbers car, comes with the COA and receipts/records dating back to the 1980's. It has rebuilt brakes, new fuel lines, a rebuilt engine and date coded matching wheels - 9/59. This car can be used as a great driver or as the starting point for a ground-up restoration.
COA Reads:
1959 356B 1600 Reutter Coupe
Royal Blue
Black Leatherette
Engine Number 600426
Transmission 32530
Conti Tires

***All of our cars come from collectors, customers or reputable sources never from auctions.Why is this important? Not all cars at auctions are bad, but all bad cars are at auctions.

For yourconvenience we took a small library of photos, these photo are taken in natural sunlight. Wedon'thave a mock studio or photoshop/edit any of our photos.

We offer limousine airport (SNA) pick-up if you're flying in to pick-up this beautiful vehicle or we can help facilitate shipping directly to your front door!!
The Porsche 356 is a lightweight and nimble-handling rear-engine rear-wheel drive two-door sports caravailable in hardtop coupé and open configurations. Engineering innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports success and popularity. Production started in 1948 at Gmund, Austria, where approximately 50 cars were built. In 1950 the factory relocated to Zuffenhausen, Germany, and general production of the 356 continued until April 1965, well after the replacement model 911made its autumn 1963 debut. Of the 76,000 originally produced, approximately half survive.
In late 1959 significant styling and technical refinements gave rise to the 356B (a T5 body type). The mid-1962 356B model was changed to the T6 body type (twin engine lid grilles, an external fuel filler in the right front wing/fender and a larger rear window in the coupé). The Porsche factory did not call attention to these quite visible changes with a different model designation. However, when the T6 got disc brakes, with no other visible alterations, they called it the model C, or the SC when it had the optional extra powerful engine. A unique "Karmannhardtop" or "notchback" 356B model was produced in 1961 and 1962. The 1961 production run (T5) was essentially a cabriolet body with the optional steel cabriolet hardtop welded in place. The 1962 line (T6 production) was a very different design in that the new T6 notchback coupé body did not start life as a cabriolet, but with its own production design - In essence, part cabriolet rear end design, part T6 coupe windshield frame, unique hard top. Both years of these unique cars have taken the name "Karmann notchback".