1948-1965 Porsche 356 Carrera Cabriolet - www.robson.m3rlin.org
1948-1965 Porsche 356 Carrera Cabriolet - www.robson.m3rlin.org
The 356 was the first car production car from Porsche after its founding in 1948. Small, light, rear-engined and highly maneuverable, it set the standard by which all other Porsches have been built.
Reutter Karosserie was one of the coachbuilders Porsche contracted to aid in construction of bodies for the 356. Reutter was purchased by Porsche in the early 1960s, in either 1963 or 1964. Other prominent Porsche coachbuilders at the time was Glaser.
Large scale production of the 356 was never Porsche’s intention. Soon, the facilities in Gmünd had become insufficient so the company moved back to Stuttgart Germany. Reutter was given the responsibility of constructing the Porsche 356 coupe bodies while Glaser was responsible for the 356 convertibles. Click here to read more.. »
Scribbled on February 24th 2009 in
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1954 Porsche 356 Cabriolet - www.robson.m3rlin.org
From April 1954, a number of changes were phased in on the 356, these including a choice of either ivory, beige or grey for the steering wheel and switchgear, window winders to match the facia switches and a heater control panel repositioned from the dashboard to the floor. A sunroof was made optionally available, nearly all these detail changes (save the sunroof) becoming standard on the flagship 1500 S. Externally, all variants were fitted with distinctive horn grilles next to the front indicators, parallel instead of clap-hands wipers and windscreen washer jets as standard. During June 1954, Porsche re-designated the 1300 as the 1300 A, the new Typ 506/1 motor featuring some major internal revisions over the Typ 506 it was replacing. Click here to read more.. »
Scribbled on February 17th 2009 in
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