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.. »