Cleveland, Ohio-born artist Daniel Arsham is a student of Japanese craftsmanship, and has endeavored to deliberately embody that spirit in this freshly-finished 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster build, called Bonsai. If you're not familiar with the concept of Wabi-sabi, it is centered on the ideals of transience and imperfection. It is the appreciation of …
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Check out this pair of pristine Porsche 356s heading to auction
Two beautifully restored Porsche 356s are going up for auction during Monterey Car Week next month. Before the gavel drops, RM Sotheby’s brought these legendary vehicles to Detroit for an up close and personal look. In total, the auction house is selling 10 vehicles from the eclectic — and majestic — Terence E. Adderley Collection. …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Santa Clarita built the perfect 356 Speedster from an old barn find race car
Porsche Santa Clarita is one of the newest Porsche dealers in the U.S. and it is eager to prove itself as among the most well-equipped places for your vintage Porsche to receive everything it needs. As part of the Galpin family of dealerships, the company is well versed in the art of subtle customization, restoration, and resto-modding. One only …
Continue to the full articleNow Is Your Chance To Buy Rod Emory’s Outlaw 356 RSR, But Only Because I Can’t Afford It
Few machines blend the best of old and new like Rod Emory's Outlaw 356 RSR. By extrapolating the observable development of the 356 throughout its lifetime, Emory built this car to go and see where the model would've ended up had it been given more time to mature. Now complete, this rugged beauty is going up for auction at the upcoming RM Sotheby's …
Continue to the full articleThe Dean Jeffries 356 Carrera Is The Weird-Looking Grandfather Of The Outlaw
1950s Los Angeles was an incredible time and place for car culture. With inspiration from hot rod culture, kustom culture, and European imports, the body workers of the area were crafting some truly incredible one-off masterpieces. Having worked with George Barris, Dean Jeffries got his start in the industry doing custom car work, which eventually …
Continue to the full articleRod Emory’s Outlaw 356 RSR Blends Classic Style with Modern Speed
What could the 356 have evolved into had Porsche kept developing it? Rod Emory, a man whose life has revolved around Porsches and hot rodding in all its various forms, wanted to find out. His creation, the 356 RSR, is his idea of what a racy, widebodied, turbocharged and very focused 356 racing car would've been. Imagine an early 1970s 911 RSR, but …
Continue to the full articleInside The Front-Wheel Drive Porsche-Powered Camper You’ve Never Heard Of
Stateside the Tempo company is not well known. While the marque's utility vehicles were well-known in Europe both just before and after the Second World War, most did not cross the Atlantic. Beginning with tricycle pickup trucks the brand steadily branched out into larger and larger commercial vehicles in the years following the war. With great …
Continue to the full articleDriving the Ultimate Pushrod 356, the SC/GT
Porsche nomenclature can be confusing. In the world of 356s, the Carreras were the top of the heap. The lightweight quad-cam Carreras and Carrera 2s were the GT3s of their day; they were deeply specialized, performance-first machines. Today, however, the Carrera name denotes the bottom of the 911 hierarchy. The SC/GT fit somewhere between the …
Continue to the full articleEverything You Need To Know About Jerry Seinfeld and the Allegedly Fake 356 GS/ST Carrera Speedster
Just under three years ago, Jerry Seinfeld sold off 16 cars from his collection, ranging from a trio of 356s to a 962C. This high-profile sale with Gooding & Co. attracted substantial attention at the time, including several features on this site. In keeping with such a high-profile sale, each car was subject to the scrutiny of not just the …
Continue to the full articleAddressing the Patina Question with a 356B
With everything gained by a factory-perfect restoration something inescapable is lost. With age, the cumulative effects of regular use build up on every car. Whether they're scuffs over the scuttle from loading luggage, or pock-marks accrued from entering in Le Mans, a car's wear is part of its history. Porsche themselves still display the 1987 Le …
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