Rare Speedster headlines Bonham's sale at Goodwood
Mega rare Porsche 356A Carrera Speedster GS/GT to headline Bonham's sale at Goodwood Festival Of Speed
Porsche values have gone through the roof recently and the 356 Speedster has quite rightly become one of Porsche's most desirable models. At the end of the month, Bonham's will have a particularly sweet example up for auction.
It's a 1957 Porsche 356A Carrera Speedster GS/GT. Between 1955 and 1959, just 152 or so Carrera Speedsters were produced, and this particular example is one of only three configured to right-hand drive.
The car was originally finished in the beautiful ruby-red colour it sports today. It was delivered from new to Australia where it had three owners before being laid up in a barn for several years. Then in 1982, the next owner restored the car as a silver GT using the engine from the fourth GT speedster to ever leave the Porsche production line.
In 2014, the car was subjected to a meticulous restoration to bring it to its current exceptional condition, with a string of awards under its belt from concours across the world. In total, some £100,000 was spent on the restoration.
The origins of the Carrera Speedsters date back to 1954, when a young engineer at the Porsche competition department, Dr. Ernst Fuhrmann, decided to place a 4-cam Carrera engine in to a modified 356 Coupé.
The 1,500cc engine he designed had dual ignition, four overhead camshafts and aluminium pistons, cylinders and cylinder heads. The crankshaft rotated in roller bearings, and the engine was capable of producing almost 110bhp, double the power of the traditional 1,500 push-rod engine. His ingenious design allowed the car to reach 120mph and a 0-60mph time of 11 seconds.
The ultra-rare Porsche will go under the hammer on 30th June at Bonham's auction during Goodwood's Festival of Speed and it's estimated to sell for between £900,000-1,000,000.
More info on the car can be found here: www.bonhams.com/auctions/24120/lot/218/
tags: #Porsche, #Carrera, #PorscheCarrrera, #Speedster, #GoodwoodFOS, #classiccar
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