Long sleep for Porsche 356 A Coupe

We have all heard the story of Rip Van Winkle, but can this happen to a Porsche? I think it can. A few months ago I got a call from a Harley Biker on Long Island, NY who asked if I was the “Porch” guy, I said yes, I like any and all “Porches”! He said he had a 1956 356A Coupe that had been sitting for awhile. We worked out a price and I was supposed to meet him in two days time. The night before I was supposed to meet him I can’t get him on the phone, nothing, so I guess no deal. Whatever, I move on.
Fast forward to a week later I see an ad come up for a 56 A on Long Island that has been sitting for awhile, same pics. I start to think I have had this dream before, or nightmare. I call the guy who tells me a very interesting story. The story goes that his grandfather drove this car into it’s resting place in 1964, right next to a Speedster body he had found. He proceeded to jack up the 56 Coupe, strip the engine, gearbox, and suspension to go onto the Speedster, and left the 56 on milkcrates, this was all in 1964. Fast forward to 2011, and guess what is still on the same milkcrates? That’s right, a 56 Coupe. I once again agree on a price with the real owner, which was actually a better price than I was getting from the middleman biker. Big John and me drive down and find this sitting there, with a young guy saying, “I don’t know how you are going to get that thing out of here.”

Luckily, we have down this before and have a cart made special for cars with no suspension, I explain to him that we are professionals. In no time at all we get the car rolling and Big John drags it to the street. While the car was missing the guts, what was left was all Porsche, no repro, a true time capsule.




To answer the question, the one that was right out of my mouth, yes the Speedster was in the garage, and no it is not for sale. But I am a man who doesn’t look a gift horse in the mouth so a 56 shell is better than nothing at all, though I would have liked the Speedster.
The car is now on it’s way to Europe, along with another 56 I had, the buyer only wanted 56 cars, no pre-A and no teardrop taillight cars. Luckily for him, I had two.



Strange story but a fun one.
—Adam

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Very Strange 911 Limo

The 80s brought out some weird things, parachute pants, leg warmers, MTV, Miami Vice, and oh yeah, apparently this 911 limo.






The description of the car reads,
“Rare opportunity to own a one of a kind vehicle. a 1983 Porsche 911 Limousine. (it is a 1983 not an 1980) This car was being built for the late Rocky Aoki the owner of the Benihana restaurants. It has a custom 959 body kit. the rear is a Targa. Has very nice custom wheels. The work that went into this car to get it to this stage is amazing. It took 2 Porsche 911’s to create this one of a kind Limo. The doors all work well. the body is very clean. This car needs an engine. You can either get a nice 3. liter Porsche engine or consider a V8 conversion?The interior needs to be completed but already has many custom features. The car rolls and has a Transmission. I can email more pictures. please ask all questions before bidding. buyer pays for all shipping. Great business opportunity. Great Limo for weddings and other events.”
It is just too bad I didn’t know about this when I got married, my wife would have gone for it!
Here is the car on EBAY.
—Adam Wright

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Porsche 9ff GT9-R, dangerous and fast, crashed

It should be no surprise to old school Porsche-philes that the 9ff GT9-R was re-configured in a certain way to achieve top performance. The brains at 9ff decided to position the engine in a mid-engine format for better weight distribution. Historians will re-call another mid-engined Porsche, Porsche number 1.


While trying for the speed record the 9ff GT9R number 0 was crashed at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground circuit, in Leicester UK. The car made it to 217 mph and lost it, ending up in the dirt.
We will have to see what the guys at 9ff come up with out the tragedy, probably something even more bad-ass.

—Adam

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