1963 Porsche 356 C Carrera 2000 GS Coupe
- Engine
- 2.0L air-cooled flat-four DOHC quad-cam, dual Solex 40 PII-4 carburetors, 130 bhp
- Colour
- Slate grey (factory code 6401)
A 1963 Porsche 356 C Carrera 2000 GS Coupe, one of only 101 Type-C Carrera 2 Coupes built between 1963 and 1965. Fitted with the complex 2.0-litre quad-cam Type 587 engine producing 130 bhp and 'American' gearing, it was completed at Zuffenhausen in August 1963 and first registered in Hamburg. After passing through several American owners from the mid-1960s onwards, the car underwent a comprehensive nut-and-bolt restoration by European Collectibles, with the engine overhauled by specialist Bill Doyle, before being displayed at The Quail in Monterey.
Ownership
- —Auction saleEstimate US$750,000 – US$900,000
- 1963 →Factory deliveryH.J. Petersfull documentation
First registered owner, residing in Hamburg, Germany; vehicle returned to the factory multiple times for routine servicing between late 1963 and mid-1964, all documented in the factory Kardex.
- → 1966Acquisition unknownEwe Buellpartial documentation
Offered the car for sale in 1966 via a Washington Post advertisement; no further details on tenure length or how the car was acquired.
- 1966 → 1979Private saleRoyce William Randall Jr.partial documentation
Purchased the car through the 1966 newspaper listing and kept it for roughly thirteen years before selling it in Denver, Colorado.
- 1979 → 2013Private saleRusty Ferrellpartial documentation
Salt Lake City, Utah-based owner who used the car only occasionally over a long period before it passed to a restoration specialist.
- 2013 →Private saleEuropean Collectiblespartial documentation
Costa Mesa, California dealership that undertook an intensive eighteen-month full restoration, then sold the car to the current owner partway through that process.
- Date unknownPrivate saleCurrent ownerpartial documentation
Acquired the car while restoration was still underway; has kept it in a well-regarded private collection with only minimal test driving since completion.
Competition
- —The Quail – A Motorcar Gathering
Car was displayed at this Monterey Car Week event shortly after restoration was completed; described as a display appearance rather than a competitive judged class result.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1963ServicePorsche factory
Factory service visit, one of several performed in the months following delivery.
Additional factory servicing also took place in October and December 1963.
- 1964ServicePorsche factory
Factory service visits recorded in early 1964, with the final Kardex entry dated 22 August 1964 at 32,198 km.
A further service was recorded in April 1964; the last Kardex entry is August 1964.
- 2013RestorationEuropean Collectibles
Comprehensive eighteen-month nut-and-bolt restoration encompassing engine overhaul, re-plating and polishing of brightwork, bare-metal repaint in original Slate Grey, and a full interior retrim replacing original beige leatherette and corduroy with red leather, grey square-weave carpeting, and black rubber mats.
Engine overhaul was contracted to Carrera specialist Bill Doyle; brightwork was handled by Victor Miles.
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