1957 Porsche 356A Speedster 'Sanction Lost' (Zagato coachwork)
- Engine
- 1.6L flat-four
- Colour
- White with red longitudinal fins on rear wings
A one-of-nine 'Sanction Lost' recreation of the unique 1958 Porsche-Zagato 356 Speedster commissioned by French racing driver Claude Storez, who was killed in a 1959 rally accident after which the original car disappeared entirely. Zagato reconstructed the design from archived photographs and technical sketches, using digital scanning to produce a virtual 3D model before hand-forming aluminium panels in the traditional manner. Built with Porsche Museum approval to mark the marque's 60th anniversary, this example is based on a matching-numbers 1957 Porsche 356A 1600 originally delivered to Sweden, prepared mechanically by '356 Car and Parts' in Italy, and delivered to its current Belgian owner in 2016 with under 800 kilometres recorded.
Ownership
- 2022-10-09Auction saleSold €310,000 (≈ $341K)
- 1958 → 1959Factory deliveryClaude Storezpartial documentation
Storez commissioned Zagato to rebody his Porsche 356 Carrera Speedster; the completed car was shipped to Stuttgart for mechanical preparation before delivery. He died in a rally accident in early 1959 and the original car subsequently disappeared.
- 2016 →Factory deliveryCurrent ownerfull documentation
Placed the order with Zagato in 2015; the car was delivered in 2016 and has accumulated only around 800 km since then. Registered in Belgium with a personalised plate and treated primarily as a collectible artwork rather than a driven vehicle.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownHerb Wetansonpartial documentation
Prominent American collector who initially approached Zagato to commission a recreation of the Storez Speedster, thereby initiating the Sanction Lost programme.
Competition
- 1958-09-01Tour de France Automobile1958 Tour de France Automobile — Reims GT raceDriver: Claude Storez2nd in GT race (believed)
Storez reportedly finished behind the Ferrari 250 GT TdF of Olivier Gendebien; a period photograph of the car wearing number 139 at the event is known to exist.
- 1959-02-01Rally in FranceDriver: Claude StorezDNF — fatal accident
Storez was fatally injured during the final stage of the event; following his death the original Porsche-Zagato vanished from the record.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1958BodyworkCarrozzeria Zagato
Zagato rebodied the original 356 Carrera Speedster with a hand-formed aluminium low-drag open body featuring a curved windscreen and red-accented rear fins; Porsche subsequently refined the mechanicals in Stuttgart before delivery.
Work on the original Storez commission was completed in the latter part of 1958.
- 2015Restoration356 Car and Parts
Mechanical restoration and preparation of the 1957 Porsche 356A 1600 donor chassis to accommodate the new Zagato coachwork, carried out to support the 'Sanction Lost' recreation project.
Invoices for this work are retained in the car's documentation file.
- 2016BodyworkCarrozzeria Zagato
Zagato hand-formed the aluminium body panels using period-correct fabrication methods, guided by digital scans of original photographs and archive sketches, recreating all details to original specification including the red-accented fintails.
Construction used a timber body buck derived from virtual 3D modelling; the project was completed and the car delivered to its owner in 2016.
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