1962 Porsche 356 Carrera 2 (2000 GS) Coupé
- Engine
- 2.0L air-cooled flat-four, twin-cam (Type 587/1), dual Solex 40mm carburetors, 130 bhp at 6200 rpm
- Colour
- Slate Gray
A rare 1962 Porsche 356 Carrera 2 (2000 GS) coupe, one of only 445 built, originally delivered in Slate Gray with a bespoke light brown interior to French distributor Sonauto in Paris. Factory-fitted with an Eberspächer heater, Les Leston steering wheel, and amber-lensed headlamps for French homologation, the car passed through several notable owners in France and Germany before a full restoration in 2020 returned it to original specification. Current odometer reads approximately 26,078 km.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €355,000 (≈ $391K)
- 1962 → 1983Private saleEtienne Bompardfull documentation
Purchased through Sonauto Paris shortly after factory delivery; resided in a prosperous suburb north of Paris. First and long-term owner of the car.
- 1983 →Private saleLucien F. Bernardpartial documentation
Parisian Porsche collector and then-president of the French 356 club; acquired the car with the engine disassembled and brakes seized, then dispatched it to a Swiss 356 specialist for remedial work.
- → 2001Acquisition unknownRoad construction firm owner, Reutlingenpartial documentation
German business owner who commissioned an engine overhaul by a recognized Carrera specialist in Winterthur and had the bodywork and interior freshened by a local Reutlingen workshop concurrently.
- 2001 →Private saleConsignorfull documentation
Acquired the car with a very low odometer reading; commissioned a full restoration in 2020 returning it to its original color scheme and interior specification.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1983MechanicalChristoph Tanner
Engine was found disassembled and brakes were seized at the time of acquisition by the third owner; the car was sent to 356 specialist Christoph Tanner in Biesenhofen, Switzerland, for remedial work.
Work undertaken shortly after Lucien Bernard acquired the car in 1983.
- 2017InspectionIngineurbüro Deuschle
Formal appraisal carried out by Peter Deuschle of Ingineurbüro Deuschle in Wildberg, Germany, on behalf of Boxer-motor and Klassische of Dotternhausen; at this time the car had been repainted red.
Odometer read 25,388 km at the time of appraisal.
- 2020Restoration
Comprehensive restoration returning the car to its original factory specification: full respray in Slate Gray and a new light brown leather interior, with a Reutter colour and materials chart confirming correct original trim.
Odometer stood at approximately 26,078 km post-restoration; original engine not retained, replaced by a period-correct unit of the same type.
- —Engine rebuildArmen Baumann
Engine overhauled by Carrera specialist Armen Baumann in Winterthur, Switzerland, during the subsequent ownership by the Reutlingen road construction firm.
- —BodyworkAutohaus Max and Moritz
Body and interior refurbished simultaneously with the engine work, carried out at Autohaus Max and Moritz in Reutlingen.
Work undertaken concurrently with Baumann's engine overhaul during the Reutlingen ownership period.
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