1959 Porsche 356 Cabriolet

152136roadGermany

Engine: 1.6L air-cooled horizontally opposed four-cylinder OHV, dual Solex downdraft carburetors, 60 bhp
Colour: Ruby Red

Chassis 152136 is a 1959 Porsche 356A Cabriolet, one of only 447 examples of its body style produced that model year, fitted with the 60 bhp 'Normal' air-cooled flat-four engine it left the factory with on 9 June 1959. After decades in basement storage in Nebraska following an early-1960s sale, the car was eventually acquired by a Porsche dealer-collector who commissioned a frame-off, rotisserie-based mechanical and cosmetic restoration completed around 2012. It retains its original Ruby Red finish, original engine, and factory-supplied Karmann removable hardtop.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold US$209,000
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1959 →Acquisition unknown
Dental student struggling financially
partial documentation
Original purchaser who sold the car in the early 1960s, reportedly to fund continuing dental education.
Date unknownPrivate sale
Charlie Werp
partial documentation
Porsche Club member based in Omaha, Nebraska, who stored the vehicle in his basement for roughly four decades.
Date unknownPrivate sale
Friend of Charlie Werp in Texas
none documentation
Texas-based acquaintance of Werp who held the car only briefly before passing it along.
Date unknownPrivate sale
Lance Pittack
full documentation
Proprietor of Woodhouse Porsche in Omaha and private collector who drove the car for several years, then directed a full bare-metal restoration and mechanical rebuild completed over two years starting in 2010; shop invoices totaling over 1,550 labor hours are present.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

2010Restoration
Woodhouse Porsche
Full bare-metal, rotisserie-based restoration conducted over roughly two years, encompassing complete disassembly, body refinishing in original Ruby Red, new black leather interior with period-correct carpeting, new wiring harness, windshield, and body seals, plus wholesale replacement of OEM fasteners and hardware. Engine, gearbox, and braking system were all overhauled, new Boge shock absorbers and Vredestein tyres fitted. More than 1,550 labour hours were logged and invoiced.
Work aimed at a better-than-new standard; shop invoices documenting the labour are included with the car.

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