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1962 Porsche 356B T6 Super Coupé

211257roadGermany

A left-hand drive 1962 Porsche 356B T6 Coupe, originally delivered to the United States in Super specification, this notchback example carries the distinctive T6 body features including a front-wing fuel filler, twin engine-lid ventilation grilles, and an enlarged rear window. The car retains a standard engine rebuilt by renowned 356 specialist Harry 'The Maestro' Pellow, and was used by a UK-based enthusiast on a West Coast American tour before being imported to Britain. It is described as mechanically sound and structurally genuine.

Ownership

  1. 2020-02-21Auction sale
    Estimate £50,000 – £60,000

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  2. Date unknownAcquisition unknown
    UK-based Porsche enthusiast
    partial documentation

    Purchased the car and used it for a touring drive along the US West Coast before importing it to the United Kingdom. The car was undergoing recommissioning and pre-sale UK registration at the time of cataloguing.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

  1. Engine rebuild
    Harry 'The Maestro' Pellow

    The original Super-specification engine was replaced with a standard unit that had been rebuilt by Harry 'The Maestro' Pellow, a Porsche specialist well known for his expertise with 356 engines, with documentation of this work present in the history file.

    Pellow is noted as having spent some two decades developing and improving 356 engines and authored literature on the subject.

  2. Service

    Recommissioning work including a full service and UK registration being completed in advance of the auction sale.

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