1960 Porsche 356 B Cabriolet
- Engine
- 1.6L air-cooled flat-four OHV, twin Solex carburetors, ~60 bhp
- Colour
- Silver metallic
A 1960 Porsche 356 B Cabriolet, factory-built by Reutter with a 1.6-litre Normal engine and four-speed manual gearbox, dispatched from Zuffenhausen on 2 November 1960 and delivered to Competition Motors in Los Angeles the following April. Its first recorded owner was a Leo Wheeler of Torrance, California. The car has since been refinished in Silver Metallic by a California 356 specialist, with the dark blue leather interior retrimmed and instruments rebuilt, and retains period accessories including a rare VDM steering wheel and Blaupunkt tri-band radio.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold US$167,750
- 1961-04-01 →Private saleLeo Wheelerpartial documentation
First recorded owner, based in Torrance, California. Two early service visits are documented via factory Kardex records shortly after acquisition.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1961Service
First recorded service visit, carried out with odometer showing 569 miles.
Documented on the factory Kardex.
- 1961Service
Second recorded service visit, carried out with odometer showing 4,028 miles.
Documented on the factory Kardex.
- —Bodywork356 specialist, Laguna Beach
Full exterior repaint in Silver Metallic carried out by a 356 marque specialist based in Laguna Beach, California.
- —RestorationThomas Pocious
Dark blue leather interior retrimmed by Thomas Pocious; carpeting replaced in blue-grey.
- —RepairNorth Hollywood Speedometer
Instrument cluster rebuilt.
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