1961 Porsche 356 Carrera Zagato 'Sanction Lost' Coupé
- Engine
- Carrera engine (no further capacity or configuration details provided)
- Colour
- Bianco Gardenia (white) with red highlights on rear fins
This Porsche 356 Carrera Zagato 'Sanction Lost' Coupé is one of nine such coupés built by Zagato as part of an eighteen-car commemorative series honouring Claude Storez's unique 1957–58 Porsche-Zagato Speedster, which was lost following Storez's fatal accident in February 1959. Built on a genuine 1961 Porsche 356 B donor, bodied by Zagato in Milan from 2015, and fitted with a Carrera engine, this example wears the Bianco Gardenia and red livery of the original Storez car. It was offered alongside its matching Speedster sister car.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold £426,875 (≈ $534K)
- 1958 → 1959Factory deliveryClaude Storezpartial documentation
Storez commissioned the bespoke aerodynamic body from Zagato for his Porsche 356; after Porsche completed mechanical preparation in Stuttgart the car was delivered to him. He died in a rally accident in early 1959 and the car vanished after the crash.
- 2017 →Factory deliveryHerb Wetansonfull documentation
Prominent American collector who approached Zagato to commission a recreation of the Storez car; the finished Coupé was delivered to him in 2017 and is accompanied by a Porsche authenticity certificate, build sheet copy, and a digital archive of supporting materials.
Competition
- 1958-09-01Tour de France Automobile1958 Tour de France AutomobileDriver: Claude Storez2nd in GT class at Reims stage
Storez finished behind Olivier Gendebien in a Ferrari 250 GT in the GT race at the Reims stage; his car carried race number 139 and a period side photograph from this event is among the very few surviving images of the original Porsche-Zagato.
- 1959-02-01French rally, February 1959Driver: Claude StorezDNF — fatal accident
Storez was killed during the final stage of this rally; the wrecked car was removed from the scene and has never been located since.
Maintenance & restoration
- 2015RestorationZagato
As part of the Sanction Lost programme, the original 1961 Porsche 356 B shell was removed and replaced with a newly coach-built Zagato Coupé body; the car was fitted with a Carrera engine and finished in Bianco Gardenia with red highlights to replicate the Storez livery.
Body design was derived using photometric scanning of period photographs. The Coupé body was based on a concept drawing found in Zagato's archive, dated 11 September 1959.
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