Check out the original Invoice for my '64 356C

[Baz]

My 356 didn't come with any service records when I bought it. But when I joined the 356 Registry - my car was logged in along with my contact info. A few years later I was contacted by a fellow registry member who owns a repair business in Virginia. Turns out he ran across several boxes of old service records from two different old Porsches. Mine being one of them. So he sent me all the stuff. Interesting all the work that was done on my car by the owner, who lived in Virginia. Includes correspondence with various Porsche dealers and shops around the country - including even Vasek Polak!

Anyway......thought it might be of interest to share the invoice when the car was first sold. I thought is was cool that it also shows a '62 Volvo as a trade in! Was purchased by a doctor in Ohio.

I also have the invoice when it was sold to the fellow in Virginia who accumulated all the service records and invoices.

[Racerbvd]

Very cool

[unclebilly]

That’s super cool.

In 1964, $5000 nearly bought a house so I guess inflation has tracked about the same with real estate…

[Jrboulder]

Wow what a find!

$6.06 and a half-owned Volvo and you could be in a new Porsche.

[Bill Douglas]

Awesome!

[rusnak]

no left headrest?

[id10t]

I have Dad's original hand written receipt for when he bought my 356C coupe new. I keep it in the glove box, along with the service coupon booklet (missing first oil change).

Pops paid $3750 w/ tax, tag, etc. OTD for #222522 with a dealer-installed Artic Kar AC unit (that I never saw him use.... ) in Tampa, took delivery of it on 7/26/65. It was the last one he could find in the SE US. He had a '63 B coupe that got totaled in a wreck...

[id10t]

Originally Posted by rusnak

no left headrest?

Nope, head rest is for passenger comfort. Driver doesn't need to be chilling back. Same reason there are no cup holders.

[look 171]

That's a lot of money back then. If I remember correctly, a Mustang can be had for about 2k in the late 70s? I Remember looking at a new car with my dad in 78 or 79 at the Ford dealer ship in Glendale, CA seeing the Mustangs were just over 2k.

[Baz]

Thanks, guys!

Interesting it's lists the "Key #" as well. I wonder if it's got that same key code?

[Baz]

Current JD Power values for that Volvo:

Original MSRP: $2,495
Low Retail: $6,375
Average Retail: $13,450
High Retail: $24,300

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Here's my 69S

[Doug E]

Very cool.

Small world, the original selling location is right down the road from me here in Cincy.

[jhynesrockmtn]

That C has some great options. Mine was pretty bare bones other than the Chrome wheels. Very cool you got all of those records! A buddy has a 64C as well. Same White/Black as mine but with the passenger headrest, fog lights and a few other bits.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by look 171

That's a lot of money back then. If I remember correctly, a Mustang can be had for about 2k in the late 70s? I Remember looking at a new car with my dad in 78 or 79 at the Ford dealer ship in Glendale, CA seeing the Mustangs were just over 2k.

Your memory isn’t great, new Mustangs were not $2k in the late ‘70s. They had a base price of ~$2500 in 1964 and that would be a 6-cylinder hardtop with a 3-speed manual and not one single option. They were about double that by the late ‘70s.

[Bill Douglas]

Not the original invoice, but photos of it as soon as it was driven home by the first owner.

[MAS956]

Originally Posted by Baz

My 356 didn't come with any service records when I bought it. But when I joined the 356 Registry - my car was logged in along with my contact info. A few years later I was contacted by a fellow registry member who owns a repair business in Virginia. Turns out he ran across several boxes of old service records from two different old Porsches. Mine being one of them. So he sent me all the stuff. Interesting all the work that was done on my car by the owner, who lived in Virginia. Includes correspondence with various Porsche dealers and shops around the country - including even Vasek Polak!

Anyway......thought it might be of interest to share the invoice when the car was first sold. I thought is was cool that it also shows a '62 Volvo as a trade in! Was purchased by a doctor in Ohio.

I also have the invoice when it was sold to the fellow in Virginia who accumulated all the service records and invoices.

I wonder what he traded in....

[Jeff Alton]

^^^ looks like a volvo 4 dr

[speeder]

And $5300 was HUGE money for a little 4-cyl sports car in 1964. A VW bug was around $1600 new, for comparison sake.

[Jeff Higgins]

Interestingly, in today's money, a 356 was about a $30,000 - $35,000 car.