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LOM, my SC is not for sale. An excessively high price is my facetious means of stating that. I apologize to you or anyone who thought I wanted to sell or might be gaming the crowd. Upon reflection I note how a request for pricing advice often leads to offers to buy w/o a car being posted in the For Sale section. I've sold cars for a living & have had 356s in the family since 1968. I'm pretty straight-forward when it comes to offering a car for sale.
None the less, here's a shot of it, just for fun. I consider it at "3.5" level. It was painted arrest-me-red - to help make it marketable, I suppose (wrong! in my case... I reserve red for Italian cars, but I overcame that in this case... lust + a decent deal). I would of much preferred the original (& no doubt tired) factory color. It has never been restored, so could use it. I found it less expensive / more fun to remove weight (bumpers, seats, wheels) & drive it, just keep it reliable & in-tune.
Interestingly, it has an unnumbered 6V engine w/ webers & runs strong... who knows how that happened (be aware that dealerships & the importer had such engines in stock bitd for warranty purposes... some were then numbered w/ the bad engine's serial #, some weren't. "non-matching numbers" can be a feature of the olden days). It came with the original factory service book from its delivery when new - Christmas 1965. To me that is both luck & a sign of possible "regular 356 people chain of ownership". Found it out west almost 15 yrs ago. No PPI (had spoken w/ long-time mechanic). Flew in, walked around it when on a trailer, 30 min later handed over a bank check, got in and drove cross-country 1700mi nearly non-stop... a great trip on many levels. While I highly recommend 356s for pure driving joy, I do not suggest doing things the way I do. I am open to opinions on what old Porsche green I should paint it... I'm thinking Signal.
Matt, thx, I'm going to pay closer attention (again) to Beck 904s. I've driven a real one, & Chuck gave me a nice review of one of those 3 cars protos a few years back at Barber. Very intriguing.
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