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I know of 2 similar cars for sale.. One I used to own (!!!). One will sell at Amelia with a $80K reserve (actual price to be decided). The other has a "buy it now" of $95K. It's hard to find a nice driver 356 under 80K now. Your best bet is a B notchback, but why??? ;-)

It's "game over" on 356s as far as I am concerned. They are super fun cars but that level of fun is only worth 40-50K to me, tops. 912 prices now....

And yes, the market on them has peaked somewhat IMO. I don't mean it's gonna drop but it's peaking, I think. And to be crass, we are about to witness a great die-off of original owners and see more cars FS (that's how a friend of mine scored 2 recently). But don't expect prices to come back down much, they are still rare, seminal and fun.

Food for thought:
I've had a C and A in row. Sold the last one in 05 (*Idiot*). But as much as I loved those cars, at the time I sold the A because I just wasn't driving it that much anymore (where do you park that nice a car? how often must you adjust drum brakes?) and I almost got killed in it twice (F350s apparently do not see 6V brake lights that are 10" off the ground). And now at those prices, as much as nostalgia's got me, I no longer want one, they have jumped my price/fun curve. I tell my friends to buy a SWB 912 and look far ahead while driving (so they don't notice it's not a 356)