For Sale: 1961 Porsche 356 in San Carlos, California

This beautiful 1961 T5 Roadster is one of the rarest of the production 356 cars, only 473 were ever built and Belgium coachbuilder Dleteren made all of them for Porsche. Looking at the silhouette, it is obvious immediately that this is something different, with its fast back design, the roadster looks like a Speedster but on a B platform and with windows.Her most recent owner purchased #89298 in1984, unfortunately she had been in a collision and was now being represented by a body shop that was restoring the car back to original condition. The car had been deemed too expensive to fix by the insurance company so they paid the past owner for the car and sold the wreck to the body shop so the car will come with a salvage title. This was not an issue for the past owner as he bought the car including the restoration for a fair price at the time as we are representing to you at a fair price today.#89298 is still in amazing condition both cosmetically and mechanically and comes with a service file almost 2thick. After 39 years enjoying the car, the last owner finally had to part ways with this beautiful little car due to his age. nbsp;Verified numbers matching engine #605181, transmission #43714 and still in her original colors of Ruby Red with black, this is from her Porsche Certificate of Authenticity and then verified by the dealership.Tons of service documents from 1984 to current, pictures of some of her journeys, keys, partial books and more come with the car. nbsp;Trade ins gladly considered, leasing and financing available upon approval of credit.