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1960 Porsche 356B Cabriolet - Iconic Classic Porsche -1600cc 4
Cylinder - 4 Speed Manual Transmission - Repainted Gray, Originally
Mesissen Blau Blue - Red Interior - Black Convertible Top (Please
note: If you happen to be viewing this 1960 Porsche 356B Cabriolet
on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's possible
that you've only seen some of our many photographs of the car due
to third-party website limitations. To be sure you access all the
more than 170 photographs, as well as a short start-up and
walk-around video, please go to our main website: Garage Kept
Motors.) Since the 356 was Porsche's first model (debuting in
1948), and it would stay in production for a fairly long period of
time, every 356 tells a part of the story of the early years of
Porsche. As the most popular variant of the car, the 356B gives us
a particularly interesting cross section of company history. The
356 ... is a 1960 model, notable for being the first of the 356s
that would incorporate upgrades that would lead a few years later
to the 911. Indeed, early 911 sketches were made alongside the
plans for upgrading the 1960 356. - TopSpeed Offered here is a 1960
Porsche 356B Cabriolet in non-metallic dark gray over dark red
leather. Originally Mesissen blue, the car is the beneficiary of a
superb professional restoration. This is a stand-out example 356B
showing 18,752 miles since its rebirth. Viewed from any angle, the
exterior gray repaint highlights the curvaceous body. (To best
assess the quality of the driver-quality of the paint, please be
sure to view the close-up photographs of the car in the
accompanying gallery.) The bumper trim and overriders, headlight
and indicator-light trim, grille trim, hood trim, windshield trim,
side mirror, door handles, lower-body trim, engine-compartment
louvers, and taillight trim (including the unique stand-up
reflectors) all shine well. The black convertible-top boot (snaps
included) is good, as is the Porsche crest emblem on the hood and
the gold Porsche 1600 badge in the rear. The factory-original,
10-slot, steel wheels (with chrome trim rings and unmarred chrome
wheel covers) are sound with Dunlop® period-correct tires. The
front trunk is clean and complete including the original jack,
original spare wheel (mounted with matching Dunlop rubber), correct
carpeting, and restored original fuel tank are in good condition.
The lower battery compartment shows very well. The car's interior
has been restored. Dark red leather covers the properly trimmed and
mounted door panels, and the bucket (and rear jump) seats are in
place. Floors and cabin walls are covered in matching dark gray,
low-pile carpeting (all edge-trimmed in dark red), including on the
rear panels on the jump seats. A 3-spoke, classic black steering
wheel (with Porsche-crest center emblem and leather-trimmed rim)
frames the correct green-numeral, chrome-bezeled VDO® instruments
set in the body-color-painted, red-leather-padded metal dashboard.
The dash center includes heat and ventilation controls, and a
period-correct, push-button, AM-FM radio. The shift lever for the
4-speed manual transmission is mounted on the floor and topped with
an unadorned black shift knob. Under the rear engine cover, the
1600-cc, horizontal 4-cylinder engine has been well restored. All
component surfaces and the engine bay are very clean. Factory
stickers are in place. (Be sure to sample the engine note in the
included video.) The lower surfaces of the engine and transmission
and the suspension components are visual focal points. Please see
the multiple photos of the undercarriage to assess driver-quality
condition. Factory-mounted information and identification tags
(including the Reutter body-identification tag) remain in place.
While the more than 170 high-definition photographs and the short
walk-around-and-startup video available on the GarageKe
