1965 Porsche

I prefer the 74 Targa.

Ed,

It's a 356; the precursor to the 911.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356

Jon.

Nice car, for historical value purposes. Many complain that it's a glorified Bug.

I don't like it much, but I am not a car guy. I do like this, from about the same time period, a lot. My only cool car moment was when, as a teenager, I showed my father a picture of that car and told him that I thought it was the nicest car I had ever seen. He smiled, went to his bookcase and pulled out a copy of Popular Mechanics he had saved because it had a feature on that very same car, his favorite.

That's why they came out with the 550 Spyder.

Jon.

This is one of few times I'm back in San Diego recently and taking care of some business. My office computer is part of our national network and, ironically, the system firewall blocks photobucket and the photos of the Porsche in your post. So, I am flying blind with my remarks. I will see the images when I get home this evening.

If the car in your original post is a 1965 model, it would be a C or an SC model with the T6 body. It is the final iteration of the venerable 356. It was actually built into early 1966 (as a 1965 model) after the first 911s were already being offered in the dealer network. The engine was a pushrod 1600 cc hung on the back of a four speed transaxle. The brakes were discs as opposed to the drums in earlier models. The SC was slightly better appointed (chrome wheels) than the C and had more horsepower at about 95 bhp if I recall correctly. That same pushrod engine lived on in the early model 912.

The most coveted of the 356s is generally considered to be the 1962-1964 Carrera 200GS and GT models. Visually, it's pretty much the same as the other T-6 bodied cars. Those had an overhead cam (four cams) 2 litre engine with about 140 bhp (again, if I recall correctly). A school chum of mine still builds nothing but four cam engines for clientele around the world.

I bought a well-used 1963 Carrera 2000 cabriolet in 1969 and drove it for almost two years before reselling it. Today, the car's value would equal that of a small apartment building in some urban areas. I didn't employ the Intelligent Investor strategy on that one!



I used to ride my bicycle down to Dewey Eastman Volvo on Front Street in Santa Cruz and drool over the Volvo P1800 in 1961 or 1962. They were initially built in the Jensen factory in England and featured in the old television series, The Saint, with Roger Moore as Simon Templar.


Balderdash! Don't argue about it, either.

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My old man could tell you reams about it as he owns one (actually a repro). The problem is it has no guts compared to today's cars so he is looking at getting a modern 911.

That is a fine looking car, I'd love to have it sitting in my garage.

I feel that '60s Porsches are wonderfully pretty cars, and are perfect as daily drivers. The Volvo P1800s are also very nice cars. The later ES series, not so much so.

I think this would probably be your dream car:



Jon.

No, I would prefer something like the Maserati 5000GT for a daily driver. That Isotta in Sunset Blvd with the leopard hide upholstery was also great.

Well, I said dream, not daily driver, they are 2 diff things IMHO.

Jon.

Beautiful car! I'd enjoy having that in the garage.