And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
No way. You could spend several hundred thousand on a complete restoration and still have at least a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of meat on that bone.
Judging by the 2 spoke steering wheel it's a Porsche 356A made from '55 to '59. Restored it would be worth $100k if it's a base model coupe. Convertibles are worth twice as much. A very rare '56 Carrera Speedster sold for $1,485,000 at Pebble Beach a few years ago. Al_in_Ottawa
Looking at the amount of floor rust and central tunnel corrosion, this is either a body that was sitting in the dirt in a field or a convertible. The lighting and camera angle suggest convertible. If the vin exists and the rest of the bones of the interior and drive train are salvageable this might make a candidate for a restoration.
Nope.
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ReplyDeleteSince I view an automobile as "four tires and a motor," I'd say that it would take way more money and far too much labor to fix this wreck.
Cut to shape, file to fit, paint to match.
ReplyDeleteMeasure with a yardstick, mark it with chalk, cut it with a torch, file to fit, paint to hide...
DeleteNowhere near, too far gone.
ReplyDeleteNo way. You could spend several hundred thousand on a complete restoration and still have at least a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of meat on that bone.
ReplyDeleteDoes it have a VIN tag and a title?
ReplyDeleteNeeds an orange crate and it's ready to go.
ReplyDeleteJudging by the 2 spoke steering wheel it's a Porsche 356A made from '55 to '59. Restored it would be worth $100k if it's a base model coupe. Convertibles are worth twice as much. A very rare '56 Carrera Speedster sold for $1,485,000 at Pebble Beach a few years ago.
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The heartbreak of anodic dissolution. And the going price of repro 356-series roadsters only increase the pain.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the amount of floor rust and central tunnel corrosion, this is either a body that was sitting in the dirt in a field or a convertible. The lighting and camera angle suggest convertible. If the vin exists and the rest of the bones of the interior and drive train are salvageable this might make a candidate for a restoration.
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I'd love to have to radio for install into a 1951 PW.
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