| For sports car enthusiasts all over the world, and in | | | | no more than 500 were expected to sell. |
| particular for Porsche fans all over the world the | | | | This was a happy mistake on the part of the |
| numbers 356 hold a special meaning. The reason for | | | | "father" of the Porsche classic car, Ferry Porsche, |
| this lies in the chronicles of history, and a date that | | | | because by March of 1954 ten times the initial |
| would forever live on in the memory of all Porsche | | | | estimated amount of 356 Porsche classic cars had |
| fans. The year was 1948 and the date was the 8th | | | | been sold. |
| of June. This was the birth year of the Porsche | | | | The discontinuation of the 365 line however was not |
| classic Type 356 sports car. | | | | the end of the Porsche name or the car. A new |
| It weighed in at a modest 650kg, had a 1.1 liter | | | | concept Porsche classic was in the makings and by |
| capacity center engine and had an immodest (at the | | | | 1963 - two years before the 356 was discontinued - |
| time) 40HP under its hood. Difficult to even find one | | | | the Porsche classic 911 had become a reality. |
| of these original Porsche classic cars, if you do across | | | | This Porsche classic was the foundation for many a |
| them you will not be surprised to learn that they are | | | | sports car to come and indeed still lives on to this |
| considered priceless. With all good reason of course. | | | | day. On June 15th of 1996, Porsche reached another |
| Besides being the first ever Porsche classic cars to | | | | milestone and the one millionth Porsche was delivered |
| come into existence there were only a total of 50 | | | | from the assembly line. |
| made and they were all without exception hand built, | | | | And when all is said and done, the Porsche classic still |
| and that's saying a lot. These penultimate Porsche | | | | lives on in the classic Porsche design and logo, and if |
| classic cars were the harbingers of the 356 that we | | | | you own a Porsche classic, you can be sure that |
| can still see today. | | | | people will turn their heads to look you. Even in this |
| Unfortunately for all concerned the 356 Porsche | | | | day and age of sports supercars a classic lives on. |
| classic car line was discontinued after 17 years in April | | | | Muna wa Wanjiru is a web administrator and has |
| of 1965. To that date just over 81,000 356 Porsche | | | | been researching and reporting on internet marketing |
| classic cars had left the assembly line. In the beginning | | | | for years. |