Original 1955 Porsche Carrera 1500 GS Speedster

Very nice detailed photos of an original 1955 Porsche Carrera 1500 GS Speedster. No price listed, but you know what they say..."If you have to ask..."
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/porsche/carrera/1156361.html
Troy

Correct me if I'm wrong or overly suspicious, but don't Porsche pedals come down through the fire wall and not up through the floor like VWs? Also, don't Carreras have louvers in the engine cover?
I googled 1955 Porsche Carrea and one site said 7 pre-production cars were built and only 8 production cars built in 1955. Another site said 147 were built. One photo shows Carreras with only the Carrera scripts and another showed a small Carrera script under the Speedster script on the front fenders. Oh well as a replica owner it's not really my concern.

Pedals on my old '62 356 Karmann Notchback were from floor like VW --- had to replace pedal bracket due to rust is only reason I even remember! They sit up good 3" higher than VW - hence need for a wood floor board.

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troy, there is an orange widebody on craigslist for sale in LA. is it your old one, cant remember what color that one was of yours

This car is located at a P-car restoration shop by my neighborhood. Will Pierson and I saw this vehicle at a Porsche-only swap meet and exhibit we went to earlier this year. Very nice example of an early Carrera. If I remember correctly, the listed price at the time was $275K.

Nolan-

Porsche used a floor mounted pedal box until the 996, if I'm not mistaken.

Ah, that may explain it. I'd still be wary even if I had $275K to spend. I do have some beany babies if anyone is interested.

Nolan, what are you saying? My beannie babies are worthless. Better start investing in Tata Nanos:)

I'm more interested in Jaguar than I've been in years. Maybe it's a Tata thing...

The GT's had louvers. The GS's didn't.

Marty, I know about the Beanie Babies, my niece in England sent my daughter an authentic Britania which at the time was rare and selling for $300 here in the the states. It now sits in a plastic case looking forlorn. I also have the four Taco Bell Chihuahua dogs that speak when you squeeze them. I did have some Florida land up near Malabar but the development company when bankrupt. BTW, anyone want some hot tips in the stock market?

I'm considering starting a typewriter ribbon manufacturing business. Anyone want to invest a $ million or so. My betamax tape company is up for sale as well.

I hear buggy whips are gonna be the next hot thing.

Thought my wife was only Beanie Baby nut job! Think we still have over 2 plastic crates of them in attic. She had AF military brother sending them from UK and Germany. I need to dig thru them for my pet rock, Elvis velvet art work, cabbage patch doll, and hula hoop --- probably few PEZ dispensers there too!

Saw me mum on Christmas & she mentioned she had two old PEZ dispensers (the reputed inventor of the PEZ head died late last year). I told her some o' dem things is worth bux. She's like, wha?? So I'm like, "let's lookitup on the Ebay" and sho'nuff, one of her Santas goes for $20 each. It was like a little mini edition of Antiques Road Show right there at her little desk. Thanks, "PEZ" (TM) for the best Christmas ever!

Stan - I think it's DEFINITELY a Tata thing!

Bob - I'll join forces with you with when I corner the market for White-Out (no, that's not the chant heard at the Soul Train studio).

Still perfecting my all wood bar-b-que grill. Can't get it past the single use stage. Open to ideas.

I'm working on a solar powered rectal thermometer. Can't seem to find any interested venture capital groups.

jim, i use white out all the time but how do i get it off the screen?

BwaaaaaHaaaaa!
Youse guys are some sick pups!
But about my buggy whip, uhhh nevermind....TMI.

~WB

Yeah, you think they're nuts, I actually read that "Paint by Numbers" were going up in value.

@tom: about that solar rectal thermo. VC guys'll eat that up (figuratively, I mean) if you wrap it into some kind of "on-line community" thing. Just make it tweet the temp readings, shove it up the bum of some MIT grad school drop-out and send him to lunch. It's like 1998 out there all over again.

Yer welcome. Just remember to ship me a Speedie when that shit goes public.

The way this thread has drifted, should your shoe lace come untied at Carlisle I wouldn't suggest bending over to tie it.

Bob. What's the link to that Orange widebody? I see a gold one listed in LA, but no orange. The "Orange Crate" was a Vintage super widebody.




Here's the old thread. https://www.speedsterowners.com/forum/readmsg.asp?t=19359

Classic Speedster Owner thread drift...

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