Porsche 356 A 1500 GS Carrera

The secret to this 356’s rarity and specialty lies under the pristine white Reutter coachwork. Pop the engine lid to reveal the 1.5-liter four-cam engine masterpiece: (unusually) sporting Weber 40 carburettors, twin distributors, two plugs per cylinder, and a complex bevel gear system that runs the cams. It’s notoriously difficult to build and maintain – but that’s exactly what makes it special.

Supplied by Porsche main dealer AFN in April 1956, the first owner, Le Mans driver Edgar Wadsworth, enjoyed the Carrera for 4 years, regularly driving it back to Stuttgart for specialist servicing in between hill climbs and events on track.

Racing and rally driver Cyril Corbishley was owner number two, parting with the Carrera after 2 years in 1962. Further owners followed in 1963, 1978, 1986 (including a spell in Spain with great automotive personality, Enrique Coma-Cros), 2002 and 2013 when it joined its current owner, just prior to the beginning of the extensive refresh.

The significance of cars like this will only increase. Genuine, right-hand drive Carrera GS examples, with history, originality, and restoration of this calibre, rarely surface, and almost never change hands publicly.

Further technical and historical details including chassis, engine and transmission details, photographs and video, specialist reports, and restoration invoices and images are available upon request to serious buyers.

UK registered, available to view in our showroom. Independent inspections welcome.

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Photography courtesy of Rich Pearce Photography

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