GTP Cool Wall: Porsche 356

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Porsche 356

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Swiss coachbuilder Beutler also made a coupé version based on the 356.

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That is actually pretty cool.
 
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Even Abarth made a version of the 356 with a more Italian flair which also looks great in my opinion.

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That deserves it's own fridge!.:drool:
 
Just some random vintage 356 rally and racing pictures form the internet:
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James Dean:
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It put Porsche on the map. Sub-Zero
 
Stotty
In the same league as the Merc SL
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Great point. The Merc was never a superfast car (back then it was)but that and the 356 are cars you could go to the track and whoop some vintage car ass, then head out to a motor show and win for beauty or something like that. It's a car that backs up sport with sweet looks. In fact, this car looks so sweet, that if cars were food, this thing would rot your teeth into dust.
 
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Sub zero, and I'll have a Speedster please...
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Meh.

Looking at the car made no difference in my mood before opening the page.
 
Cool. Always loved them but prefer the coupe version.

And this has given my the urge to locate my copy of NFS Porsche Unleashed and play that again.
 
Like the coupe verion better, but will give it a cool.
 
You gus realize this cool wall is for the 356 in general, right? It's not just for one model of the 356.
 
Cool. Not sub-zero, because too few people get it. But that's not the point. This car is awesome. It may be weak, it may be bulbous, it may be a glorified Beetle. But it is the car that made Porsche one of the best. Can you imagine doing a long distance rally in a convertible 356? I can, and I've got something to think about when I fall asleep.
 
I just dont feel anything looking at this car, it could be its age, Im not really into cars from the 40s bit to old for me.

On the other hand I can understand people giving it sub zero just for what it is, what it represents.

It has to be a Meh for me
 
Sub-zero. It's the Porsche that gave birth to THE Porsche that everyone knows (but not all love) today.
 
Subzero, needs it's own fridge. I'd put this only slight behind the 300SL Merc. Definitely an awsome car. I'd love to have a modernized one with a barebones 1.8T Audi/VW engine.
 
astrosdude91
You gus realize this cool wall is for the 356 in general, right? It's not just for one model of the 356.
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Thats not what I was told way back in the Cadillac Escalade Cool Wall:

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Oddly, unlike the TG Cool Wall from which we draw inspiration, the GTP Cool Wall is trim-specific.
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Regardless of the low powered boxer engine, this is still the granddaddy of all Porsches.

SUB-ZERO.
 
I have too much respect to give it anything less then a 'meh' - It is also too boring to give it more then a 'meh'
 
I like the car but as The Cracker pointed out, if you see one on the road it's most likely a replica. Only cool.
 
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I like the car but as The Cracker pointed out, if you see one on the road it's most likely a replica. Only cool.
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Well the only popular ( Beetle-based ) replica is the Speedster version as the real ones are extremely rare and command extremely high prices.
If you see a Coupé version ( or a "regular" Roadster ) the change of being the real deal are much higher ( don't think the Coupé version is even available as replica ).:)
 
Adamgp
Thats not what I was told way back in the Cadillac Escalade Cool Wall:
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Well that's fine and dandy if we were voting on a specific trim. But in this vote, it only says "Porsche 356", there is a picture of a Speedster model in the op merely by chance.
 
Of course, 356 was a specific version of the 356 series...
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These are such great cars. I think its one of Porsche's best looking cars. Once you own a Porsche, you are hooked.

Some of the best cars get "copied". Lambo, Ferrari, Porsche, Shelby.
 
It doesn't get my heart rate up like the early 911's do, but I will definitely turn my head and watch when I see one of these going down the road.

Cool.
 
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Well the only popular ( Beetle-based ) replica is the Speedster version as the real ones are extremely rare and command extremely high prices.
If you see a Coupé version ( or a "regular" Roadster ) the change of being the real deal are much higher ( don't think the Coupé version is even available as replica ).:)
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I saw "new" Porsche 356 coupes for sale a few months ago. Those were of course beetle based replicas.

I voted sub-zero. A porsche that doesn`t scream "look what I can afford!" is always awesome. my favorite Porsche after the 914\6.
 
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