Chopped Porsche 356-914-911 Could Be Yours!

Chopped_356_494.jpg What do you get when you put a chopped 1955 Porsche 356 body on a 914 pan with a 911 engine, then add vast amounts of fabrication skill? You get an Outlaw 356-influenced machine that goes fast and commands a Buy It Now price of $175,000. Some of you may recognize this car's seller, Fantasy Junction, as the same folks…

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1963 Porsche 356

63Porsche_Frt_RH.jpgBack when we had the Favorite Porsche Down On The Street Poll, the winner was the '67 Porsche 912. While it's possible that the vote-splitting among the four Malaise Era 911s may have handed the win to the 912 by default, the fact remains that the oldest Porsche won. Is that because 1967 was long before the Porsche…

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PCH, Faster Pussycat Edition: TR3, MGA, or 356?

PCH_FasterPussycatEdition.jpg The Repo Man Edition PCH was fun, so we're returning to the movie-themed Choose Your Eternity concept once again. Today we're having a 3-way vote, but that's OK because we've seen one of the cars before and the idea of doing a PCH with the three machines driven by the homicidal go-go dancers from Russ Meyer drive-in…

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Engine Swap of the Day: Junkman's Small-Block-Powered 356

The other day, Junkman mentioned his Chevy 400-powered '57 Porsche 356. Well, one thing led to another, and we invited him to send in some photos for us to share. See, when most guys claim online to have some outrageous engine/car combo ("Dude, I got a '72 Kadett with Detroit Diesel Series 60!") you take the claim with…

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A Great Way to Waste Nearly 70k: Custom Porsche 356

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We're not purists when it comes to Porsches. We don't mind, by and large, if people hack 'em up. But the fate of this poor little 356 makes us sad indeed. The wheels are all wrong for the car, and that scoop treatment's rather in poor taste. What's more, if one's going to maul a car like this, shouldn't it have a…

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Autoteile!: Factory Ads for Porsche 356 Parts Suppliers

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Porsche 356 fans for whom the sum of the parts are as important as the cars themselves need only look toward Charlie White's collection of factory ads and brochures for the mother lode of nostalgia. With ads for Porsche suppliers like Getrag transmissions, Blaupunkt radios and Solex carbs among them, White's online…

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