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[rockandrollrods]

Not worth it anymore.

[bigwull]

If it was at an auction 5 years ago...then there will be a record somewhere ..showing its owner?...I assume that it would have had a number plate then...if you can find details of the plate...then you might be able to track it.via a Porsche owners Club..or try a Porsche Forum on the net....that would be you best bet.

[mart]

Whats the year model ?? Any dings or way to tell it apart from others !!

[bigwull]

This is a 1957 Porsche Carrera...356...val ue wise...from around $20,000 to....pick a number....

[bigwull]

I will post a few more pictures tonight. This one is quite rare. Worth around $400K once restored.

I,ve got a friend who works for Porsche UK...if you can get me a chassis number...or a reg number.. he can check through the Porsche data base...and if its still in one piece and running about..then the chances are it will be getting serviced by a
Porsche dealer...because if i owned a 400k car...i would be letting any tom dick or harry near it....

[talesofthesevenseas]

Wow... wiping the drool from my chin!!! Miracles happen, never give up hope!

[wendy177]

OK rockandrollrods sounds very James Bond!! You said "The records on this car from the auction were locked up, sealed, and possibly burned after it was pulled from the auction." So you know what auction it was placed in and what auction house, Is there any way you can get a list of bidders at said auction?? This is a very expensive piece to sell at auction so very specific buyers would need to be drawn in and someone may remember specifics about this car. Someone knows you may need to think outside the box to find it. Local bars around where the car was last seen (men love to brag) country clubs in the area. I can just see 2 guys smoking cigars and one going hey come look at what I have in the garage. Sounds like the owner does not want to be found!

[frogpatch]

I got to drive one of those in 68. It was a customers and after it got serviced I needed to test drive it to make sure the new Quaker State Oil was working properly.  If I remember it had a 5 speed stick.

[greenacres]

  I'm sure you did, lol I live Penna. It's a large state. The car looks like it's up on blocks, so I don't think it's been driven in a while. I wonder if there is a way to search car registration.

[Kimmienemo]

R&RRods - I'm sure you have already found this, and I feel silly posting it. . . but just in case.

I found this entry for a car show - here is the club's site

http://www.newhopeautoshow.com/html/showwinners.htm

Porsche-356
1st Place: Chris DiLeo, Coopersburg, PA – 1957 Porsche 356 A
2nd Place: Greg Jahn, Buckingham, PA – 1963 Porsche B
3rd Place: Jeff McFayden, Hope, NJ – 1957 Porsche 356 A
Honorable Mention: Lake Underwood II, Summit, NJ – 1957 Porsche 356

Perhaps someone here might know who owns the car - perhaps they have contact this club?

[bigwull]

I,m confused..well not really confused...more mystefied...maybe its my suspicious mind....there,s something just not quite right here..This alleged $400,000, Porsche...was entered into an auction.5 years ago...then at the last minute its withdrawn,....all documentation according to you is either lost or locked away...or even destroyed?....You are telling us that this car has never changed ownership since it was pulled from the auction....How do you know...you by your own admission don,t know where the car is..so how do you know...that its still in the US....furthermore.. .are these pictures...pre-auction or post- auction...if they are pre-auction...then where did you get them..and how do you know its still in this garage.....there,s just too many anomallies..here... you may be able to pull the wool over some peoples eye,s...with this cock & bull story....but i,m having none of it,

[Kimmienemo]

What is it about this car that makes it so different than the others?  I have seen several 1957 Porsche 356 Carrera's showing up at car shows.  A couple that have even shown up for sale.  But I have no clue as to what to help you look for other than that information.  Any additional info?

[Kimmienemo]

Bigwull - I get such a kick out of your posts!  My father used to say that some people talk all around the pasture and never mention the bull (Texans can be quite picturesque).  However, you go straight to the bull!  And you do so quite picturesquely (made a new word) as well!  LOVE IT!

I had been wondering about where the pictures had come from as well.  How did R&RRods have the pictures - must have been before, because they couldn't have been after. . . I was confused as well.

Perhaps, we will get more info!

[bigwull]

What is it about this car that makes it so different than the others?  I have seen several 1957 Porsche 356 Carrera's showing up at car shows.  A couple that have even shown up for sale.  But I have no clue as to what to help you look for other than that information.  Any additional info?

what makes it different is,..it conveniently does,nt have a reg plate...no colour apart from grey primer..no dings... nothing....for all we know it could have been re-cycled....or there is a bigger picture here...and we don,t have the full script....

[bigwull]

I did NOT...call you a liar..but .if the cap fits wear it...,
All this secrecy about this rare Porsche...but  nobody knows where it is,...you say you cannot contact said club..for fear of them finding out that you are searching for it....yet you come on an open forum...requesting info of its whereabouts...and you think know one is going to notice,that you are making enquiries...by now  whole world knows you are looking for it.....just google....: "Any Pennsylvania Members Seen This Porsche"...or any Porsche related topic....and your question is at the top of the tree....No secrets on the net..  from the pics that you,ve posted that came from friends,friends,friend...this is a rare Porsche colour....like this one maybe....