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Jeff Zwart certainly has some enviable Porsches (as evidenced in our video featuring his two 911s), and here is yet another. He’s owned this 1953 Pre-A Porsche 356 with Michelin World Rally studded snow tires for about a dozen years, and took some time to photograph it in Woody Creek, Colorado. Most people prefer practicality to style as they navigate cars through the snow and winter, but this man prefers style through and through.
“It’s my daily driver during winter in the Rockies. We just jet the carburetors for high altitude and the car works great. The heater starts working after about 30 minutes of driving, so you basically dress like you are if you are headed out on a long trip to go snowmobiling,” Jeff tells us about his winter 356.
Would you rock this as a daily driver in the snow?
Photography by Jeff Zwart
What was true 4 years ago when this was published is still true today in and around Aspen, CO. The highways are treated with magnesium chloride, first cousin to salt and no friend of 50+ year old german classic cars. Jeff has nice property outside Aspen and many roads which are not “treated” by the Colorado Dept of Transportation. I’m sure he uses a vehicle less vulnerable to corrosion to get in to town and back.
There’s nothing quite like the experience of driving a rear engine car in the snow. You quickly become familiar with how much sand or kitty litter will get you to a 50/50 weight distro as the steering becomes a vague memory without. It was not unlike driving my ’71 Karmann Ghia or any number of my Bugs year-round.
Salt = Death to these old German cars.