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This Porsche 356 Speedster Puts Family First
I’m nearly running to my travel agent to line up flight to Italy.. I’ll find this family and invite them to town for a support so we can sit and share this love for classic lines and getting the wind thru our hair. .. I’ll offer to be their shop boy, scrubbing down the old concrete of grease and changing over light bulbs,wiping down every tool handle,finally graduating to chief engine detailer & errand runner which i’ll do on my Vespa,packing a whicker basket full of fruit,cheeses,dried meats and the local grapes, olive oil and a loaf of fresh sour dough.. to return to the family shop where I’ll slice up some garlic,mix up the veggies with olives and we’ll settle into the grass behind the shop for a long lunch under the warm Tuscan afternoon sky. I give this film hind-legged provo’s !! Ciao & with love to Petrol !
Hi! Without a doubt, Petrolicious produces excellent videos and articles. I must, however, take eception to this 356 as well as to the so called ‘Tribute’ cars.
The 356 in guestion appears to be far from a legitimate Speedster. It looks like a cobbled up car from different 356 bits and pieces. Even the so-called close ratio gearbox does not sound like it at all. I suggest you check serial numbers. So, please be careful with the cars you present.
The same applies to the so-called ‘Tribute’ cars. They are nothing but uninspired imitations of someone else’s car. For heaven’s sake, have them build their own idea or paint scheme instead of creating a look-alike, wanna-be.
So,once again, Petrolicious, be careful and legitimize the cars you present. Otherwise, you spoil a great publication and accompanying videos – of which you have many superb ones.
Thanks – Wilrod
Dear Creators – Your archive of mechanical/artistic/human/hypnotic video fusions are masterful!
Regardless of the marque & reinforcing owner narration (a potent content combination) when I hit play, I am at once immersed, stimulated and sedated.
What a Wondrous octane you have alchemized!
Thank you!
I love the way these video’s are shot and intercut with the owner. Lingering shots and details of the settings (it’s great to see all the stuff in the garages and offices, that some might see as clutter!). In this one, that shot of her coming up the road and going around the hairpin- Lovely!
I’ve learned that when a new sub-titled video comes out, I have to watch it twice- once for the story, and again just to focus on the great images. The price of getting old LOL, but the interest stays young.
That is an unusual car….1959 on the inside and like 1963 on the outside. I like it. I like it better than my own car….which is a 63 cabriolet, silver with blue interior. It has me thinking I should modify my car. Number 1 looks lightweight, mine looks heavy.
You couldn’t get closer to my kind of video! thank you.
By chance is that Lago di Endine in the background? It looks exactly like a spot on a lake that I parked in about 2 months ago.
Uh ohhhh … sounds like we may have us a genuine hotrod/custom/resto mod / outlaw convert in the making . Seriously though before doing a race replica have a good look at the original ” OutLaw ” 356 . Dean Jeffries little beauty from err … the late 50’s
And err … welcome to the club.. the air’s a bit thin up here but its a whole lot fresher and cleaner
