1963 Porsche 356B 2000 GS Carrera Coupe

VIN 123654

Completed on March 11, 1963

One of only 196 356B Carrera 2 Coupes built! Originally delivered from the factory in Ivory (6204) with Black leatherette (B/C) and mouse grey corduroy inserts. The restoration was started but it was never completed. This example does not come with a Carrera 4-Cam engine. Fully metal finished for its next owner to take the restoration to the next level. Rust free body that has very good gaps and panel fit. Original Carrera gauges and VDM Carrera 2 wooden steering wheel. An extremely rare opportunity to acquire a Carrera 2 Coupe project at a reasonable price complete with a Certificate of Authenticity from Porsche.

*Complete set of Undercarriage photos provided upon request.

History

Introduced in the autumn of 1961 at the Frankfurt Auto Show, the 2-liter Carrera II became the first Porsche production car to have disc brakes. Numerous additional cooling vents were among the recently introduced improvements, but most attention was focused on the new 1,966cc four-cam engine. This produced 135hp at 6,200rpm, and while the Carrera's top speed increased only slightly to around 125mph, there was a marked improvement in acceleration despite the newcomer's greater weight, the 0-100mph time being cut from 33.5 seconds to 27.2. The Carrera II had been introduced part way through 356B production and continued virtually unchanged after the 356C's arrival in September of 1963.

The Fuhrmann-designed Carrera 4-cam engine, Type 587/1 with 135 hp, was very complex, and it took an experienced factory mechanic using brand new parts nearly 100 hours to assemble. This was an expensive venture for any car company, let alone one as small as Porsche.