1955 Pre-A Speedster
richardelliott
Beloit, WI
323-880-2285
MILEAGE
80242
YEAR
1955
ENGINE
6
LOCATION
Beloit, WI
STOCK
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FULL SPECS
DESCRIPTION
1955 Pre-A Speedster Being offered for private sale is this stunning 1955 pre-A Porsche Speedster. Black plate car, restored in late 1980s in California. Photo album documents entire restoration. Car was finished 2010-2015 by Meister Restoration, Center Barnstead, N.H.
The car was completed in January 1955 and shipped to the US with sealed beam headlamps and speedometer calibrated in miles. Vehicle number 80242 puts this car among the earliest Speedsters built. Body color Sky Blue with gray-blue (Firenze Grey) top, boot and side curtains. (See Page 157, Heinrichs Speedster book). The car has been meticulously restored to original condition. Includes five correct date stamped 16 inch wheels and a correct low bow top. Not original are leather seats, dash and door panels and a later modified engine with MSD crank fire ignition and full flow oil filter making it a very comfortable and responsive driver.
Car is housed within a home and driven 3-4 times a year.
This may be the only blue Speedster extant with correct boot and top material special order milled in Germany with herring bone underside.
The car may be seen by appointment in Maine. 323-880-2285.
Photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-vC4oplBTcWHLwSE8V6dhPFSoX2UQsz-?usp=sharing
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