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Porsche importer Max Hoffman reportedly was selling 11 Porsches a week and about 30-percent of the company's total production in 1954. On June 24th of that year, this Pre-A Cabriolet left the factory to be delivered to Mr. Hoffman. It made its way to Louisiana and was purchased by Alan Surgi in 1974. It was then shipped to Maine, where a restoration began. The work stalled part-way through, until it was purchased in 1984 by its current caretaker. The work resumed in 1990 and took eight years to complete. The current owner drove the car for the first time at the 1998 Porsche Parade in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It scored 232.8 points out of a possible 235 which was an impressive accomplishment because, at the time, it was about 98-percent finished.
It is finished in the factory 1954 shade of Turkish Red over a Black interior. It has a matching-numbers 1500 engine, and rare details such as the gold Porsche script on the dashboard and glass washer-fluid container. The car rides on correct 16-inch date-stamped wheels and the engine lid retains its proper chassis-number stamping.
Since the restoration, the car has been driven less than 1,500 miles. It was displayed at the 2016 Porsche Parade in Jay Peak, Vermont. It received the Zuffenhausen Award and scored 295.8 out of 300 points.
Over 1,700 examples of the 356 Coupe were produced in 1954, with reportedly just 327 Cabriolet built that year.By Daniel Vaughan | May 2017
It is finished in the factory 1954 shade of Turkish Red over a Black interior. It has a matching-numbers 1500 engine, and rare details such as the gold Porsche script on the dashboard and glass washer-fluid container. The car rides on correct 16-inch date-stamped wheels and the engine lid retains its proper chassis-number stamping.
Since the restoration, the car has been driven less than 1,500 miles. It was displayed at the 2016 Porsche Parade in Jay Peak, Vermont. It received the Zuffenhausen Award and scored 295.8 out of 300 points.
Over 1,700 examples of the 356 Coupe were produced in 1954, with reportedly just 327 Cabriolet built that year.By Daniel Vaughan | May 2017
2017 Gooding & Company : Amelia Island
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $250,000-USD $350,000
Lot was not sold
1954 Porsche 356 Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Porsche 356
(Data based on Model Year 1954 sales)
1954 Porsche 356 1500 Speedster by Reutter Chassis#: 80121 Sold for USD$412,000 2024 RM Sothebys : Monterey | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A 'Knickscheibe' 1500 Coupe Chassis#: 52409 Sold for USD$173,600 2024 Broad Arrow : Monterey | |
1954 Porsche 356 1500 Speedster Chassis#: 80159 Sold for USD$302,000 2024 RM Sothebys : ModaMiami | |
1954 Porsche 356 'Pre-A' 1500 S Cabriolet by Reutter Chassis#: 60489 Sold for USD$232,862 2023 RM Sothebys : Munich | |
1954 Porsche 356 'Pre-A' 1500 Cabriolet Chassis#: 60597 Sold for USD$376,956 2023 Bonhams : Festival of Speed | |
1954 Porsche 356 PRE-A 1500 Chassis#: 52140 Sold for USD$163,209 2023 Bonhams : Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre- A 1500 Coupe Chassis#: 51678 Sold for USD$295,400 2023 Bonhams : Scottsdale Auction | |
1954 PORSCHE 356 PRE-A 1500 COUPE Chassis#: 52257 Sold for USD$257,600 2022 Bonhams : Scottsdale Arizona | |
1954 Porsche 356 1500 S Speedster by Reutter Chassis#: 80061 Sold for USD$687,000 2021 RM Sothebys : Monterey | |
1954 Porsche 356 1500 Cabriolet by Reutter Chassis#: 60651 Sold for USD$229,395 2020 RM Sothebys : Open Roads, The European Summer Auction | |
1954 Porsche 356 1500 Super Pré A Cabriolet Chassis#: 60646 Sold for USD$234,930 2020 Artcurial : Retromobile | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A Speedster Coachwork by Reutter Chassis#: 80155 Sold for USD$220,000 2018 Bonhams : Scottsdale | |
1954 Porsche 356 Super Speedster Chassis#: 80052 Sold for USD$352,000 2017 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A Speedster by Reutter Chassis#: 80075 Sold for USD$375,672 2017 RM Sothebys : Villa Erba | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre A Cabriolet Chassis#: 60635 Sold for USD$390,378 2016 Coys : Schloss Dyck | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A 1600 Speedster by Reutter Chassis#: 80058 Sold for USD$308,235 2014 RM Auctions : Monaco | |
1954 Porsche 356 1500 Speedster Chassis#: 80032 Sold for USD$286,000 2012 Gooding and Company - Pebble Beach Auction | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre A Sold for USD$145,784 2012 Coys Auctions - Techno Classica | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre A Chassis#: 51957 Sold for USD$132,052 2012 Coys - Techno Classica, Essen Germany | |
1954 Porsche 356 pré-A coupé Sold for USD$194,641 2012 Artcurial Motorcars at Rétromobile |
Porsche 356s That Failed To Sell At Auction
1954 Porsche 356's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A Knickscheibe 1500 Coupe | 52409 | 2024 Broad Arrow : Porsche Air|Water | |||
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A 1500 Coupe | 52257 | 2023 Mecum : 2023 Monterey | $235,000 | $275,000 | $325,000 |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A 1500 Coupé | 51451 | 2022 Bonhams : Goodwood Revival | $195,000 | $250,000 | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A Cabriolet by Reutter | 60641 | 2019 RM Sothebys : Essen | $250,000 | $280,000 | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A 1500 Bent window | 52697 | 2018 Artcurial : Retromobile | $180,000 | $280,000 | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A 1500 Speedster | 80196 | 2017 Bonhams : The Padua Auction | $420,000 | $500,000 | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A Cabriolet | 60568 | 2017 Gooding & Company : Amelia Island | $250,000 | $350,000 | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A Speedster | 80144 | 2016 Mecum : Monterey | $220,000 | ||
1954 Porsche 356 Competition Car | 51878 | 2016 Coys : Schloss Dyck | $140,000 | $150,000 | |
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A Cabriolet Emory Outlaw | 2015 Auctions America California | $180,000 | |||
1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A Coupe | 52476 | 2015 WorldWide Auctions Houston Classic Auction | $125,000 | $150,000 | |
1954 Porsche 356 1500S Coupe | 2013 Mecum Auctions Monterey | $105,000 | |||
1954 PORSCHE SPEEDSTER REPLICA | WA98204641 | 2008 Silver Auction Seattle/Bellevue | $16,000 | ||
1954 PORSCHE SPEEDSTER | 2003 Palm Springs Exotic Car Auction November 2003 | $75,000 |
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