1951 Porsche 356 Pre A Coupe Chassis#5447 - Maxted-Page
1951 Porsche 356 Pre A Coupe Chassis#5447 - Maxted-Page
1951 Porsche 356 Pre A Coupe Chassis#5447 - Maxted-Page
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<strong>1951</strong> <strong>Porsche</strong> <strong>356</strong> <strong>Pre</strong> A <strong>Coupe</strong><br />
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An immensely rare, 1950 model-year<br />
<strong>Porsche</strong> <strong>356</strong> pre-A (split-screen)<br />
<strong>Coupe</strong> with body-work by Reutter<br />
Karosserie, completed in February<br />
<strong>1951</strong>, the year after production had<br />
moved from Gmund., chassis #5447<br />
is among the first 500 cars produced<br />
from the first model-year of official<br />
<strong>Porsche</strong> production at Stuttgart, of<br />
which barely a handful remain<br />
complete and are still in running<br />
order.<br />
Delivered new in February <strong>1951</strong> to a<br />
customer in the United States, 5447<br />
remained in Michigan and California<br />
until being brought back to Europe<br />
and purchased by Sean Geddes (UK)<br />
in 2001.<br />
Since then, the car has undergone the<br />
most extensive and painstaking<br />
multi-year restoration in the hands<br />
of noted and highly-respected<br />
<strong>Porsche</strong> <strong>Pre</strong> A specialist restorer,<br />
Reinhold Plank in Bressanone, Italy.<br />
Plank oversaw the full restoration,<br />
utilising some of the best talents
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