Owned by Robert Wilson of Oklahoma City, the car was imported in November 1952 by Austrian businessman, Max Hoffman, in New York, who brought the first Porsche cars to the U.S. beginning in 1950. The 1.5 liter, 60 horsepower Porsche was discovered in a salvage yard by Wilson years after arriving on U.S. soil and meticulously restored.
There was an even rare Porsche found in this search, a blue 1950 356 Cabriolet owned by Richard Brumme of Annapolis, but which was not the oldest Porsche actually retailed in America. The car is one of the very first series production 356s built in Stuttgart, after the company relocated from Gmund, Austria.
Apart from the 356 lineup, entries were submitted for the Porsche 911, 912, 914, 924, 928, 944, 968, Boxster, Cayenne, Carrera GT and Cayman.
The oldest Porsche models in America and their owners are:
- 1965 911: Barry August of Clarksville, Md.
- 1965 912: Steve Torkelsen of Wilton, Conn.
- 1970 914: Ralph Stoesser of Marco Island, Fla.
- 1977 924: Jay Hoover of New Haven, Ind.
- 1977 928: Jim Doerr of Richmond, Va.
- 1983 944: John Denning of Covington, Wash.
- 1992 968: Jeffrey Coe of Trumball, Conn.
- 1997 Boxster: David Adrian of Worcester, Mass.
- 2004 Cayenne: Adam Reichard of Magnolia, Texas
- 2005 Carrera GT: Robert Ingram of Durham, N.C.
- 2006 Cayman: Eugenie Thomas of Martinez, Calif.
The owners of these cars will be honored with an exclusive badge issued by the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, while images of the cars will be featured at the new "Sixty Years of Porsche in America" exhibit. Moreover, the 1950 356 will be displayed at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November, where it will join the company's newest models.
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