In this episode I take you for a ride in a 1962 Porsche 356 B 60. This is the 60 horse power model, the base model for 1962. This is a car I really enjoy driving. I hope you enjoy it too!
I bought a 1960 356B Normal (60 hp) back in 1972 for...are you ready for it...$500 and it was the same colour as this one, only with red upholstery. As I'd been weaned on VWs I took quite naturally to the 356, as it drove like a faster, flatter-cornering beetle. Top speed (indicated) was 103 mph, driving in the red band, but it was so nimble you could drive it almost flat out anywhere. Going back to college I had to sell it to raise some funds and I still regret it to this day. I got to drive a Super 90 once and that was really, really nice and I always hoped to acquire one some day but now that the prices have gone through the stratosphere I know I'll never own one again. But I still think back to the great times I had with that car and list it as one of my favorites of all time.
@@TireKickers-RossCameron After watching your video I trolled through some classic car sites to see what current prices are. WTF!!! Last time I looked they were about $60-80; now I can't find anything under $100,000 or more, way more. Back in the late 60s a lady in my home town of Guelph, Ontario had a 61 Super 90 Cabriolet. I heard it was up for sale so went to enquire. Her husband figured they'd ask around $1,100 for it. Of course, it might as well have been $11,000 for a cash strapped teenager at the time. But oh, if you could only go back in time. How much is a good used TARDIS gong for these days?
Just returned from the North Meets South 356 meet held at Cambria Ca yesterday. I drove my Oslo blue 1962 B Karmann coupe survivor from San Diego the 350 miles up there and back plus a couple hundred more miles driving the legendary California highway 1 coastal route. Stumble across this video this morning. Great job!
Have to type it again, I Luv these video's, and how you give us a walk around 1st, prior to the drive. God Bless ya Ross this Christmas Holiday, as well as your entire family. Sincerely Appreciate all you do for all of us, especially through Warrior Trading.
Yes, any of us that have driven these know the importance of driving with our toes. There’s once on the highway years ago I wasn’t paying attention, went to push in the clutch to shift into fourth gear, hit the brake pedal as well and locked them up. Never made that mistake again!
I have always been a vw old school fan beetles and campers , the 356 speedster would be on my list of must have cars, ty DR Ferdinand 🤘🏻 The vw Karmann Ghia would also be by the side of the speedster.
Red/orange tails were european 356s only. North American cars were all-red due to US regs. It's a little weird, because the orange is also your brake light. Some cars in Europe had a slightly different arrangement where the inner lights were the tail/brake lights and the outers were blinker only (Italy I think). If you see a car in the US with red/orange it's either an import or a euro delivery car.
GREAT VIDEO!! I noticed a road sign that said '71 West' - are you near Hillsdale, NY? Would love to take a drive with you in my '68 912 - there are some great roads in that part of the country (if it's where I think it is). Loved the car and you explained it well! Safe travels. Greetings from Connecticut. P.S. Don't change the hubcaps - just my $.02. Your car sounded like it has good power for 60 hp.
With a gopro and the gopro app you can have different type of like widgets on the screen from Speedometer to how many G's you are feeling. It would be cool to see the different in G's from acceleration in the different cars.
@@TireKickers-RossCameron yeah, unfortunately it was in a fire inside a mechanic's building, but the paintwork was completely fine. The engine is out and some of the interior is now gone. The worst part is all those expensive chrome bits are gone, but some day I'm gonna ask my dad if I can restore it to its stock form
Have you considered a manual gt4 or gt3 just to have a modern car but with that engaging manual transmission that makes you remember the good old times Ross? Or you're not really into them?
Great vid may I ask what the colour is please ? As my T5B that I'm restoring was Heron grey code 739, your's looks very simular. Cant wait to see your speedster 🙂. All the best Lewis
But it's not original. Late-model rear view mirror. Replacement factory motors have a "kd" prefix before the engine #, transmissions also. Also of note engine lids and hoods, doors are also numbers matching as are the wheel rims. Me = Porsche factory mechanic (Germany) and stateside Porsche dealership mech.40 years + exp. Owned 51 - 356's in my day. 51 coupe, 56 speedster's couple 4 cams,63 "Damen" coupe + others.
I was wondering if yours was a Super 90. Even as a 60, that's nice car Ross... I advise you to NEVER sell it.... I regret selling my '63 Super 90 more than anything in the entire world. And that was 30 years ago. With you're horsepower, you should have one of each.. I'm waiting for the video on you're Cup car... All thing's Porsche brother...
The most overrated over priced car out there. People paying well over 100k for basically a VW. You can get a 1962 MGA convertible with 93 HP that is better looking and handles just as good for 1/5 the price.,
