This is a 1958 Porsche Speedster VIN 84306 with a Super matching numbers engine #81489 (616/2). It was built on December 19th, 1957, but was sold and titled as a 1958.

I purchased the car, with a fresh high end restoration, in 2006. The previous owner purchased the car in 1968 with 90,000 miles on it, the odometer currently reads 21,000 and 121,000 is the correct original miles.

Kardex Listed Options

• Aquamarine Blue Paint (5707)
• Sealed Beam Headlights
• Speedometer with Mileage Counter
• USA Bumpers

Features

• Full ground up high end restoration
• Less than 1,000 miles since restoration
• Rare Carrera roll bar
• Matching numbers original engine
• Paint is Aquamarine Blue Metallic, a special order color in 1957
• Fresh BBAB transmission from the Pellow auction
• Excellent condition original tool kit
• Original correct Speedster seats in red leather
• All panels correctly dated
• All wheels correctly dated 10/57
• Original spare tire
• All chrome and lights etched properly
• Discreetly converted to 12 volts for bright lights

Engine

• The original 1957 case, #81489
• Rebuilt approximately 15,000 miles ago by Chuck Woodward in Seattle
• Balanced 1720cc, 912 rods, Tricom cam, Aluminum valve train
• Zenith carbs

The car is located in the beautiful resort town of Bend, Oregon. Direct daily flights from LA, San Francisco, Salt Lake, Denver, Portland and Seattle. Fly in, take a vacation and drive it home.

I’m not a dealer, this is my personal vehicle. I’ve set a very reasonable reserve based on recent Speedster sales.

$2,000 Paypal deposit within 24 hours of auction close. Balance due within 5 business days via wire transfer only. Buyer is responsible for any shipping cost. I will help coordinate pick-up with your shipper if desired.

Click on the photos for a larger version…

I have had several requests for underside photos. I took the car to a shop today (8/12/09) and put it on the lift. Here are the underside photos. The battery box, floors and longitudinals were replaced at the time of restoration. Click photo to see a larger version.

Built on a DKW chassis from the Junior/F12 series with a Centaur fiberglass body kit. Powered by a Porsche 4 cam motor running on 2 cylinders (yes it’s true).

Much later modified for autocross and updated to a 2.0 liter 6 cylinder Porsche motor.

Restoration by Emory Motorsports. Now running a Porsche 356 motor.

This car was featured in the November 2008 of Excellence Magazine.

If you have any information or photos of this car please contact me.

Photo Galleries

Porsche TM Special Photos - As Purchased

Porsche TM Special Photos - History

Porsche TM Special Photos - Body Restoration

Porsche TM Special Photos - Chassis Restoration

Porsche TM Special Photos - Final Assembly

Porsche TM Special Photos - Today

The “Automotion Roadster” started life as a stock 1960 Porsche 356 Roadster Super 90 (#88078), Royal Blue (6012), southern California car. In the mid 60’s the car was purchased by Dieter Vongehr, the owner and operator of a well known Porsche shop in San Diego, Dieter’s Foreign Car Service.

When Dieter bought the car it was still a street stock car in the original Royal Blue color. During his ownership the car broke a rod and destroyed the original Super 90 case (800831), he replaced it with a 356 C engine.

In February 1967 Dieter had the Roadster at Riverside Raceway to participate in a time trial. He had been doing some track days with the car and had purchased a roll bar for the car, but had not found time to install it. He was driving on a set of recapped Goodyear Blue Streak tires and a friend offered to let him swap wheels and tires so Dieter could try a ‘real’ set of Blue Streaks.

Dieter was surprised with how much better the new tires worked and kept increasing his speed with each run. Carrying a passenger with him, he pushed a bit too much and the car got sideways between turn 6 and 7, spun into the infield and rolled. The Roadster windshield frame did not collapse and saved both driver and passenger from injury.

Dieter’s insurance company had not included an exclusion in the policy for track use, and they ended up totaling the car and paying him off. Dieter in turn bought the car back from the insurance company as a total.

During the mid 60’s Dieter and Dick Barbour started a business in San Diego called ‘Automotion’. They supplied the Southern California racing community with a wide variety of racing, rallying and driving equipment as well as race car building and preparation.

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2006 third place winner at the Elkhart Lake, Road America International Challenge race car Concours d’Elegance.

356 race lap record holder at Thunderhill - 2:12.8 (2006)

The featured ‘Vintage Porsche 356 Race Video’ in the right sidebar was shot from this car at the Columbia River Classic Races in September 2007. We record three first place finishes that weekend.

In February 2008 we took the car to New Zealand and participated in the Southern Festival of Speed which included three consecutive weekends of racing on the south island.

Offered for sale at $125,000.

© Mark Powell