1964 Porsche 356

1964 Porsche 356C Carrera 2000 GS Coupe ⢠VIN 128XXX ⢠Engine No. 97410 - Matching ⢠Gearbox No. 74811 - Matching ⢠Completed on January 20, 1964 ⢠One of 101 356C 2000 GS Carrera Coupes produced Four (4) owners, California black plate car, finished in Signal Red (6407) with a Black leatherette interior. Originally delivered by Baden Auto in Freiburg, Germany to the first owner Dieter Eber in Baden-Baden, Germany. The Kardex records various services carried out through 1965, including the installation of a factory-replacement 4-cam engine, numbered 97410. The Porsche factory-supported engine replacements were quite common with four-cams. It is important to note that this Carrera 2 retains its factory replacement engine. Ordered with an optional 70-liter fuel tank, along with chrome-plated wheels with Dunlop tires. During the late 1960s, this Carrera was exported to the United States, where it was sold to Thomas Shubin of Downey, California, and was registered to California black plate number ZGD 272. Mr. Shubin won Second in Class with his Carrera 2 at the 3rd Annual Porsche Concours held in Santa Anita Racetrack in March of 1974. The original bill of sale records the transfer of ownership from Thomas Shubin to Bud Owens on October 22, 1975. Gary Nakase of Huntington Beach, California acquired the Carrera 2 on May 8, 1978, and owned it for over four decades. During his ownership, Mr. Nakase commissioned a comprehensive restoration, which is well documented with invoices, photos, and correspondence in the history file. Beginning in the mid-1980s, ENEX Corporation of Prescott, Arizona, was entrusted to strip the Carrera to bare metal and complete a high-quality cosmetic restoration, including a complete repaint in acrylic lacquer and upholstery work including new carpets, strip and re-varnish the VDM steering wheel, install new chrome bezels on the instruments, reupholster the front seats and replace the headliner. As the cosmetic work was being completed, the well-kn