SUNDAY DRIVE: PORSCHE 356

“I don’t need to go fast to have fun in this car.”

 Porsche 356

1962

 AS TOLD TO Joshua Brosnahan PHOTO Darren O’Neil

This is a 1962 Porsche 356 – the car Porsche made before the 911. It’s basically the first shape Porsche ever made. 

It’s called an ‘Outlaw’, which is a term in the Porsche world given to a car that has been modified. The most noticeable modification is that it has been lowered with bumpers and hubcaps removed. 

My car also has had the matching numbers engine removed and put safely on a shelf in my garage, and a much more powerful engine installed, all done very tastefully and in period by Autorestorations here in Christchurch. 

It’s a very practical car actually with good old reliable German engineering. It’s fast, and I just love the look. I don’t just look at my cars though, I drive them often, so they stay reliable. I love cool, entertaining old cars because while you’re in your modern car bored to bits doing 100 kmh, I am having a blast… and all below the speed limit.