Every old car comes with a story, and if that old car receives an invitation to the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, you can be quite certain that it will tell a great story.
In a press release, it was announced that a 1956 Porsche 356 1500 GS Carrera coupe is making a return engagement after a 53-year absence to this year’s Pebble Peach event. The car’s owner, Dr. Roger Craig, a former NASA scientist, purchased the Carrera in 1957 and used it as his everyday car for years.
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| 1956 Porsche 356 1500 GS Carrera |
“I first saw the car at the 1956 Pebble Beach Road Races,” says Dr. Craig. “It was so beautiful and had that great turbine-like Carrera sound. I was so impressed; I even took a picture of the car while it was racing.” Subsequent research indicates this was the 41st Carrera ever made, and the first in the San Francisco Bay Area.
At the ’56 Pebble Beach Road Race, contested along a twisting, tree-lined course in Del Monte Forest, the rear-engine 356 Porsche was driven by Don Dickey, who would be named Mobile Driver of the Year in 1958. It finished third in class.
