Porsche 356

In 1955 the first example of a 356 Carrera was displayed at the Frankfurt motor show. The Carrera got its name in recognition of Porsches victories in the 1952 and 1954 Carrera Panamerica Mexico, a 3000 mile, high speed road race in which the Porsche factory entered the 550 spyder. It was powered by the new 1.5 litre, twin overhead camshaft, roller bearing light alloy racing engine designed by Dr Ernst Fuhrmann.

It was decided to fit a slightly detuned version of this 4 cam racing engine to the 356 to create the 356 Carrera running 100bhp, a substancial improvement over the previous highest output road car of 75bhp.

This was the car which tied the Carrera name to Porsche's serious performing road cars until as recent as the early 80's when the the Carrera brand started to become somewhat diluted by its attachment to more mainstream models

The Carrera was fitted with a twin spark ignition system and a pair of twin choke solex carburettors.

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