The historic car is one of just 16 models.
The race car was the only aluminum-body American Roadster that left the factory in Fire Red and has a light grey interior. In the engine bay sits a naturally aspirated four-cylinder with two single-barrel Solex carburetors mated to a five-speed manual that sends all 70 hp to the rear axle. The car was purchased by the late Porsche collector Bob Ingram in 2009 and remains part of his family’s collection.
In 2018, his son Cam oversaw an exhaustive “nut-and-bold” restoration of the vehicle, which was promptly“Having the America Roadster added to the National Historic Vehicle Register and documented for perpetuity on the anniversary of Porsche is an enormous honor,” Bob’s other son, Rory,. “Of all of the significant Porsches, we feel this is a fitting example for the Register.
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