{"id":28953,"date":"2018-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/porsche-356-a-1600-s-speedster-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T16:19:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:19:16","slug":"porsche-356-a-1600-s-speedster-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/porsche-356-a-1600-s-speedster-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 356 A 1600 S Speedster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

51 years is a long period \u2013 specially if this is the period of ownership for one car. But Robert Howry jr from Lancaster\/Pennsylvania isn’t the first owner of the car in question. He bought it as an eleven year old second hand one. It is a Porsche 356 A 1600 S Speedster which was bought new by Manny Smith, a scrap-metal dealer from his neighborhood. He got it at 26 November 1956 from Lancaster County Motors and drove it for 32,000 miles during the eleven years he owned it. If you think about the background of the Speedster being an entry-level Porsche made up from the idea of US importer Max Hoffman, you must say this idea became a reality with this very car.

Robert Howry jr developed his interest in sporty cars slowly. He saw the local undertaker driving a fast Buick and also bought one, but was disappointed in the performance and sold it quickly. His next car was a Jaguar XK120, which was his entry in the growing scene of the European sports car scene in USA. A few years later he sold the Jaguar for nearly the sum he originally paid for it and bought his first Porsche, a 1955 356 Continental Coup\u00e9. Next to its sporty driving abilities he also had to learn its sturdiness the hard way when he lost control, hit a pole and totalled the car, but was able to exit the wreckage without injuries. During his time in the Army in West Germany he bought his next Porsche 356 which he drove 17,000 miles all over Europe in just seven months. Then he shipped it to the US and joined the ‘Susquehanna Sports Club’. There he met his future wife Joan, who was driving an Austin-Healey 3000. Later he found the ad for the above mentioned 356 Speedster.<\/p>\n\n\n

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