Porsche 356B

Overview

Produced:	1959-1963, 30963 produced.
Types:	Roadster,2 doors,2 seats Coupe,2 doors,2 seats Cabriolet,2 doors,2 seats

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Produced from 1959 the 356B was an improved 356A with modifications aimed no doubt at the US market. Notable alterations were a higher nose height at the front, larger bumpers and the addition of a pair of twin-choke carbs to boost performance.

Built in the normal selection of 356 body styles including Coupe, Cabriolet, Speedster and Hardtop Coupe variants, the 1961 models gained a larger glass areas to aid visibility.

Built until 1963, over 30,000 356Bs were produced.

Engines

Capacity	Config	Model	Bore/Stroke	CR
1582cc	H4 OHV	Porsche Flat 4 (356 engines)	82.5mm x 74mm	7.5

Drivetrain and Suspension

Drivetrain	Steering	Front Suspension	Rear Suspension
	Worm	Independent/Torsion bar	Independent/Torsion bar

Performance

Top Speed	0-60	SQM	MPG	Engine Pwr	Comment
113 mph	11.5 s		24 mpg

Auction Sales History

Lot Num	Description	Auctioneer	Date	Hammer Price	Hammer Price (inc premium)
391	Porsche 356B Roadster	Bonhams	17 Jan 2013	Not sold
330	Porsche 356B 1600 Coupe	Bonhams	17 Jan 2013	$45999.00	$41799.00
323	Porsche 356B Coupe Vintage Racer	Bonhams	17 Jan 2013	$57999.00	$66699.00
375	Porsche 356B 1600 Cabriolet	Bonhams	17 Jan 2013	Not sold
322	Porsche 356B Cabroiolet	Coys	12 Jan 2013	Not sold
482	Porsche 356B Cabriolet Super 90	Bonhams	16 Aug 2012	$87000.00	$100050.00
138	Porsche 356 B Cabriolet	Coys	11 Aug 2012	Not sold
126	Porsche 356B Cabriolet	Coys	14 Jul 2012	-	£52000.00
229	Porsche 356B Super Cabriolet	Bonhams	29 Jun 2012	£58000.00	£66460.00
110	Porsche 356B T5 Roadster	Coys	12 May 2012	-	€98156.00
118	Porsche 356B Roadster	Coys	24 Mar 2012	Not sold
130	Porsche 356B Roadster	Coys	24 Mar 2012	-	€125000.00
126	Porsche 356B 1600S Cabriolet	RM Auctions	10 Mar 2012	$132000.00	-
161	Porsche 356B 1600 T5 Super 90 Roadster	RM Auctions	10 Mar 2012	$242000.00	-
231	Porsche 356B Cabriolet	Historics at Brooklands	18 Feb 2012	-	£37400.00
276	Porsche 356B 1600 Roadster	Bonhams	2 Feb 2012	€85000.00	€97750.00
313	Porsche 356 Super 90 Cabriolet	Coys	7 Dec 2011	Not sold
338	Porsche 356B Roadster	Coys	7 Dec 2011	Not sold
444	Porsche 356B 1600 Roadster	Bonhams	1 Dec 2011	Not sold
112	Porsche 356B Roadster	Coys	30 Nov 2011	Not sold
124	Porsche 356 Super 90 Cabriolet	Coys	30 Nov 2011	Not sold
144	Porsche 356 B Cabriolet	Coys	8 Oct 2011	Not sold
124	Porsche 356 Super 90�Cabriolet	Coys	4 Sep 2011	-	£52000.00
123	Porsche 356B T-5 Coupe	Coys	4 Sep 2011	-	£29500.00
139	Porsche 356 B Cabriolet	Coys	4 Sep 2011	Not sold
443	Porsche 356 1600 B T6 Roadster	Bonhams & Butterfields	19 Aug 2011	$150000.00	$172000.00
105	Porsche 356B Super 90 Coupe	RM Auctions	19 Aug 2011	$39600.00	-
31	Porsche 356 Super 90 "Automotion Roadster"	Bonhams & Butterfields	18 Aug 2011	Not sold
134	Porsche 356 BT 5��Cabriolet	Coys	11 Aug 2011	Not sold
113	Porsche 356B Roadster	Coys	16 Jul 2011	-	£80000.00
162	Porsche 356B	Coys	16 Jul 2011	Not sold
105	Porsche 356B T6 Coupe	Coys	16 Jul 2011	-	£23600.00
333	Porsche 356B Cabriolet	Bonhams & Butterfields	5 Jun 2011	$77000.00	$90090.00
217	Porsche 356B T5 Super Sunroof Coup�	Historics at Brooklands	18 May 2011	-	£26320.00
121	Porsche 356B T6	Coys	14 May 2011	Not sold
139	Porsche 356B	Coys	14 May 2011	Not sold
806	Porsche 356B Super 90 Coupe	RM Auctions	4 Mar 2011	$39600.00	-
324	Porsche 356B	Historics at Brooklands	3 Mar 2011	Not sold
228	Porsche 356B Cabriolet D	RM Auctions	20 Jan 2011	-	$101750.00
734	Porsche 356B T-5 Coupe	Coys	7 Dec 2010	Not sold
761	Porsche 356B Super 75 Coupe	Coys	7 Dec 2010	Not sold
524	Porsche 356B 1600 Cabriolet	Bonhams	6 Dec 2010	£50000.00	£56500.00
546	Porsche 356B 1600S Coupe	Bonhams	6 Dec 2010	£23000.00	£26450.00
32	Porsche 356B Cabriolet 1600S	H&H Sales Limited	22 Oct 2010	Not sold
69	Porsche 356B 1600 Cabriolet	Bonhams	11 Oct 2010	$65000.00	$78000.00
083	Porsche 356B Cabriolet 1600S	Brightwells Auctioneers and Valuers	22 Sep 2010	Not sold
319	Porsche 356B S-90 Reutter Coupe with 80 liter tank	Bonhams & Butterfields	12 Sep 2010	Not sold
350	Porsche 356B Roadster	Bonhams & Butterfields	12 Sep 2010	Not sold
307	Porsche 356B Roadster	Bonhams & Butterfields	12 Sep 2010	Not sold
530	Porsche 356B 1600 Coupe	Bonhams	11 Sep 2010	Not sold
25	Porsche 356B Super 90 CoupÃ©	Bonhams	11 Sep 2010	€45000.00	€51750.00
369	Porsche 356B 1600 Cabriolet	Bonhams	2 Jul 2010	£50000.00	£56500.00
36	Porsche 356B 1600S	Historics at Brooklands	2 Jun 2010	Not sold
118	Porsche 356B 1600 Cabriolet	Bonhams	30 Apr 2010	€50000.00	€57500.00
216	Porsche 356B 1600S Cabriolet	Coys	30 Apr 2010	Not sold
36	Porsche 356B Coupe	H&H Sales Limited	13 Mar 2010	-	£20350.00
243	Porsche 356 Roadster	Coys	11 Mar 2010	-	£62107.00
318	Porsche 356 B T5 Roadster	Coys	16 Jan 2010	-	£73282.00
428	Porsche 356 B T-6 Super 90 Cabriolet	Coys	1 Dec 2009	-	£48555.00
149A	Porsche 356B 1600 Roadster	Bonhams	26 Sep 2009	Not sold
129	Porsche 356B 1600 Cabriolet	Bonhams	26 Sep 2009	Not sold
215	Porsche 356B 1600 Super 90	Coys	8 Aug 2009	-	€41247.00
333	Porsche 356B 1600 Sunroof Coup�	Bonhams	3 Jul 2009	Not sold
305	Porsche 356 Roadster	RM Auctions	14 Mar 2009	$85000.00	-
422	Porsche 356B Coupe 1600	Coys	12 Mar 2009	Not sold
214	Porsche 356B T5 Couoe Rally Car	Barons	9 Sep 2008	£13300.00	-
128	Porsche 356B T6 Cabriolet	Barons	9 Sep 2008	£9000.00	-
210	Porsche 356B T6 Cabriolet	Barons	9 Sep 2008	£29000.00	-
335	1960 Porsche 356B 1600 Roadster Coachwork by Drauz Karosserieswerke	Bonhams & Butterfields	15 Aug 2008	$168000.00	$191800.00
142	Porsche 356 BT 6 - 1600 Cabriolet	Coys	9 Aug 2008	-	€70067.00
206	1959 Porsche 356B Coup�	Bonhams	26 Jul 2008	£16500.00	£18975.00
212	1963 Porsche 356B 1600 Super 90 Cabriolet Coachwork by Karosseriefabrik Reutter & Co.	Bonhams	8 Jun 2008	Not sold
203	1963 Porsche 356B 1600 Normal Coupe Coachwork by Karmann	Bonhams	8 Jun 2008	$30000.00	$35100.00
254	Porsche 356B 1600 Super 90	RM Auctions	31 Oct 2007	-	£22000.00
213	Porsche 356 1600 S Cabriolet	RM Auctions	31 Oct 2007	-	£49500.00
404	1961 Porsche 356B 1600 Coup�	Bonhams & Butterfields	15 Aug 2007	$21000.00	$24570.00
494	1961 Porsche 356B 1600 Sunroof Coup�	Bonhams & Butterfields	15 Aug 2007	Not sold
201	1961 Porsche 356B 1600 Coup�	Bonhams	27 Jul 2007	£9800.00	£11270.00
227	1963 Porsche 356B T6 Super 75Coupe	Coys	21 May 2007	-	€28305.00
132	1963 Porsche 356B T6 Super 75 Coupe	Coys	21 Apr 2007	Not sold
229	1963 Porsche 356B Coupe	Coys	30 Sep 2006	Not sold
133	1963 Porsche 356B T6 Cabriolet	Coys	27 Aug 2006	£27054.00	-
122	1961 Porsche 356 B Roadster	Coys	27 Aug 2006	Not sold
140	1961 Porsche 356B T5 Notchback Coupe	Coys	27 Aug 2006	Not sold
130	1962 Porsche 356 B Cabriolet Right Hand Drive	Coys	27 Aug 2006	£47021.00	-
34	1960 PORSCHE 356B ROADSTER	Christies	16 Aug 2006	-	$99875.00
225	1961 Porsche 356 B Roadster	Coys	22 Jul 2006	€63164.00	-
10	1963 PORSCHE 356B S COUPE	Christies	3 Jun 2006	$30550.00	-
247	1961 Porsche 356 B Roadster	Coys	20 May 2006	€54000.00	-
214	1995 Aston Martin Vantage	Coys	20 May 2006	€75000.00	-
222	Porsche 356B T6 Cabriolet	Coys	30 Apr 2006	Not sold
349	1960 Porsche 356B Super 90 Coup�	Bonhams	25 Feb 2006	£17500.00	£20125.00
212	1961 Porsche 356B T5 Coupe Competition	Coys	14 Jan 2006	£23525.00	-
408	1960 Porsche 356 B Coupe Super 90	Coys	1 Dec 2005	£18526.00	-
386	Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II	Coys	19 Nov 2005	€51920.00	-
054	1963 PORSCHE 356B COUPE	H&H Sales Limited	3 Oct 2005	£15000.00	-
1031	1962 Porsche 356B Coupe	Bonhams & Butterfields	19 Aug 2005	$30000.00	$34500.00
1046	1960 Porsche 356B Super-90	Bonhams & Butterfields	19 Aug 2005	Not sold
18	Porsche 356 BT 5 Coup�	Artcurial - Briest - Poulain Le Fur	20 Jun 2005	-	€20849.00
13	Porsche 356 B 1600 Super 90 Cabriolet T5	Artcurial - Briest - Poulain Le Fur	13 Dec 2004	-	€57185.00
130	Porsche 356B Karmann Hardtop	Barons	30 Nov 2004	-	£14100.00
436	Porsche 356 Notchback	Coys	30 Sep 2004	-	£26465.00
638	Porshce 356B T5 1600 Two-door Coup�	Bonhams	11 Sep 2004	£10200.00	£11730.00
1530	Porsche 356B Cabriolet	Bonhams & Butterfields	13 Aug 2004	-	$51175.00
1112	Porsche 356 B Cabriolet	Coys	3 Jul 2004	£26500.00	-
1118	Porsche 356 B Roadster	Coys	3 Jul 2004	£36963.00	-
15	Porsche 356 B T6 1600 Cabriolet	Artcurial - Briest - Poulain Le Fur	28 Jun 2004	-	€47059.00
754	Porsche 356B Coup�	Bonhams	25 Jun 2004	Not sold
433	Porsche 356B Roadster	Coys	15 May 2004	Not sold
109	Porshe 356B Carrera "GT Style" Coupe	Bonhams	8 Mar 2004	CHF60000.00	-
1081	Porsche 356B Roadster (1961)	Coys	21 Jun 2003	-	£29406.00
241	Porsche 356B 2 Litre Carrera GT (1962)	Bonhams	26 May 2003	£135000.00	-
122	Porsche 356B (1962)	Barons	20 May 2003	£7200.00	-
055	Porsche 356B Coupe (1961)	H&H Sales Limited	7 May 2003	-	£11825.00
129	Porsche 356B Super 90 (1962)	Coys	26 Apr 2003	Not sold
264	Porsche 356 Carrera GT Coup� (1963)	Coys	12 Apr 2003	Not sold
201	Porsche 356B Coupe (1961)	Coys	12 Apr 2003	Not sold
034	Porsche 356B Coupe (1961)	Poulain LeFur	18 Nov 2002	£23100.00	-
149	Porsche 356B 1600S (1963)	Barons	12 Nov 2002	£12600.00	-
294	Porsche 356 Carerra 2 (1963)	Bonhams	17 Aug 2002	£112500.00	-
103	Porsche 356B Super 90 (1961)	Bonhams	10 Aug 2002	-	£22425.00
004	Porsche 356B Cabriolet (1961)	Christies	18 May 2002	-	£42300.00
20bis	Porsche 356B (1963)	Poulain LeFur	4 Mar 2002	Not sold
153	Porsche 356B Coupe (1961)	Coys	10 Dec 2001	£12190.00	-
057	Porsche 356B Super 90 (1961)	Christies	4 Dec 2001	-	£15275.00
607	Porsche 356B (1961)	Bonhams & Brooks	9 Sep 2001	-	£1955.00
537	Porsche 356B Coupe (1961)	Bonhams & Brooks	25 Aug 2001	Not sold
062	Porsche 356B Roadster (1960)	Christies	19 Aug 2001	-	£76375.00
040	Porsche 356B Roadster (1960)	Christies	19 Aug 2001	-	£52875.00
264	Porsche 356B 1600 (1963)	Bonhams & Brooks	18 Aug 2001	-	$42550.00
107	Porsche 356B 1600 Convertible D Coachwork by D'Ieteren (1963)	Bonhams & Brooks	11 Aug 2001	Not sold
110a	Porsche 356B Cabriolet (1962)	Coys	30 Jul 2001	-	£18232.00
018	Porsche 356B Roadster (1960)	H&H Sales Limited	6 Jun 2001	£16000.00	-
076	Porsche 356B Super 90 (1960)	Christies	28 Apr 2001	-	CHF28200.00
034	Porsche 365B Super 90 (1963)	Christies	26 Mar 2001	Not sold
068	Porsche 356B Roadster (1961)	Coys	5 Mar 2001	-	£26000.00
059	Porsche 356B Roadster (1961)	Coys	11 Dec 2000	Not sold
025	Porsche 356B Coupe (1962)	H&H Sales Limited	6 Dec 2000	£6900.00	-
038	Porsche 356B Roadster (1960)	H&H Sales Limited	6 Dec 2000	Not sold
047	Porsche 356B Roadster (1960)	Coys	11 Oct 2000	-	CHF35288.00
066	Porsche 356B Coupe (1961)	H&H Sales Limited	4 Oct 2000	Not sold
051	Porsche 356B (1961)	Barons	5 Sep 2000	Not sold
047	Porsche 356B Coupe (1960)	H&H Sales Limited	7 Jun 2000	£9600.00	-
014	Porsche 356B (1962)	Barons	18 Apr 2000	£6900.00	-
010	Porsche 356B (1961)	Barons	14 Mar 2000	Not sold
040	Porsche 356B (1961)	Barons	8 Feb 2000	Not sold
Unknown	Porsche 365B (1961)	RM Auctions	20 Jan 2000	-	$22143.00
049	Porsche 356B (1963)	Barons	28 Sep 1999	Not sold
180	Porsche 356B Roadster (1960)	Brooks	12 May 1999	Not sold
152	Porsche 356B Convertible (1960)	Brooks	12 May 1999	Not sold
039	Porsche 356B (1960)	Coys	10 May 1999	Not sold
038	Porsche 356B T5 (1960)	Barons	23 Mar 1999	Not sold
810	Porsche 356B T5 (1960)	Brooks	2 Dec 1998	-	£5500.00
030	Porsche 356B Coupe (1963)	H&H Sales Limited	18 Nov 1998	£7100.00	-
072	Porsche 356B Roadster (1960)	BCA	10 Aug 1998	Not sold
259a	Porsche 356B Roadster (1961)	Brooks	8 Aug 1998	-	£48300.00
812	Porsche 356B Coupe (1963)	Brooks	4 Dec 1997	-	£9200.00
426	Porsche 356B 1600S (1961)	Christies	14 Jul 1997	-	£24150.00
537A	Porsche 356B (1963)	Sothebys	7 Jul 1997	Not sold
325	Porsche 356B Coupe (1963)	Brooks	15 Oct 1996	-	£4830.00
044	Porsche 356B Carrera 2 (1963)	Coys	13 Jun 1996	-	£33350.00
030A	Porsche 356B Super 90 (1961)	Coys	14 Mar 1996	Not sold
027	Porsche 356B (1960)	Coys	30 Jan 1996	-	£34500.00
075	Porsche 356B Super 90 (1961)	ADT	27 Nov 1995	-	£16800.00
048	Porsche 356B (1963)	H&H Sales Limited	13 Jul 1995	£8900.00	-
047	Porsche 356B Coupe (1962)	Christies	27 Feb 1995	Not sold
120	Porsche 356B (1962)	Brooks	10 Nov 1994	Not sold
363	Porsche 356B Sports (1959)	Sothebys	5 Sep 1994	Not sold
069	Porsche 356B (1962)	Sandown	3 Sep 1994	Not sold
580	Porsche 356B (1962)	Sothebys	18 Jul 1994	£9700.00	-
012	Porsche 356B Super (1963)	Coys	1 May 1994	£13000.00	-
1100	Porsche 356B (1963)	Sothebys	6 Dec 1993	£2000.00	-
192	Porsche 356B (1960)	Brooks	26 Oct 1993	£23000.00	-
434	Porsche 356B Sports (1962)	Sothebys	10 Jul 1993	£7100.00	-

Books

ISBN	Title	Publisher	Buy this book
1870642597	Porsche 356 1957-65 OWM827	Brooklands Books
1855202344	Porsche 356 Gold Portfolio 1953-65	Brooklands Books

Magazine Articles

Title		Pages
Article	California dreaming	110
Publication	Classic & Sports Car August 2007	110
California dreaming - Everyone fancies themselves as James Dean in a Porsche Speedster, says Martin Port, yet you can enjoy open-top 356 motoring for much less money.

Article	Buyers Guide - Porsche 356B 1600 Super	126
Publication	Octane November 2006	126
Buyers Guide - Porsche 356B 1600 Super.

Article	Road Test - Porsche 356	40
Publication	Classic Car Weekly 7 April 2005	40
Road Test - Porsche 356 - Built 1950-65. Coup� or cabriolet, 2+2 rear-engined, rear-wheel-drive GT/sports car. Flat-four, aircooled, 1582, ohv.

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