This 1959 Porsche 356A GT Speedster was completed on June 19, 1959 and is said to be one of 31 examples built for the model year, all of which were completed in lightweight GT specification with aluminum doors and lids. Chassis 84945 is reportedly one of 14 to have come from the factory with a 1.6L Type 692/3 plain-bearing, four-cam flat-four. Finished in Silver Metallic, the car was delivered new through Hoffman of New York and raced throughout the 1960s by an owner in Maryland, reportedly receiving a regional SCCA championship in 1969. The car traded hands between owners in Alaska, Ohio, and Connecticut before being acquired by the current owner in 2015, and subsequent bare-metal restoration work was carried out over the next four years, including a repaint, body work, and a rebuild of the replacement engine. Following completion of the work, the car received a Best in Class award at the 2021 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance along with an Honorary Judges award at the 2022 Poconos Porsche Parade. This Speedster is now offered by the seller on behalf of the current owner in Pennsylvania as part of the 1-2-3 4-Cams Collection by Garage44, with a copy of the Kardex, the owner’s manual, a tool kit, judging sheets, and a clean New Jersey title in the owner’s name.

Introduced in 1955, the Carrera variant offered power from a derivation of the four-cam engine designed by Dr. Ernst Fuhrmann for use in Porsche’s competition efforts. In 1957, the Carrera offerings were divided into the GT and GS models for coupe, cabriolet, or Speedster body styles. As the track-focused variant, the Carrera GT featured:

• An aluminum front hood, doors, and louvered aluminum deck lid
• A larger 80‑liter fuel tank
• 60mm ventilated front brakes
• Lightweight aluminum bumper trim
• A stripped‑down interior with aluminum‑shell bucket seats

This Speedster example came finished from the factory in Silver Metallic (5706/608) and was stripped to bare metal and repainted following the completion of body work by Tom Caruso of Contour Metal Shaping. Details include a roll bar, a black soft top, removable side curtains, gold Carrera badging, aluminum bumper trim, and a single center-exit Sebring exhaust. Blemishes are shown up close in the gallery.

The 15″ wheels incorporate steel centers mated to aluminum rims and were mounted with 165VR15 Michelin XAS tires in May 2026. Braking is via GT specification 60mm vented drums in the front and 40mm drums in the rear, and Koni shocks are installed.

The fixed-back aluminum bucket seats have been reupholstered in black leather, and interior appointments include pebble-grain vinyl front coverings, a passenger-side grab handle, and a body-color painted dashboard.

The wood-rimmed VDM steering wheel frames a central 8k-rpm tachometer, a 160-mph speedometer, and a combination gauge monitoring oil temperature and oil pressure. The five-digit odometer shows 42k miles, approximately 250 of which were added under current ownership.

The replacement 1,582cc 692/3 four-cam flat-four was reportedly built to 692/3A specification by Jeff Adams at Speedsport Tuning of Danbury, Connecticut, in 2016, and it features dual Solex 44 PII-4 carburetors with velocity stacks along with dual overhead camshafts, a plain bearing crankshaft, and two spark plugs per cylinder for a factory rating of 135 horsepower at 6,500-rpm. Engine stamping 95016 shown in the gallery is one serial number away from the factory engine number listed on the Kardex.

Power is routed to the rear wheels through a replacement four-speed Type 716 manual transaxle, and stamping 27605 is viewable in the gallery.

A copy of the Kardex lists the factory colors and serial numbers along with a release date of July 7, 1959.

Photos taken of the car stripped to bare metal are provided in the gallery.