• One of only 287 1500cc Type 356 Carreras built between 1955 and 1958 • Rare right-hand drive example • The only RHD Carrera built with the 'bent' sunroof • Delivered new to Thailand • Type 547/0 roller-bearing engine • Professionally restored in the early 2000s "In the meantime, Porsche racing, development and production were continuing to work hand-in-hand and the 1500GS engine was in full-scale production, this being the flat-four 1.5-litre unit with four shaft-driven overhead camshafts, identical apart from the compression ratio, to the engine used in Spyders and RS models.

Other items transferred to the production cars were steering gear, brakes, carburettors, shock absorbers, front suspension geometry advances and ignition arrangements." – Denis Jenkinson, Motor Sport .

The evocative 'Carrera' name first graced the flanks of a Porsche in November 1955; applied to a 356A powered by a slightly less ferocious version of the racing 550 Spyder's 1.5-litre, twin-overhead-camshaft, r...