Among the last of those 278 B-Series Carrera 2 GS Coupes produced by Porsche, chassis 122629 was completed at Zuffenhausen on 3 December 1962 and destined for the United States clad in Ivory (6204) over blue leatherette with blue carpets.

By 14 December, it had been delivered to John von Neumann’s famous Los Angeles-area Porsche distributorship, Competition Motors, and sold new to its first owner—a Dr.

Clifford Earl Easley of Torrance, California.

For his part, Dr.

Easley is likely to have paid around $7,500 for the privilege of owning an example of Porsche’s most radical, powerful, and expensive production car then available.

By 1999, this Carrera 2 had turned up in the care of a noted early 911 and 356 Porschephile from northern New Jersey.

Around this time, the car is believed to have been entirely refinished in its factory-correct color combination, although the German square weave carpets were updated to a pleasing gray shade.

Different Porsche 356 owners’ registry entries ...