Equipped with matching-numbers Type 692/1 four-cam engine, one of just 14 or 15 such engines built Retains authentic features such as Silver Metallic paint, external fender mirror, and matching-numbers coachwork Offered from 48 years of extended storage Rare transitional Carrera engine type A unique opportunity to rejuvenate a Stuttgart legend Only a small handful of nameplates in automotive history evoke the level of motorsports heritage and performance pedigree associated with the word “Carrera.” Today more widely known as the flagship version of the Porsche 911, the iconic Carrera nomenclature was initially bequeathed to an early 356 variant equipped with a very special engine.

This Type 547 engine was a direct development of the motor used in the highly successful 550 Spyders that won their class at the Carrera Panamericana road race in 1953 and 1954.

The engine that powered those racecars was specially engineered by Dr.

Ernst Fuhrman with numerous mechanical upgrades over Porsc...