356A Carrera - Ex Dean Jeffries - Bonhams at the Quail

[Jay Wiener]

Hi Trevor, I was actually thinking about the LAX Hilton for the Lit Show. However; there are only 2 spots and Stoddard filled them already. I haven't made it to the Phoenix Club yet. I'll pm you.

Thanks, Jay

[Jay Wiener]

Dear Registry Members, rumor has it that this "Bitchen" Carrera might be making an appearance at Luftgekuhlt 2019 LA at the Universal Hilton

[Mark Pribanic]

That is great news!

[Jack Walter]

We had to gang up on Patrick Long a little bit but three of us managed to get his people to reconsider allowing Dean's car into the Luftgekuhlt show...
Wish I could be there to see it but I'll be in upstate New York that week - take lots of pictures.

[Richard Emerson]

The design is polarizing; some love some don’t. Especially
Since the original coupe is so pure.

But if it’s true you are using a plain bearing crank you need the oil coolers (roller bearing didn’t) - maybe take the driving lights out temporarily and use those openings if not enclosed. Or go to a push rod.

[Jay Wiener]

The car is the first outlaw Porsche and purely SoCal hotrod culture. Not to mention that Dean's shop was right down the street from Universal Studios

[Adam Wright]

We had to gang up on Patrick Long a little bit but three of us managed to get his people to reconsider allowing Dean's car into the Luftgekuhlt show...
Wish I could be there to see it but I'll be in upstate New York that week - take lots of pictures.

Jack, feel free to stop by Unobtanium HQ if you have Porsche withdrawal.

[Richard Emerson]

It should be great to have it at Luft. No doubt attract a lot of interest.

[Jack Walter]

Jay is going to have so much fun showing the car for the first time in its home town since it left in 1962. I know that every time I showed the car people would stop by and tell me stories about it or Dean Jeffries that I never knew.
Its surprising how polarizing the Carrera can be but if you know the history of the Porsche and its connections to the era when it was created it really is a pretty neat artifact of its time.

I'm thrilled that the car will be at the Luftgekuhlt show - it was always my dream to get the car back to California and show it at events like this. I just hope that its only the first of many shows the Dean Jeffries Carrera will be shared with its fans back in its real home.
From my conversations with Dean over the years he never liked to talk too much about himself - it was always about the cars and this one was very special to him. He was only 23 years old when he built this car - how many of us could even imagine doing this at that age.

[Jay Wiener]

Thank you Jack again for all your help. Jay will also be driving the Bitchen piece of history to the show! None of this flatbed nonsense. I'm thinking of taking Mulholland, in true McQueen fashion, while wearing Persols of course.