This August, as part of the celebration of the company's 60 years in America,
Porsche launched a search for the oldest Porsche sold new in the U.S.
Feast your eyes on the winner of that crown: a stunning Strawberry Red
356 Cabriolet from 1952 rescued from a salvage yard by its current
owner, Dr. Robert Wilson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
"Wilson's car was imported in November of 1952 by Austrian
businessman, Max Hoffman, in New York, who brought the first Porsche
cars to the U.S. beginning in 1950," a release from Porsche Cars North
America reads. "The 1.5 liter, 60 horsepower gem was discovered in a
salvage yard by Wilson years after arriving on U.S. soil and
meticulously restored."
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