Janis Joplin’s psychedelic Porsche nets $1.76M at auction

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Janis Joplin's psychedelic1964 Porsche 356 easily beat auction estimates when it recently sold for $1.76 million.

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Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche nets $1.76M at auction originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jay Leno takes an in-depth look at a 1964 Porsche 356C restomod

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Jay Leno is back in his garage this week for an in-depth look at the 1964 Porsche 356 restomod that looks entirely stock from the outside.

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Driving the million-mile Porsche 356

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Petrolicious makes a video about a man with a million-mile Porsche.

Maybe you've seen or heard about the Porsche 356 with almost one-million miles (though it doesn't look like it), but Petrolicious finally has produced a video to show us what it's like to drive the 982,000-mile car. Guy Newmark's beautiful, dark-blue 1964 356C looks great in motion - much better than in photos - and serves to remind us not only what meticulous car care can do for old classics, but that old Porsches were built to last.

So how fastidious is Newmark about maintaining it? He takes the car to his mechanic of 40 years every 3,000 miles for an oil change and to fix anything that needs attention.

Newmark says his 356 "is everything you could want," and that he finds errands to do just to go drive it. We would, too. The next-best thing is to watch the inspiring video below of the well-traveled Porsche.

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Driving the million-mile Porsche 356 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Check out this million-mile Porsche 356

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One can learn a lot about a car over the course of driving it a million miles. Unfortunately, most people will trade their car in for something newer the minute the mechanic says "needs an engine rebuild" or "there's major rust damage." But it wasn't so for Guy Newmark of San Pedro, CA, Petrolicious reports, whose 1964 Porsche 356C has been daily driven for over 40 years, accruing 980,000 miles along the way. Of course it needed an engine rebuild - three, in fact - but it's nigh unbelievable that the original transmission lasted 900,000 miles before it needed to be gone through.

His father bought the Porsche new, and many people consider the 1964-65 356C to be the best-driving 356 of them all because it is the only model that came with disc brakes all around. It also benefitted from the 14 years of research, development and updates that Porsche had performed since the first split-window Gmünd 356 rolled off the assembly line in 1950. The air-cooled flat four's 75 horsepower isn't much by today's standards, but, in the classic Porsche, it's enough power to scoot around with enthusiasm. Remember, in its day, the 356 was a giant killer known more for the speed it could carry through turns than outright acceleration.

Today, the 356 is a valuable classic, but we're pretty sure Newmark is glad he has been able to enjoy driving his car 980,000 miles, which is something most people will never do. Head on over to Petrolicious for more info about the inspiring man and his long-lasting machine.

Check out this million-mile Porsche 356 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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