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**Porschinelle** · 04-19-2018, 12:32 AM

So it looks like that the 356 SL GT on Vance pic is 356-058 though one detail hurt me
In 1952 this car had a split 2 parts windscreen aand a one piece split windscreen in 1953 but may be the windscreen was broken and changed by a mre recent one
also found that pic taken during the 1953 Liege Rome Liege race

This quite damaged car also wear the W 83 4079 plate

**Henk Vasmel** · 04-19-2018, 01:22 AM

So we still have to identify where the picture was taken. If I check my database, I find a few (34)'s, but the only one that fits is 7 September 1952, Johnny Lurani for the Coppa Inter-Europa in Monza. License plate fits, and I had him as possibly in 356/2-058. Now, my database is not yet complete (will it ever be), but maybe someone can support or deny this.

Edit: I just checked "The Last Eleven", And there is a picture of almost certainly this same car, at the same location, but now seen from the front. So Monza must be a certainty.

This car is described there as a raised roof car, due to Italian regulations at that time. Raised roof is pretty obvious in the photo from the front. Does that help to identify it positively as 356/2-058 ?

**Porschinelle** · 04-20-2018, 02:07 PM

**Porschinelle** · 04-20-2018, 02:13 PM

I did not found any pic of the Porsche official sport cars and therefore cannot tell if some of them were 356/2 GT
Only this one of the cars being prepared before the race

The only certitude is that car race 317 who still exist to day in an Dutch collection was one of the first Steel body

**Porschinelle** · 04-20-2018, 02:20 PM

So no evidence that 356/2 058 was one of these cars, but the Porsche marketing department was very happy with 4 cars pout of 6 finishing hence the below poster