The Porsche 356 is a luxury sports car which wasproduced by German company Porsche from1948 to 1965. It was the company's first production automobile. Earlier carsdesigned by the company included the Volkswagen Beetle aswell as Auto-Union and Cisitalia Grand Prix race cars.The 356 was a lightweight and nimble-handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive2-door sports car availablein hardtop coupe and open configurations. Engineering innovations continuedduring the years of manufacture contributing to its motorsports success andpopularity. Production started in 1948 at Gmünd Austriawhere approximately 50 cars were built. In 1950 the... factory relocated to Zuffenhausen Germany andgeneral production of the 356 continued until April 1965 well after thereplacement model 911 madeits autumn 1963 debut. Of the 76000 originally produced approximately halfsurvive.This awesome Porsche 356SC is offered with the Porsche Certificate of Authenticity.