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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76938 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Jon Schmid Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2012 Posts: 2038 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:00 am Post subject: Janis Joplin's 356 |
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Too bad the paint job is not original but I will admit the artist who was commissioned to repaint the car was as faithful to the original scheme as photographs allowed. I think she did an outstanding job. I guess the only unknown is the dash since apparently no known pictures of it exist. Even still I have a feeling this car will go for well north of $400K. |
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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I imagine the real driver of the value is not the paint job but the fact that Joplin owned it. Could have been a rust heap and would still command a pile of money. _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
Wanted: Art Collins VW (Savannah, Georgia) items - license plate surrounds and other items. Also ivory "AM", "FM" and "SW" buttons for a US Blaupunkt Frankfurt. |
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janerick3 Samba Member
Joined: June 04, 2006 Posts: 1879 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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79SuperVert wrote: |
I imagine the real driver of the value is not the paint job but the fact that Joplin owned it. Could have been a rust heap and would still command a pile of money. |
I hope they replaced the T5 Porsche badge on the rear deck with a correct T6 badge. _________________ Thanks,
Jan K. |
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obieoberstar Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1127 Location: Tucson
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In the late 90's I was a young technician at a dealership in the Cleveland, Ohio area, Stoddard Imported Cars. Janis' 356 came from the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame to be made road worthy for a Car and Driver feature on the 356. I had the opportunity to assist the old-car guru Ken Davies on the work on the car.
IIRC, his opinion of its mechanical condition at that time was poor, however he got it going enough to make its round around the area. The fuel system got clogged on their journey and had to be towed.
I thought it was cool to be able to help out on such a well known 356.
Not many years later, I had the opportunity to work on her brother's Audi when he was a customer at our dealership in Southern Arizona.
I still have that issue of Car and Driver. Ken Davies was a great mentor for a young tech. Still have great memories of Stoddard.
Small world.
Car and Driver September 1998 |
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citroen Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2010 Posts: 1578 Location: louisville ky
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I found this picture on one of my old record albums
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TomSimon Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:48 am Post subject: |
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I saw the car sitting on display in the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame in early summer 2015. Pretty cool that a few preserved it as a piece of history.
My comment on value, 'whatever the market will bare' _________________ 2-time NASA Pro Racing Champion, Bonneville 130 Club and 150 Club Memeber, BRS Pro Gas racer |
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obieoberstar Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Was at the Post Office today and noticed they had some Janis Joplin stamps. Funny how the 'counter culture' has become mainstream. But that is a topic for another Forum. |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69824 Location: Phoenix Metro
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Janis Joplin's 356 |
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I bet Joplin would have found that just too funny for words. _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
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Jon Schmid Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2012 Posts: 2038 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: Janis Joplin's 356 |
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I guess my "feeling" was right, except I was thinking $800K, maybe $1000K tops. 4X + buyer's premium? Yikes. |
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roy mawbey Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2012 Posts: 397 Location: Sussex England
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Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2015 3:51 am Post subject: Re: Janis Joplin's 356 |
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I thought I must reply to this but on reflection I just don't know what to say
Roy _________________ Roy
RHD356A super75 106954 |
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