356 in Kill Bill and other media

[Rome]

A few 356 A appear in the YouTube video coverage of the 1965 Shell 4000 Rallye in Canada, aka "Trans-Canada Rally". The route was 4044 miles long from Vancouver, British Columbia east to Montreal, Quebec.

Fantastic shot of a Coupe in the Canadian Rockies.

Composite shot of a maintenance stop.

Wilderness dirt roads.

356 Cabrio with silver hardtop-

Both red 356 at the start of a special stage-

Silver 356 Coupe at a maintenance check, then crossing a small creek on a dirt road.

Unfortunately none of these three 356 placed in the top 10; the overall winner was a Volvo 122 driven by the team Klaus Ross (driver) and John Bird (navigator).

[Sebastian Gaeta]

Roland, Nice photos! As a correction all 356s shown are A cars. One easy way to tell is that no B or C cars have bumper over rider tubes, only A cars. Interesting to note that the 2 tone car is actually a cabriolet with a silver removable hardtop.
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Sebastian Gaeta

'63 Beetle Turkis
‘64 Karmann Ghia Coupe Manilagelb/Black Roof
'64 356C cabriolet Signalrot
'65 356C coupe Rubinrot
'66 Single Cab Velvet Green
'67 Karmann Ghia convertible Heliosblau

[Rome]

Ah yes, "A"s- B's have higher bumpers also. A regretful beginner mistake, despite knowing the differences since the mid-'70's . Thanks, Seb. I did not have access to an entrant list to see if any had their exact designations. I just went back to edit my post above to minimize the errors, as well as my gallery entries.

[Sebastian Gaeta]

[Rome]

No. I was planning on attending a VW meet not that far away from Carlisle at the Mt Hope Winery just north of Manheim, PA on Saturday; but I overslept and skipped it.

It's been about 25 yrs since I attended the Porsche swap meet at Hershey; remember finding a very good deal on some good used 5.5" Fuchs alloys- intended for my '64 Ghia Coupe.

Did you find any suitable parts for your own cars or business?

[Sebastian Gaeta]

[Rome]

Movie "Operation Atlantis" (1965). Filmed in Spain and Italy.

[Rome]

Grey Porsche 356 C Cabrio in background, YouTube documentary "The Cortina at Sebring 1964 Proof Test". British-built Ford Cortina sedan factory fitted with a Lotus 4-cylinder dual-overhead cam engine and entered it for the Sebring, Florida endurance race. The flipped-over race car in foreground was an Austin-Healey roadster driven by the Irishman Paddy Hopkirk. He survived OK.

From the same video, a red Porsche 356 B Cabrio coming down the infield access ramp at the Sebring former airport raceway.

Silver Porsche 356 B Coupe parked in background, late 1970's TV show "The Bionic Woman". I did not record the episode, but possibly "Motorcycle Boogie" which is set in West and East Germany. It's an often seen "European Town" area of the California studio set.