356 in Kill Bill and other media

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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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'57 European Delivery Beetle Agave Green
'63 Beetle Turkis
‘64 Karmann Ghia Coupe Manila Yellow/Black Roof
'64 356C Cabriolet Signalrot
'65 356C Coupe Rubinrot
'66 Single Cab Velvet Green
'67 Ghia convertible Lotus White

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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.

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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?

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

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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.

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Moderator and readers- Are 356 Speedster replicas eligible for this thread? I have a few photos of those...

[EverettB]

I'd say Yes as they are pretty common in Media and it's not like this thread has a ton of pics being posted anyway.

I think it would be best to identify them as replicas whenever possible
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I’m not interested in seeing any replicants in this thread.
I think they belong here:
Kit Car/Fiberglass Buggy/356 Replica
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[EverettB]

I agree that makes sense too and I'm fine with keeping this thread dedicated to real ones, similar to how the 356 section is handled elsewhere on the site.

Although I'm not sure it's always easy to know a speedster in a movie/show is a replica or not. I usually assume replica, unless it's a super old movie.
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4-bolt wheels (68+ Beetle pan) and a rounded center tunnel are the big giveaways for replicas. Sometimes a 4-tip Monza exhaust, and VDO aftermarket style instruments.

OK fellas, I'll stick to original 356 here in this thread.

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356B Cabrio German police Autobahn cruiser- 1960's German documentary "Blaulichtgeschichten- Als die Polizei noch im Kaefer kam", translated Blue light tales- when the police came in Beetles.

356B Cabrio German police Autobahn cruiser approaching hitchhikers, German 2016 documentary "Geschichte- Entdeckungen: Als der Suedwesten fahren lernte" translated History- discoveries: As the Southwest learned to drive, referring to the Southwestern German region incl. Swabia.

Early 356 Cabrio seemingly at a movie drive-in, movie "Lord love a duck" (1966).

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Ivory Porsche 356 Speedster or Cabrio, TV show "Police Woman" S3E20 "Bondage" (1977).

Blue Porsche 356 Coupe, movie "The Hellcats" (1968).

Ivory Porsche 356 Coupe parked, YouTube video "10 cool facts about Jim's Pontiac Firebird"; pertaining to Jim Rockford's car in the TV show "The Rockford files".

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Screen shots of several 356 in a YouTube video of the 2024 California Mille informal road rally, held on 1000 miles of scenic and twisty roads in southern California. Event is open for cars built thru 1957 (built prior to Jan. 1, 1958) and was held in late April.

Seen from one of the participant's cars, with the 356 Coupe ahead of a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing.

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356 A Coupe parked in city, German movie "Abschied" (1966; means "farewell", sounds like "UP sheed"). Mid '60's VW Type 3 next to it.

YouTube video "Porsche historic footage 1950s-2000s racing cars" shows a red 356 B Coupe following a Porsche Diesel tractor pulling a laurel-decorated wagon with winning race drivers, among them is Dan Gurney (standing, tan sweater), Stirling Moss (blue blazer), possibly Wolfgang von Trips (sitting, cap), and Jim Clark (standing, green sweater). Possibly Bruce McLaren partially hidden in front of Mr. Moss. All were Formula 1 drivers in the 1961 season for many different manufacturers (notably Mr. Gurney for Porsche). The silver car following the 356 is a French Facel-Vega (with Chrysler V8 engine).

Composite photo of a black 356 B Convertible, and red 356 Speedster in movie "Hollywood Knights" (1980). That's a chopped-roof custom copper-colored Beetle in background.

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White Porsche 356 in background, movie "Cannonball!" (1976).

Blue 356 Coupe parked, movie "The born losers" (1967).

Blue 356 Coupe on narrow street, movie "The wicked dreams of Paula Schultz" (1968).

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Green Pre-A 356 Coupe, British movie "Checkpoint" (1956). The car race is the actual Italian Mille Miglia, likely 1956 I think at the Brescia leg. I could not find its race # 50 in either the '54, '55 nor '56 MM race results.

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German movie "The grosse Chance" (the big opportunity) from 1957. Filmed in Heidelberg, Germany.

1970's TV show "The streets of San Francisco" season 3.