VEHICLE SPOTLIGHT | 1956 PORSCHE 356 CARRERA “KUSTOM KARRERA KOUPE”

1956 PORSCHE 356 CARRERA “KUSTOM KARRERA KOUPE”

By Dean Jeffries

ENGINE: 1.6-liter flat-4
TOP SPEED: N/A
HORSEPOWER: N/A

Already well known as a pinstriper, Dean Jeffries initially acquired this 356 Carrera in 1957 as a means to expand into car customization while working at Barris Kustoms in Lynwood, California. Almost every part of the car was given the Jeffries touch, including custom front fenders, rear decklid vents, and custom tail lights, applying a treatment to a luxury sports car not generally associated with drastic modification. Echoing traditional hot-rod style, the interior of the 356 was upholstered in pleated goat leather. Jeffries would use this car—nicknamed the “Kustom Karrera Koupe”—as his daily driver around Hollywood. 

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