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MANN COUPÉ, 1963

 he presenta la 911 con il suo    In 1963, when Porsche unveiled the 911 with its six-cyl-
mbio a cinque marce e l'im-       inder engine, five-speed gearbox and 12-volt electrics,
                                  it found that a large section of its clientele clearly con-
 vi è ancora una larga fetta      tinued to prefer the 356. In view of this, the company
 a di continuare a preferire la   made a series of changes in order to update its glorious
o, Porsche apporta una serie      pièce de résistance, the most important of which was
 o glorioso cavallo di batta-     the introduction of disc brakes on all four wheels. In
 nte è l’adozione dei freni a     addition to this, numerous small changes were aimed
  ltre a questo, vi sono anche    at improving the ergonomics of the controls and the
 corgimenti volti a migliorare    comfort of the driving experience. Externally, the car
 d il confort di marcia. Este-    featured new flat wheel covers. The 356 offered for
                                  sale, built in 1963 and first registered in the USA in 1964,
   i nuovi copri ruota 'piatti'.  came to Italy in 2015, where it was completely restored,
  un esemplare costruito nel      between 2016 and 2017, by Porsche 356 specialists Ever
 a volta negli USA nel 1964,      Green of Lodi. It is a matching numbers car that has
  ed è stato completamente        been with its present owner since 2017. It still has its
   2017, dallo specialista Por-   original color scheme of Dolphin Gray over green faux
 di. La vettura, dal 2017 con     leather interior.
 hing number, ha mantenuto
a originale di Grigio Delfino
 e.

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