1952 Porsche 356 The page where I found this picture calls the car “Bertrand’s Porsche 356”. It’s a ‘52 so it’s “pre A”1 and it is gorgeous. In the early 2000s there was a trend here in Australia for white-wall tyres on sports cars. People would take their candy pink Nissan 200SX, rolling on 19” chrome rims, and get a thin groove cut into their sidewall and then have the groove filled with white rubber. It looked terrible and led me to declare that sports cars and white-wall tyres went together like Vegemite and marmalade. I think you’ll agree that (1) white-wall tyres have no place on a sports car and (2) we can make an exception for Bertrand’s 356. Porsche 356s come in Type A, B and C. And in Pre A which are really quite special. My favourite is the Type B. ↩ Click for high-res photo

1952 Porsche 356

The page where I found this picture calls the car “Bertrand’s Porsche 356”. It’s a ‘52 so it’s “pre A”1 and it is gorgeous.

In the early 2000s there was a trend here in Australia for white-wall tyres on sports cars. People would take their candy pink Nissan 200SX, rolling on 19” chrome rims, and get a thin groove cut into their sidewall and then have the groove filled with white rubber. It looked terrible and led me to declare that sports cars and white-wall tyres went together like Vegemite and marmalade.

I think you’ll agree that (1) white-wall tyres have no place on a sports car and (2) we can make an exception for Bertrand’s 356.

  1. Porsche 356s come in Type A, B and C. And in Pre A which are really quite special. My favourite is the Type B. ↩

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