Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 3278 - Porsche 356 by Borghi (Read 570 times)

Wendax · « **on:** August 03, 2020, 01:13:18 AM »

Have a second look.

For one point, please respond and identify car and coachbuilder.

Johno · « **Reply #1 on:** August 04, 2020, 03:53:56 PM »

1960 Porsche Abarth 356 Carrera GTL. Abarth subcontracted the body construction to Zagato

Wendax · « **Reply #2 on:** August 04, 2020, 04:11:04 PM »

Remember this is AutoPuzzles. Despite its looks it is not a Porsche Abarth 356 Carrera GTL. And if you look closely you can find some differences. It is Porsche-356-based though which earns you a lock for three tries.

Johno · « **Reply #3 on:** August 05, 2020, 02:32:17 PM »

I'm going to say a 1953 Porsche 356 Abarth Borghi currently for sale in Belgium. Abarth would seem to have been the coachbuilder.

Wendax · « **Reply #4 on:** August 05, 2020, 04:39:02 PM »

You certainly found the right car, but never trust the seller's story without checking. You must sort your pieces of information, because Abarth was not the coachbuilder. Still locked.

Johno · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2020, 03:49:35 PM »

Right here we go. Bodywork by Aldo Borghi. There appear to be two identifying plates on the car placing it's construction to Argentina.
Is there a connection with the Borghi brohers who had a workshop in Bologna before the second world war? I found reference to them as well.

Wendax · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2020, 04:06:40 PM »

I don't know about a connection between the two Borghi coachbuilders. But you got all things sorted out now. It is a 1953 Porsche 356, rebodied many, many years later by the Argentinian coachbuilder Borghi to make the car look like a 1960 Porsche Carrera GTL Abarth.