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Click here to view high resolution photos Multiple concours award winner Factory Electric Sunroof VDM Wood Rim Steering Wheel Matching numbers engine and transmission Kardex and Porsche Certificate of Authenticity Large collection of historical documents Includes original owners manual, sales brochure, original Porsche key fob, complete and correct tool kit, jack, and spare Often times the visual that comes to peoples minds when early Porsches are mentioned is the classic and iconic Porsche 356. With its timeless styling that evolved over the course of its 10+ year production run, increasingly gaining power and handling improvements during that time, it became a well-known and well-loved sports car. With space for two front passengers and 2 slightly smaller passengers in the back, it became a sports car that could be argued as practical. No doubt helping with its popularity, the 356 would cement itself as one of the all-time greats of early sports car design, and still reflects that today with its enthusiast base and strong values. This numbers matching 356 SC Coupe completed production at the Porsche factory on February 26th, 1964 according to its Porsche Kardex. Painted in Irish Green with a Light Brown Leatherette interior, it was optioned with a Power Sunroof, Chrome Wheels, and a Wood Rim Steering Wheel with a Chrome Horn Ring, and sold new by Competition Motors in Culver City, California, to Lawrence Spector for $5,850. Mr. Spector lived in Hollywood and worked for the cosmetics company Max Factor. Shortly after his purchase of the 356 SC, Spector was scheduled to be transferred to South America, and rather than take his new Porsche with him he sold it for $4,650 to Mr. James Dry who lived locally in nearby La Crescenta. As it turned out, Spectors transfer did not materialize and he offered Mr. Dry a profit of $300 to sell him the car back, which proved unsuccessful as Dry had become attached to his newly acquired 356 Coupe. An aircraft mechanic by trade, employed by Lockheed Martin, Mr. Dry was an experienced Porsche 356 mechanic who had a small shop in his backyard, and another in his basement. Over the years Dry owned a total of seven 356s, occasionally selling them on after he had prepared them mechanically. The Irish Green SC however, stayed under his stewardship for thirty-one years, until he eventually sold it to James Thomson of Los Altos, in Northern California. Mr. Thomson was an engineer for Lockheed Martin and met Mr. Dry through work. The two became good friends through their mutual interest in Porsche 356s, with Thompson previously purchasing a 61 356 Cabriolet from Dry. Mr. Thomson had expressed to Mr. Dry that if he ever decided to sell the SC Coupe, he would like to buy it, and a deal was finally cemented on December 21, 1995. Mr. Thomson maintained the 356 himself, adding very few miles during his ownership, and eventually sold it to purchase a new Mercedes in May, 1999. The new owner, Daniel Rogers, was a fanatic for documentation, and serves as the Director of the Smithsonian Institute for the Department of Archeology. Rogers completed his purchase of the Irish Green 356 SC Coupe on May 30, 1999, and had it transported from Los Altos to his home in Alexandria, Virginia. Upon receipt, as was his nature, Rogers meticulously documented the car in detail. He made telephone contact with previous owners, and visited with James Dry at his home on June 18, 1999, with the intent to chronograph the 356 SCs ownership history since new. Over his next seventeen years, Rogers would document every detail of his time spent as caretaker of chassis 128849 in three volumes of notes, and five photo albums. His journey from purchase, servicing, attending driven events, through a complete show level restoration, and display at Concours dElegance is archived in full. In