---
title: "The Joy Of Vintage Porsche 356 Ownership"
description: "The sounds, smells, and sensations of a vintage Porsche can't be replicated by anything else"
date: "2017-06-21"
modified: "2017-06-21"
authors:
  - name: "Bradley Brownell"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/bradley-brownell"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/11736/the-joy-of-vintage-porsche-356-ownership"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "356C"
  - "Matt Farah"
  - "One Take"
  - "porsche"
  - "video"
---

# The Joy Of Vintage Porsche 356 Ownership

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We have talked about this car before, back when the owner did [their own review video](<https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/9593/its-easy-to-feel-the-porsche-heritage-in-an-old-356c>). Now they've given the keys over to a third party reviewer, our friend Matt Farah, for his One Take series. This is the first time Matt has ever driven a 356, and we have to say that he got a great one for his first. The 356C, being a four-wheel disc brake car is probably the best of the model line. Furthermore, this particular car has had a few modifications to make it slightly more special. With a larger bore engine, and likely a corresponding power bump, though it's still not setting the world on fire with power.

This little coupe looks absolutely the business with a recent black re-paint, some trim delete, and some black paint on the traditionally chrome steel wheels makes this 356 stand out in a crowd. This is an old-school 356 hot rod looking car with some nice color leather inside and some Heuer rally clocks on the dash. It takes a few cues from the 'outlaw' culture and some from the pure restoration folks and mixes them into a great looking car. Based on the video, it's a snap to drive, too.

"*The car, when you're following from behind, it looks like a little UFO on the road.*" If you think this car looks like a UFO now, just imagine what people thought of the car when the first Pre-A models were launched back in 1948. If you know what you're looking for, the 356C is actually a very different shape than those earlier 356s, but they all looked distinctly alien compared to the full sized tail-finned monster cars we had here in the US at the time.

https://youtube.com/embed/R_63wHiQ_tA

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