{"id":16066,"date":"2019-08-19T15:25:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T23:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=16066"},"modified":"2019-10-24T16:47:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T00:47:47","slug":"16066","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=16066","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190520161557-01-oldest-porsche-auction-exlarge-169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190520161557-01-oldest-porsche-auction-exlarge-169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"190520161557-01-oldest-porsche-auction-exlarge-169\" width=\"330\" height=\"204\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190520161557-01-oldest-porsche-auction-exlarge-169.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190520161557-01-oldest-porsche-auction-exlarge-169-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190520161557-01-oldest-porsche-auction-exlarge-169-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;FIRST PORSCHE&#8221; FAILS TO SELL <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technically speaking, the Type 64 isn&#8217;t really a Porsche&#8230; because the company didn&#8217;t exist when Ferdinand Porsche first built the car in 1938. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Historically, it&#8217;s the first car Ferdinand added his name to&#8230; about a decade later, when the auto manufacturer&#8217;s Gmund bodies were being produced. And, technically, this particular car is probably a combination of the first Type 64 chassis that was crashed early on and a third extra body. The Petersen Automotive Museum in L.A. owns the second chassis that is still intact and has now been restored. <\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by controversy, this Type 64 was still expected to sell last Saturday during Monterey car week for as much as $20 million (its reserve). However, the Dutch auctioneer called out bids that either sounded too high or were a fraction of the number shown on the large screen behind him. Bidding ended soon threafter.  <\/p>\n<p>If the car had been allowed to sell for $17 million (its top bid), that would have been the highest price ever paid for a Porsche. <\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Staud Studios for RM Sotheby&#8217;s) <\/p>\n<p>Note: Text revisions made at 11 pm the day of post to correct misinformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;FIRST PORSCHE&#8221; FAILS TO SELL Technically speaking, the Type 64 isn&#8217;t really a Porsche&#8230; because the company didn&#8217;t exist when Ferdinand Porsche first built the car in 1938.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,3,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16066"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16076,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16066\/revisions\/16076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}