July 8, 2010 - Proud, excited, exhausted, and overwhelmed…..Those are just a few words to describe how the team here at Road Scholars is feeling this week.

After almost a year of double-checking details, researching records, matching parts and scraping our knuckles, we were ready to take not one, but four cars to the 2010 Porsche Parade.

Although we were confident going into the show that we would probably win at least one award, we were humbled and amazed when all four cars finished in the top 4 or above.

Here’s a wrap-up of the show:

We are so proud and grateful that Dr. Jackson selected Road Scholars to restore this 1963 356B.  Read more about Dr. Jackson’s story and the history of this car here.

We are also very proud to announce that it won 1st in the Restoration Touring Class 233.4 out of 235 at the 2010 Porsche Parade.

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We are very proud to announce that this car won the Zuffenhausen Award in the Full Restoration Class at the 2010 Porsche Parade in St. Charles, Illinois.

It scored 297.2 out of 300 and placed 4th in its class.

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This beautiful car was shown in the Full Restoration Class at the 2010 Porsche Parade in St. Charles, Illinois on July 4th.

We are proud to announce that this car received a Gmund Achievement Award with a score of 298.5 and placed 2nd in its class.

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This 1953 356 Porsche is truly a rare “Barn Find”. The previous owner purchased the car from his girlfriend’s father (a doctor)  over 24 years ago as it was being repainted. He had the car painted Black and used this Pre-A 356 to carry him back and forth to collage (3 hour drive) in Chapel Hill North Carolina. The car was purchased out of Danville, Virginia by the Doctor many years before.

For everybody looking for a Split window or Pre-A 356,  here’s your chance for a numbers matching complete car with all of the hard to find pieces still intact. The car will need to be completely restored (floor pans and battery pans will need replacing) but as I said all of the hard to find trim pieces are present and is only missing the spare, jack, toolkit and date stamped wheels. We have been chasing 356’s for many years and most of the “Barn Find” 356’s are long gone or picked over, here’s one that is not.

VIN 50722     Engine  #: 31542 (1500 Normal)     Transmission #: 1493      Color: Ivory      Interior: Leatherette with Corduroy Inserts

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In January 1989 Porsche unveiled the new Type 964 Carrera 4 to the world, featuring Porsche’s new all-wheel-drive system. With eight years of intensive development and with fewer than twenty percent of the parts carried over from the previous-generation 911, the Carrera 4 was hailed by Road and Track as the ”best handling Porsche road car ever built.” Can one ever forget Porsche’s first painted and integrated bumpers and rocker panels?  And that 3.6-liter engine with 247 horsepower was almost irresistible as I stared through the window of the Porsche showroom, fresh out of college and without a job. That $69,500 price tag was already insurmountable and when you added special paint, leather interior, a CD player, you soon approached $80,000.  “Holly cow! I would never be able to afford a C4.” That was then and this is now. Here is the only chance you will ever have to buy a BRAND NEW 101-mile 1989 Carrera 4, complete with a 1989-only special paint in Forest Green.  We believe this car is truly the rarest C4 on the planet. This car is virtually brand new, “still in the wrapper,” and as flawless as the day Porsche built it. You may not be 25 all over again but you will surely feel it behind the wheel. The good news is that the price has not changed much from the original MSRP, so you saved a ton of inflation losses by waiting 20 years to purchase your new Carrera 4.

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One of only seven Club Sports made for the North American Market in 1989. We have specialized in Club Sports for many years and with only 28 built (1988/1989) for the North American market-these are the rarest of all G50 cars. Our 89 featured here has covered only 14,000 miles and has been in one of the country’s premier Porsche collections. This Club Sport features all of its original paint and interior. The rare pin stripes seats are in perfect condition. Even the Club Sport script on the left fender is original. The yellow Club Sport in the additional pictures is not for sale (in for service). It is owned by our best client and has only 83 miles on it.