Comedian and noted Porsche enthusiast Jerry Seinfeld has two great icons of automotive history, the first and last air-cooled Porsche 911s. At least, he might think he does. Back in 1998 the comedian bought the first car, once owned by Ferry Porsche himself, for $400,000.
The blue 1964 Porsche was in pretty bad shape, and Seinfeld paid an additional $200,000 to have the car restored by Porsche at the Works Ein facility in Stuttgart. Apparently around the time the restoration was being done, a shell of a same year car was spotted out side the Werks facility. Both the shell of the car, and the car purchased by Seinfeld were blue. The shell had been stripped of all parts, beyond repair, with the VIN and other identification numbers, ground off the car.
Porsche refuses to say what those numbers were, but the car that was outside the facility was shredded and the removal of numbers was standard operating procedure. Was Seinfeld duped by Porsche, and given the wrong car? Does Seinfeld know about it, and is he going along with it? Of course, it could be just coincidence, but only 232 were made in 1964, and rumored that only 48 survive. A decade later the question has yet to be answered as to the authenticity of the car. It’s appears that Porsche regifted Seinfeld unfavorably.
+MotiveMag.com - Clouding the Pedigree of Jerry Seinfeld’s “First” 911
An interesting conundrum. If Porsche doesn’t deny the veracity of the serial #, then the car is as represented. If Porsche says otherwise, they’d be admitting to some sort of fraud.
Quite a dilemma for a guy who made a living about nothing.
I find myself not caring.
Stuttgart really stuck-it to Seinfeld.
JS isn’t stupid. I know Porsche can be evil, I owned a Boxster that had an engine that had been sleeved, but what would Porsche have to gain by ripping off one of their biggest FREE marketing represenatives.
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