Although Bob Harris is a Vette aficionado and I a Porschephile, we both appreciate great sportscars and we've both lived a few years. Here are three pics of a '54 Corvette parked beside a '65 Porsche 356 - two marques that have undergone near death experiences of various kinds more than once. It's a credit to both Porsche and GM that such cars are still with us, still evolving and (happily) still available. I suspect these early examples of the breeds are worth a fair chunk of change.

Jer

[Bob Harris]

Beautiful examples Jer, first vettes made were in 53, my friends dad had a 54 and kept it for 10 years and I always thought his dad was way cool. Porsche has really stuck to the wonderful style of yesteryear, beautiful autos for sure.
Take a look here, you might enjoy the view. https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/post-your-photos/212817-machinery-porsche-spyder.html

[Sailor]

Beautiful examples Jer, first vettes made were in 53, my friends dad had a 54 and kept it for 10 years and I always thought his dad was way cool. Porsche has really stuck to the wonderful style of yesteryear, beautiful autos for sure.
Take a look here, you might enjoy the view. https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/post-your-photos/212817-machinery-porsche-spyder.html

Yeah, buddy, I really enjoyed seeing and photographing these two impeccable examples (we couldn't get close enough to get detail shots). Thanks for the link - I'm afraid I would have I missed that post if you hadn't pointed it out.

Jer

[charliezap]

Real spiffy cars Jer that bring back memories.--capn zap

[lesmore49]

Beautiful cars both...that period luggage rack and luggage on the back of the 356 really add.

[crewl1]

Great shots, love those old cars.

[bucfan1234]

Beautiful cars, nice series.

[Sailor]

Real spiffy cars Jer that bring back memories.--capn zap

Thanks, Capn - I was only 8 year old (unimaginable ) when the Vette was built and a freshman in college when the Porsche came off the line.

Jer

Beautiful cars both...that period luggage rack and luggage on the back of the 356 really add.

You bet; the 356 was amazing - these things are rare as hen's teeth around here.

Jer

Great shots, love those old cars.

Thanks very much.

Jer

Beautiful cars, nice series.

I appreciate the nice words.

Jer

[Rupert]

Great shots of some fine vehicles! Those were the days! Enjoyed!
Regards!

[Oscar1]

Great shots of some fine vehicles! Those were the days! Enjoyed!
Regards!

Great shots of beautiful old cars... Is that and Isetta in the background?

[Scottnorwo]

sharp looking cars. all the cars here lack that shine. (due to snow, slush, and generally dirty roads)

[Sailor]

Great shots of some fine vehicles! Those were the days! Enjoyed!
Regards!

Thank you, my friend. I'm glad you liked 'em.

Jer

[Sailor]

Great shots of beautiful old cars... Is that and Isetta in the background?

Thanks much. Yes, that car is indeed an Isetta - a BMW Isetta 600. I glanced at the web and learned that Isettas were built by a number of manufactures after WW II, including BMW - this is a four-door one. The second is one of my little '12 Bimmer - what a difference a few decades make.

Jer

[Sailor]

sharp looking cars. all the cars here lack that shine. (due to snow, slush, and generally dirty roads)

Thanks for looking, Scott. We're having a remarkably warm winter (even for us) with highs in the mid to high 70s.

Jer

[bucfan1234]

Thanks much. Yes, that car is indeed an Isetta - a BMW Isetta 600. I glanced at the web and learned that Isettas were built by a number of manufactures after WW II, including BMW - this is a four-door one. The second is one of my little '12 Bimmer - what a difference a few decades make.

Jer

Really like that second shot of the BMW.