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Porsche 356 No. 1 Museum Edition AUTOart 1:18

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Porsche 356 No. 1 Museum Edition AUTOart 1:18 2100108 Diecast
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AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Porsche 356 No. 1 Museum Edition reproduces the open-top roadster that started the Porsche sports car line in 1948. This used example has opening doors, bonnet and boot; the box carries traces of storage while the model itself remains sound. A significant vintage subject for any Porsche origin-story display.
Porsche 356 No. 1 Museum Edition AUTOart 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Porsche
Model Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
2100108
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About the Porsche 356 No. 1 Museum Edition AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Porsche 356 No. 1 Museum Edition reproduces the very first car to carry the Porsche name, an open-top roadster from 1948, with opening doors, bonnet and boot. This used model's box shows traces of storage, the casting itself intact. A genuine origin-point subject for a Porsche collection.

The 356 No. 1 predates every road-going Porsche that followed, a hand-built prototype whose mid-engined roadster layout differed from the rear-engined formula the brand would soon settle on.

AUTOart's Diecast Take on Porsche's First Car

This 356 No. 1 is a zinc alloy diecast, and its weight gives the diminutive, hand-built roadster shape a satisfying substance in the hand despite the real car's genuinely small and lightweight dimensions. Doors, bonnet and boot open, revealing the cabin's spartan trim and the mid-mounted engine detail, a mechanical layout collectors familiar with later rear-engined 911s may find genuinely surprising to see up close. Panel gaps run at typical diecast width, an entirely reasonable trade given how much of this subject's appeal lies in its simple, uncluttered lines rather than aerodynamic sophistication. The Museum Edition finish and trim aim to match the surviving original as closely as a production diecast allows, with clean panel definition across the rounded, minimal bodywork. As a used piece, the box shows the traces of storage stated on the listing; the casting itself presents cleanly.

An Origin Piece for a Porsche Collection

Few manufacturers can point to a single surviving car as their literal starting point the way Porsche can with the 356 No. 1, and that makes this model a genuinely different kind of collecting proposition to a standard 356 or early 911. Displayed at the start of a Porsche lineage shelf, ahead of production 356s and the 911s that followed, it gives the collection a clear chronological anchor. The opening bodywork suits this subject well, since the mid-engined layout is precisely the detail that sets the No. 1 apart from every rear-engined Porsche that came after it, worth the extra look a raised bonnet provides.

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