Jay Leno has always been known for
his comedy and being the long time host of The Tonight Show, but Leno has
always been a huge car guy. Since 2015, Leno has had a show on CNBC called Jay Leno’s Garage. On his show, Jay
shows off a variety of amazing cars, but one was more historically significant than
the rest. Recently, there was a very special car on the show, the first Porsche
racecar, a 1951 Porsche 356 SL Gmund Coupe.
This ’51
Porsche 356 SL, made its debut at La Mans and ended up winning the 1100-cc
class in its first year. The car is
owned by a man in California and was restored by Rob Emory of Emory
Motorsports. The story goes, after the race, Porsche got rid of the car, and
the Porsche was then picked up by famed automobile importer Max Hoffman and
brought the car state side. The car was bought and sold multiple times, once having
the top chopped and the wheel skirts removed to save weight.
To restore the Porsche, Emory
started by taking 3D scans of other 356 SLs to make sure they got the top
shaped properly and they machined new screws to match originals for mounting
the wheel skirting back on. This 356 SLs is accurate down to a hose being
stuffed behind a fog light to make sure it was aimed properly in the right
direction. This is one of the few times on Jay
Leno’s Garage that Jay is not behind the wheel of the car, as this is such
a valuable car both monetary and historically.
Jay Leno’s
Garage airs Wednesday at 10pm on CNBC. You can check out our new inventory
or contact us today for a test drive.
Check out the episode here.
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