All Entries in the "Dick Barbour 356" Category
Dick Barbour Automotion Roadster
The Dick Barbour “Automotion Roadster” started life as a stock 1960 Porsche 356 Roadster Super 90 (#88078), Royal Blue (6012), southern California car. In the mid 60’s the car was purchased by Dieter Vongehr, the owner and operator of a well known Porsche shop in San Diego, Dieter’s Foreign Car Service…
Dick Barbour Automotion Roadster #2
After Dieter got the car back from the insurance company, Dick bought it with plans to build it into a race car. The May 1967 issue of the San Diego Region SCCA magazine ‘Gridlines’ states, “Dick Barbour and Dennis Sherman are setting up Dick’s Porsche for racing. Dick says he’s sure he can make it [...]
Dick Barbour Automotion Roadster #3
On Memorial Day weekend 1968 Barbour and co-driver Dennis Sherman entered the Roadster in a 6 hour enduro race at Riverside Raceway. The car was still silver, but Barbour had added blue to the front valance, up over the headlights and back to a tear drop on top of the fenders
Well into the race, Dennis [...]
Dick Barbour Automotion Roadster #4
Under Don Trueblood’s ownership the Roadster was repainted to metallic blue and the number was changed to 88. Don raced the car in Southern California SCCA club races and is listed as participant with Porsche #88 in a September 1969 Orange County International Raceway program.
Don was successfully importing and selling Porsches when he and his [...]
