{"id":303018,"date":"2021-02-25T22:54:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T03:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=303018"},"modified":"2024-12-08T16:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T16:52:21","slug":"the-porsche-356-speedster-uniting-a-veteran-racer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-porsche-356-speedster-uniting-a-veteran-racer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Porsche 356 Speedster Uniting its Owner with a Veteran Racer"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Ron\u00a0Szasszer\u2019s\u00a0love for patina drew him towards a\u00a0well-worn 356 Speedster. Discovering its history fostered a close connection between him and the man who used to race it.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Nature has slowly wrestled control over the Marlboro Motor Raceway, with birch trees sprouting from the tarmac, though the grandstands are still mostly intact.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Marlboro Motor Raceway<\/a> was a venue racing royalty would be seen, with talented drivers like Mario Andretti, Paul Newman, and Roger Penske<\/a>, to name just a few.\u00a0In fact, in 1964, Jackie Stewart was victorious in the 12-hour race on this circuit, driving a Lotus Cortina.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Ed Parlett and his Porsche 356 at a race in USA against seasoned competitors<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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80-year-old privateer racer Edward\u00a0Parlett,\u00a0who was a veteran of the circuit, reminisced:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u201cThis racetrack closed down shortly after I retired from motorsport. I think that means I still hold the lap record here. And that is then a record forever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

After getting his competition license at Marlboro,\u00a0Parlett\u00a0made his debut race and eventually won two six-hour endurance events.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Ed Parlett in his element: car, cigarette and wife<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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He was a local racer within a group called the \u2018Philly gang,\u2019 which included Jack Heron, Bob\u00a0Lorrailliere, Ray\u00a0Kraftson, and Nagle Bridwell. Some photos were taken at the time, showing them hanging around a 356 A 1600 Super Speedster<\/a>, which was\u00a0Parlett\u2019s\u00a0long-term and last racing car – the very car that Ron\u00a0Szasszer\u00a0currently owns today.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Porsche 356 A 1600 Speedster<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Going back to 2008,\u00a0Szasszer\u00a0was in his flat, hunting online car deals with one eye on the screen and the other on the TV playing in the background.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t really want to buy anything, and also not a Porsche,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\nRon\u00a0Szasszer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Although\u00a0Szasszer\u00a0grew up around cars, he had no strong attachment with Porsche. The photos he had of his father, an immigrant from Hungary who ended up in Miami, showed his father leaning against giant Chevys.\u00a0He himself got a beetle for\u00a0his own\u00a0first car, which he built from two scrap Beetles.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Workshop in Hamburg<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Szasszer\u2019s\u00a0second vehicle was another Beetle, a Cali-look Oval Beetle that had a lowered suspension, finished in matte\u00a0black, and was fitted with outsized tires.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Ron Szasszer behind his 356 A 1600 Super Speedster<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

While in university,\u00a0Szasszer\u00a0partnered with his friend, Jens Wilke, where they set up a workshop in an old station building east of Hamburg. They rebuilt Volkswagens for people who wanted to\u00a0own a car that was not a Trabant after German reunification.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For himself, he purchased an unfinished Jaguar E<\/a>, with a Porsche never entering his thoughts. In 1996, the partners closed the workshop, and by then\u00a0Szasszer had\u00a0a Land Rover Series III.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The next car he had was a Mercedes Pagoda that served him well for his everyday use for eight years before buying a 993.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Recalling the\u00a0moment\u00a0he saw the car, he stated:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u201cI have always had a weak spot for patina, for racing history, for starting numbers on doors, and somehow I must have been looking for that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Eventually, his attention was caught by a\u00a01957\u00a0356 A 1600 Super Speedster being sold by a dealer in Austria.\u00a0The unit still had its original racing trim and had orange paintwork.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u201cThere was hardly any description for it, and there was also no price. There was just a comment that it had competed in many major races on the East Coast of the US and that it once belonged to a driver called Ed\u00a0Parlett. For me, it was love at first sight,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

He quickly put a down-payment on the car, although he wisely decided to delay informing his wife for the time being…..<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Modernising the 356 A 1600 Super Speedster<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Once the payment has been transferred, the dealer shipped the car from America, where\u00a0Szasszer\u00a0claimed it from Austria.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In Hamburg, he searched for a firm that would not only reinstall the engine but be able to get it road-worthy to drive,\u00a0too.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Szasszer\u00a0did not\u00a0want the appearance to be\u00a0changed, though a degree of modernization was impossible to avoid.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Aging with grace: the Parlett-356, with its original Goodyear tires and windscreen<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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They replaced the original racing bucket seat, created a space for a passenger, removed the large roll bar, and a metal tank replaced the old fuel bladder. An original windscreen replaced the wind deflector, and\u00a0Szasszer\u00a0himself acquired old magnesium wheels that still had the 50-year-old Goodyear rubber, the same ones\u00a0Parlett\u00a0used in the 1960s. It was only then that\u00a0Szasszer\u00a0became curious enough to start reading up on his racing car’s mystery driver.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThere was only one hit for the name on the Internet, and that didn\u2019t help me,\u201d\u00a0Szasszet\u00a0recalled.\u00a0Ultimately it was his Business English teacher who was the one who solved the mystery. One day, the teacher arrived with the news that he had talked to\u00a0Parlett\u00a0while he was in the US.\u00a0\u201cEd was alive! I was totally fascinated!\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Less than a week later, he and an interpreter got on a plane to Maryland, and the story of the car started to be revealed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u201cParlett\u00a0started racing at the beginning of the 60s. Following his mother\u2019s advice, he had already bought a used 356 for everyday driving in 1959 as a student. Later, while working in the medical equipment industry, he got to know Nagle Bridwell, one of the Philly gang, who lured him into racing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In 1965, Bridwell retired from racing, and\u00a0Parlett\u00a0was the one who acquired the 356 Speedster.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In 1969 in\u00a0Limerock, the car\u00a0had a sticky end, and with the engine and transmission in hand,\u00a0Parlett\u00a0searched for a new car. He did not have to go far, as his friend, Bruce Baker, had chassis number 84333 at his dealership.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The chassis was one of the last Speedsters that were produced in Reutter in Stuttgart in December 1957. It was then brought to Max Hoffman<\/a> in New York through\u00a0Bremerhaven.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Baker acquired the car from another racer, Dick Scarborough, and\u00a0Parlett\u00a0gave it another chance on track in the coming years.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Despite Parlett\u00a0not having a natural talent for racing, he did have a talent for tinkering with the machines, right down to the very last detail.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

He designed the wind deflector and installed a Super 8 camera in a wheel housing to observe how the chassis worked.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Badges within the vehicle show that Parlett and his 356 Speedster were victorious at the Barrel of Fun Rally in the PCA Chesapeake Region on 21 September 1963.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They also participated in the National Races on the Steel City International Raceway near Detroit at the end of September 1967 and the Appalachian National Rally in the Philadelphia Region in 1969.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The busy and well-traveled duo were also class winners in the Bryar Nationals in New England in 1972.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Szasszer\u00a0Meeting with Ed Parlett<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In 1975,\u00a0Parlett\u00a0retired from racing and sold the car to TWA driver Jack\u00a0Klinges\u00a0in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tom Miller of Miller Sportscars discovered the car and ultimately brought it back to Europe.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Szasszer eventually returned the Porsche to the road in 2011 and regularly met up with Parlett during this time to gain a better understanding of its background. In 2012, the race veteran handed Szasszer his helmet and full race records as well as racers’ old invoices.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Unfortunately, the following year,\u00a0Parlett\u00a0passed away, but Szasszer has maintained his legacy since then.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The Speedster still proudly carries the traces of rubber from its final race roughly 50 years ago and is still regularly driven despite the less than perfect Hamburg weather.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Szasszer\u00a0also runs the United Garages Instagram account, where he and the 1,500 subscribers share their love for a Porsche with patina.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

[Source: Porsche AG]<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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