The owner was Ernest Marhenke. He ordered the car in 1963 and picked it up in Germany where he drove it for a few days. It was shipped over before the holidays. The wheels are dated 9/63 and the car was built in late October. It was delivered in Champaign Yellow with black interior, European exhaust and a Becker Europa radio. The hub caps are the rare flat C model without the Porsche crests.
As the story goes, my father told Mr. Marhenke that if he ever wanted to sell it, "give me a call".

Sometime in 1966, the phone call came. Mr. Marhenke had ordered a 911 and the SC had to go. My dad sold the blue coupe to his buddy and drove down to San Pedro to pick up the yellow SC. He drove it regularly during the rest of the 60's and early 70's. Sometime in the early 1970's the engine was rebuilt and the outside of the car was repainted. From 1980 to 1990 the car was in storage. In 1993 I got the car from my father and it remained in my garage until 2001 when I decided to "fix it up".
Everything on the car was original except the front seats which autos international re-did in 1993.

The motor was pulled and taken to Walt Watson at Competition Engineering. Alex Bivens at West Coast House helped with the cosmetics. We fixed some minor chips and dings, wet sanded the paint to bring the color back, fixed some broken trim on the front bumper and replaced the window rubber. While we had the motor out we also re-sprayed the undercoating. The car has no rust except for a couple small spots at the base of the driver door.

Now that it is done my wife and I plan on driving it occasionally and taking part in 356 events. The car has been in my family for 40 years and somehow we managed to keep everything! The toolkit was complete, the jack perfect, the radio still works and the spare tire is still the original continental. I even have the original title where the Fee's paid were $2 !!

Mark Mettler
Huntington Beach, California
Registry # 18384