Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno Admire a 1958 Porsche 356 A Speedster | Jay Leno's Garage

I'm driving right now in 1927. The Duesenberg Model She's just a wonderful old lady. The Duesenberg brothers. Fred Nagi were independent car builders. They were actually racing kids. but they built cars as a racing habit the good thing about this car is that everything is original and not restored a man named Howard Johnson bought this car in 1945 he put it in his

garage

he closed the

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there was an earthquake the garage moved so he No I could open the door and the car stayed there until 2005 when I took it out. In fact, his daughter, who grew up in the house, had never seen the car because she had never been in the garage.

He was quite cute. quiet guy, a lot, a lot, a complete car, guys, they are quite strange, obviously we redid the engine and used the brakes for safety, but everything else is exactly as it was in 1927, you might be wondering why I didn't fix all the Hits , dents and scratches on this incredibly rare vehicle, well on old and unrestored cars, quite recent. It drove me crazy, Palm Desert was abandoned for six years, it didn't have as much value as perfectly restored cars, yes this is perfect, but a lot of cars are perfect these days. They were considered antiques this morning.

I was putting a cloth over them and a piece of paint came off. You wouldn't take an old Chippendale dresser and repaint it, it would lose its value and that's the idea behind keeping these cars original. The man I bought it from was almost 90 years old and his aunt gave it to him when he was 10, which I think was pretty exemplary for a car, which is what this episode is about, an original, unrestored S car that is about point of being almost as famous for his Porsches as a comedian's instrument and is a fan of the original, you will see what I am talking about here, we have three classic Porsches from the 50s and these cars are original and not restored, and if you are a true collector, that's the most important thing, let's meet the owner of these cars, Jerry, how are you, friend?

Hi Jay, good to see you, thanks for having me on the show. We love giving young comedians a new break, as you all know, Jerry Seinfeld, a great comedian. and star of the show Seinfeld, plus he is a real car enthusiast and host of the very funny web show, comedians in cars drinking coffee, but you may not know this, since we have been friends for over 30 years, that means a lot of cars and many hairstyles. Now what do we have here? Well, we have a 56 European, we have a 59 Carrera and a 58

speedster

, pretty much the line of late '50s models, from the highest to the cheapest, these three less prominent cars and some of the early Porsche models and the initial Porsches. reigned as one of the world's best sports car manufacturers Ferdinand Porsche was a genius, he made everything from racing cars to tanks, but the 356 was his first production car.

More than 75,000 were built between the late 1940s and early 1960s and those that survived are Loved and appreciated people see this car when I drive it and they see that if you look here you see that the pain is cracking a little bit and you know that Here it is a little deteriorated and they ask: when are you going to restore it? and they don't seem to see that there is value in a car that is simply hung as it was, for example, you do, you know, original and unrestored. I've been wearing these clothes since you've known me, that's what keeps you exactly yes.

There was a Porsche supercar in the '50s. This would have been the type that SPECT'd in '59. It has a speed seat for the driver's side. It has RSK brakes and wheels. It has a special inlet to cool the air. carburetor, yes, I was trying to make a high performance lightweight touring car and the car was barely used, that's the other surprising thing about it only having 13,000 miles on it and experts say all of those factors put the value of this car at over a million dollars and I bought this because of you, the guy had it his whole life and he didn't want it to turn into a football auction so he called Jay and Jay called me, I don't know why, well , I knew it if I had bought this car, Seinfeld.

You'd never forgive me, you know, he's the Porsche guy. I like Porsches, but I also like other things, like women and the stage, yeah, things like that. He called Jerry and of course you jumped on him right away. It is the best car I have ever known. Now, tell us about this one because this car was quite controversial. Yes, this is the controversial

speedster

. People thought why would anyone pay so much money for something that is. It will need a restoration and my point was it's perfect exactly as is the engine has never been taken apart and still runs strong and has 99k miles on it so I'll be the one to turn it over oh that's cool yeah.

Get in a car like this and you'll see how well made it really was, so which of these three cars catches your interest. This is the color of my brother's sprinter. When my brother returned from Vietnam, he bought a sprinter for $800. Wow, so let's take it. this one for rides is a very good souvenir I love the GTC yes it's action Jerry I've never worn sunglasses I love your son's gloves but you did it on my show I can't stand some why why not because I have what it does look like that now I don't want to be fooled it seemed that now it's not really cool it seems that now I don't believe what it really looks like okay, we're comedians, we can run red lights, we were comedians, the only way you can be a comedian now, a person young man, if you vent on stage, whatever your pain is, whatever your trauma is in life, or you could just be funny and then turn over here at the end of this, it's very nice, they look very smooth, there's no not a rattle nor a squeak, no, no, I will show you the best way you will live now on this path.

Whoa, come on, Jerry and I talk about the good things in life. You know, this is a little like Cindy Crawford's mole. It's me, Patrick Dempsey shows me what he loves is running, you, you, I'm really enjoying this ride. Jerry Seinfeld is taking me around in his unrestored Porsche speedster, show me why he loves it, the key to driving, just having the right car on the right road. the right day and being in the right frame of mind, you have four elements that make a trip great and I think today we have exactly all four, so when did you start actively collecting?

The first old car I bought was a 58 spiesse. Same color as this one I bought in 91. I was looking at Hemmings in your kitchen right in the same house you are in now and I bought it because I thought it was pretty. He was a great designer. An interesting way if you could only have one sports card it would be a sprinter Steve McQueen drove one of these James Dean Ray Allen in the 50's this was the cheapest way to race and you could win any free time you had I want to talk about the cars that the other cars drive The cars also read about cars and I don't bother with everything else.

You know so many things that didn't interest me. That's the fun of doing this show. I don't have to pretend to like movement, bro. Oh yes, you were. fabulous oh, you were very good, but what made you do a crime comprehensive Porsche minimalism this little car is the essence of sports car perfections in a small, elegant, aerodynamic and efficient car, there are no stupid lines on a course that they don't make sense, that's there for no reason and what you realize is all that madness about Jim and the big fins and everything they tried to say that the big fins stabilized the car and all this kind of false nonsense because all the The world wanted a jet plane, you know, because in World War II, that's exactly what it was, it was just Jim's madness.

Now, when we did it yourself, you had that with Emma. Pokémon was out from 48 19 4000 to 1948, that was the oldest original condition Porsche in the world and you can see it right now. writing comedians in cars drinking coffee, oh there you go, I have to do that, yeah you can abandon this show instantly, a couple more decades will pass and they will just be pod modules moving around cars, they will be like horses. be luxury items, yes, you know, there are more horses now than during the Civil War. It's not like it's true. Is this the best ride?

Look at this, don't you think you're pushy now? Yes, that's fantastic. I don't want to miss a turn here, you know that joke I used to make about looking at the bottom of the canyon California glass beautiful hole look at the view of the Orcas see, you know I could kill a guy here Mandy will never get caught so be honest , do you understand this? car yes of course it's a great running little car as you know the old cars that still exist are usually Mickey Mouse or poorly restored no one did anything for this you know this looks a bit like Cindy Crawford's mole Excuse me, it's beautiful, but there's a flaw in it that makes it desirable.

He's overcome adversity like a comedian. Yes, you'll never make it, so why are you going to prove now that it's possible? now possibly a comedian yeah it's not passable but it's the same kind of deal It's very much that you feel like that, well Jerry this is a perfect day, we have the perfect road, the perfect car, the perfect partner and you added the word Jim crackery, which I haven't heard, haven't you heard Jim? I haven't listened to Jim crackery. That's what it is, it's good with Velveeta, by the way, Jim Crackery, that's death, this baby at home, a day like today is exactly the reason you keep a classic the way it is.

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