Graeme Posted 17February, 2021 Report Share Posted 17February, 2021 Wonder if this ever saw the road again 356 cab? Damaged in the Canberra ( Woden) floods in 1971. Carrera28 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crsedge Posted 17February, 2021 Report Share Posted 17February, 2021 Great photo, sad demise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merv Posted 18February, 2021 Report Share Posted 18February, 2021 And yet we keep building on flood plains. firstone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 18February, 2021 Report Share Posted 18February, 2021 Reckon that went to the crusher. Not worth much in 71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave42 Posted 2March, 2021 Report Share Posted 2March, 2021 Hi- I’m new on this forum, but I’ve had my 356sc for 40+ years. This happened at the bottom of Curtin, where I was living at the time. That’s the old RSL Bowling Club in the background. Big thunderstorm at the top of the Woden Valley filled culverts, and flooded low level intersection of three major roads. Several cars washed off road and seven people killed. As I understood it, the Porsche was repaired, but that’s as much as I heard of it. Don’t think it was a cabriolet- I don’t remember any cabs in Canberra then. More likely is that the piece on the left is the roof, cut away to rescue the driver, who wasn’t among those killed IIRC. firstone, LeeM and Carrera28 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjm Posted 2March, 2021 Report Share Posted 2March, 2021 Just read up op the 71 Canberra flood, a terrible tragedy I wasn’t aware of. If that 356 driver survived he was very fortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave42 Posted 3March, 2021 Report Share Posted 3March, 2021 I'm fairly sure the Porsche driver survived- surely a testament to the strength of the 356's all welded body. . Those killed were all related, teens/early20s traveling in 2 cars, so unlikely to be Porsche drivers. sjm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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