JANIS JOPLIN'S psychedelic Porsche 356c Cabriolet 1965 at Marin Sonoma Concours d'Elegance
Janis Joplin's famous psychedelic Porsche returned to its erstwhile Marin home this last weekend, making a rare local appearance at the Marin Sonoma Concours d'Elegance, Sunday, May 16th, 2010.
The singer's 1965 Porsche 356c Cabriolet, which she bought when she was living in Larkspur, is usually enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. It came to Marin from the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, where it was on loan......
In September 1968, the budding rock star paid a Beverly Hills auto dealer $3,500 for the three-year-old sports car. When she bought it, the Porsche was a factory-painted "oyster white." For a flamboyant singer who wore rose-colored glasses and feather boas, that wouldn't do. So she got roadie Dave Richards to paint it with swirling psychedelic images, including Mount Tamalpais on one fender and a portrait of her with her band, Big Brother
and the Holding Company, on another.
"They used regular house paint," Michael Joplin recalled. "They were just playing around, saying, 'Hey, let's make an art car.' They were having a lot of fun. It was a convertible, and she would drive it around with the top down. People would leave notes for her on it."
My photos taken at Marin County Fairgrounds - San Rafael, California
Here is a youtube video I did ...sorry about the music...wished I could have uploaded her song "Oh Lord, wont you buy me a Mercedes Benz...". Youtube won't let me, due to COPYRIGHTS.
Janis Joplin's psychedelic painted 1965 Porsche 356c Cabriolet
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dedeporsche
16 months ago
Janis Joplin's house San Francisco
Janis Joplin's house in Corte Madera, Marin County, Northern California
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notpit
16 months ago
This era of music brings back a lot of memory's. Great paint job
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dedeporsche
16 months ago
It sure does.
It was only when the family produced the play “Love, Janis,” that they decided to have the old Porsche restored. In 1994, it was repainted in all its hippie-era glory.
I wrote about Janis Joplin's 1965 Porsche recreation in my blog.
Michigan Porsche Club of America member Vic Rivera was made aware of the 1962 356 Roadster for sale in Milford that been sitting for eight or nine years in 2005.. The tires were flat and the car didn’t run. Vic saw beyond the dust and dirt and purchased the car on the spot. He refurbished the car mechanically and drove it to Porsche events for the next few years. Vic grew up during the rock and roll years of the 1960’s and was a Janis Joplin fan. As a Porsche enthusiast, he was well aware of the famous Joplin psychedelic 356 which was frequently exhibited at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.......continue reading
PORSCHE PROJECT: Recreation of Janis Joplin’s psychedelic painted 1965 Porsche 356c Cabriolet
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alexk
16 months ago
Great post. The recreation job is amazing. I wonder if we have modern time artist who have painted a 911 in this manner.
Btw, Dede, congratulations on your blog. It will take me few months to go through it !
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Qshipgary
16 months ago
"Oh lord, wont you buy me a Porsche", doesn't have the same ring. Great piece of '60s history!
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dedeporsche
16 months ago
thank you for the compliments! I feel so lucky to have seen this car in person, let alone touched this car!
During the concours...they had a local singer sing "Oh lord, wont you buy me a Mercedes"...I only wished I could have filmed/video the car with that background music ! Oh well so much excitement that day. Hard to stay focused...! ;-))
Thank you...
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