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

[Music] I'm driving right now in 1927 Duesenberg model X looks like a gangster car because it's got their low roofline and it's quite stylish for the period it's just a wonderful old girl the Duesenberg Brothers Fred Nagi were independent car builders they were really race car guys but they built cars as the forth they're racing habit the nice thing about this car it's all original and unrestored man named Howard Johnson bought this car in 1945 he put in his garage he locked the garage there was an earthquake the garage shifted so he couldn't get the door open and the car stayed in there until 2005 when I pulled it out in fact his daughter who grew up in the house had never even seen the car cause she'd never been in the garage he was a pretty pretty secretive guy a lot of a lot of a whole car guys are pretty strange [Music] we redid the engine obviously and we get the brakes for safety but everything else is exactly as it was in 1927 maybe you're wondering why I didn't fix all the dings dents and scratches on this incredibly rare vehicle well up the fairly recently old unrestored cars I got a freak it was abandoned Palm Desert for six years didn't have as much value as perfectly restored cars yeah this is perfect but these days many cars are looked upon as antiques this morning I was just putting a cloth over it and a piece of paint came off you wouldn't take an old Chippendale dresser and refinish it it would lose its value and that's the thinking that goes into keeping these cars original the man I bought it from was almost 90 years old and his aunt actually gave it to him when it was 10th which I think was pretty exemplary for a car that's what this episode is all about original and unrestored an S car about to be this almost as famous for his Porsches as the instrument of comedian and he is fanatical about original you'll see what I'm talking about [Music] here we have three classic Porsches from the 50s and these cars are original and unrestored and if you're a true collector that is the most important thing let's meet the owner these cars Jerry how are you buddy hi Jay good to see ya thanks for having me on the show we love to give young comics a new break as you all know Jerry Seinfeld a great stand-up comedian and star of the show Seinfeld plus he's a real car guy and host of the very funny web show comedians in cars getting coffee but you might not know as we've been friends for over 30 years that's a lot of cars and a lot of 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 model line of the late 50s from the top to the cheapest these three under starred cars a some of Porsches earliest models and started Porsches reign as one of the best sports car makers in the world Ferdinand Porsche was a genius he made everything from racing cars to tanks but the 356 was their first production car over 75,000 were built between the late 1940s from the early 1960s and those had survived are loved and treasured people do see this car when I Drive it and they see like you know if you look here you see the pain is kind of cracking a little bit and you know here it's a little deteriorated and they go when are you gonna restore it and they don't seem to see that there's value in a car that's just hung around as it was like for example you yes you know original and unrestored I've been wearing these clothes since you've known me that's what keeps you exactly if there was such a thing as a Porsche supercar in the 50s this would have been in the guy who SPECT it in 59 he got a speedster seat for the driver's side he got RSK brakes and wheels he has a special intake to cool the air into the carburetor yeah he was trying to make a light high-performance touring car and the car was barely used that's the other amazing thing about it's only got 13,000 miles and experts say all those factors put the value of this car at well over a million dollars and I got this because of you the guy had it his whole life and he didn't want it to become an auction football so he calls Jay and Jay called me I don't know why well I knew if I'd bought this car Seinfeld would never forgive me you know he's the Porsche guy I like Porsches but I like other things too like women and stage yeah things like that you just just Porsche know so I know if I bought this Porsche just pulling your hip I said I said I gotta call Jerry and of course you jumped on it right away it is the greatest car I've ever now tell us about this one because this car was quite controversial yes this is the controversial speedster people thought why would someone pay so much money for something that's gonna need a restoration and my whole point was it's perfect exactly as it is engine's never been apart and it still runs strong and it's got a 99 thousand miles on it so I'm gonna be the one that turns it over oh that's cool yeah you get in a car like this and you see how well-made it really was so which of these three cars attracts your interest this is the color of my brother speedster when my brother got back from Vietnam he bought a speedster for $800 Wow so let's take this one for rides it's a pretty good memory I love the GTC yeah it's action Jerry [Music] I've never wear sunglasses I love your son gloves but you did it on my show I can't stand some what why not cuz I got what does it look like now I don't want to be fooled it looked like now it's not really great look like now I don't think what does it really look like okay we're comedians we can run red lights were comedians the only way you can be a comedian now a young person is you pour your guts out on stage of whatever your pain is whatever your trauma of life or you could just be funny and then take a right up here at the end of this it's just very nice they look very smooth there's not a rattle or a squeak in it no no I'm gonna show you the greatest way you will now live on this road Wow coming up Jerry and I discuss the finer things in life you know this is a bit like Cindy Crawford's mole is me Patrick Dempsey shows me what gives him is racing it you you [Music] I am really enjoying this drive Jerry Seinfeld's taking me out at his unrestored Porsche speedster show me why he loves it the key to driving just having the right car on the right road on the right day and being in the right mood you have four elements that make a great Drive and I think we've got all four today exactly so when did you start actively collecting the first old car I bought was a 58 spiesse they're the same color as this one I bought it in 91 I was looking through Hemmings in your kitchen right in the same house you're in now right and I bought it because I thought it was pretty I was a great designer interesting looking shape if I only could have one sports card it would be a speedster Steve McQueen drove one of these James Dean Ray Allen in the 50s this was the cheapest way to go racing and you could win whatever free time I have I want to talk about cars the other cars drive cars read about cars me too and I don't bother with all the other you know so much that I had no interest in right that's what's fun about doing this show I don't have to pretend to like the moving bro oh yeah you were fabulous oh you were really good but what made you make delito all-in Porsche minimalism this little car is the essence of sports car perfections in the a graceful aerodynamic efficient small car there's no stupid lines on a course that don't make sense that are there for no reason and the 50 thing you realize all that Jim crackery and the big fins and all that they tried to say that the big fins stabilized the car the all this kind of phony-baloney because everybody wanted a jet plane you know because in World War 2 that was just what it was it was just Jim crackery now when we did yourself you had that with Emma Pokemon was out of 48 19 4000 to 1948 that was the oldest original condition Porsche in the world and you can see it right now by typing in comedians in cars getting coffee oh there you go I have to do that yeah you can leave this program instantly it'll be another couple of decades and they'll be just pod modules moving around cars will be like horses they'll be luxury items yeah you know there are more horses now than they were during the Civil War yo he's not a stuff like it's true is this the greatest rode greatest look at this don't you think you're insistently now yeah that's fantastic you don't wanna miss a turn here know that joke used to do about looking into the canyon feet California glass beautiful hole look at the view in the Orcas go you know I could kill a guy here Mandy never get caught so be honest do you get this car yes of course that's a great running little car as you know old cars that are still around are usually Mickey Mouse or they're badly restored nobody did anything to this you know this is a bit like Cindy Crawford's mole excuse me it's beautiful but there's an imperfection in it it makes it desirable it has overcome odds like a comedian yes you're never really gonna make it so why are you going now show that possible it's now possibly a comedian yeah he's not passable but it's the same type of deal it is very much that you feel that well Jerry this is a perfect day we have the perfect road the perfect car the perfect companion and you threw in the word Jim crackery which I haven't heard have you not heard Jim I have not heard Jim crackery that's what it is it's good with Velveeta by the way Jim crackery that's death this baby home a day like today is exactly the reason you keep a classic the way it is [Music] hey CNBC fans thanks for checking out our YouTube channel here you'll find videos from all your favorite CNBC shows be sure to subscribe by clicking right here click on the videos around me and watch the videos from CNBC thanks for watching

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Id: lAcYahc74o8

Length: 12min 5sec (725 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 01 2020