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This Porsche-Sabel Mk1 Prototype was the first of approximately 30 cars built by John Sabel beginning in the early 1960's, and was John's personal car. This cars construction was started in the fall of 1963 and completed the following year. Its first race was the 1964 Hershey Hill Climb driven by John and his wife, Pat. John subsequently raced the car that same year at the Duryea Climb. John Sabel (who currently resides in Carlisle, PA) was a car fanatic from way back. He grew up in California and attended races at Monterey and Pebble Beach. He earned enough as a 14 year old mowing lawns to be able to purchase his first car - a Model A Ford road-ster. Subsequent trades ensued, and within a few years he found himself in possession of JoeHuffaker's 1929 Ford Coupe with a hopped up V8 flathead. Joe and John were early members of the Marin Coupe and Roadster Club, which is still in existence today. John designed and built this prototype in a rented garage in Rockville, MD. A male plug made of lathe and plaster was formed around a 1952 stock VW pan. Molds were produced from the plug, and the body was produced in the molds by hand-laminating fiberglass. The molds were subsequently shipped to Anderson Industries in Jessup, MD, who produced approximately 20 more of these cars. John went on to build several more Mk 2 and Mk 3 cars - the Mk3s were mid-engined cam-back cars. Two known examples of these are still being actively raced. Though the floor pan started out as stock, the rest of the car was developed with Porsche parts: Porsche front & rear suspension, brakes, gearbox, and motor (from the 356b plat-form). This car ran with a set of 550 Spyder wheels; the wheel wells were designed around these. It was in this configuration that the car ran in the 1964 Hershey climb. In 1966 John sold the car to Ralph Williams. Ralph accumulated enough points in the SCCA Northeast region to qualify for The American Road Race of Champions (the SCCA Championships) at Daytona in 1967. He placed 2nd in DSR and 5th overall. The car was sold in 1968 to Dick Williams (no relation) who raced the car extensively. Documented races included runs at VIR, Marlboro, and Cumberland. Dick and the Sabel also qualified for the SCCA runoffs in 1969, but he was unable to attend. Dick really loved the car and told me on several occasions how he could "go really deep because the brakes were so darn good!" The car did very well on short tracks for this reason though it was usually outrun on the longer circuits by the more powerful cars. In 1970 the car was sold to Gordon Kerr, a dentist in Manassas VA. Unfortunately, life got in the way and the car sat, essentially unused, for 34 years. A young car nut, Sean Kalil, got wind of the car and purchased it in 2004. Sean replaced the floor pans, but an illness in the family halted the project. The car was purchased in 2005 by IMSA driver Chuck Goldsborough of Team Lexus fame. Chuck's intent from the start was to restore it but with too many other Porsche projects in progress it waited in line. In 2012, after a year of pestering, Goldsborough passed the Sabel to his friend Michael Ballo who immediately started on a restoration. In 2012, an extensive restoration to its original configuration and livery was performed by Peter Dawe of Dawe's Motorsports, Stroudsburg, PA. under the supervision of John Sabel. In 2014, 50 years after its debut, the prototype Porsche-Sabel was reunited with its designerbuilder-original driver for a climb up the hill at the 2014 Hershey Hillclimb.

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