Porsche put the word out to all its foreign concessionaires, in the summer of 1958, the now 4-year old rough and ready Speedster that had been created especially with the Western American market in mind was not fairing so well in other parts of the world. For the model year 1959, Porsche discontinued the Speedster and replaced it with the special one year only Convertible D (D for Drauz, a coachbuilding firm based in Heilbronn). This model had a taller…
