Vintage 356 Historic Race & Rally event shots

[55Speedster]

Before and after...at least we get a better look at the external oil cooler Porsche installed!

[356]

Great pix 55speedster, Thank you!

[JTR70]

WOW Chad, That old race coupe crashed and burned In the before photo I think I can make out a small Carrera emblem? Great photos you guys, Thank you!

[Qtip]

Winner of the class

[356]

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[Porschinelle]

3 off factory 356 Carrera GT
Somewhere in Germany during the 1962 Lyon Charbonnieres Eiffel Solitude rallye
The black 356 race number 18 was driven by the German team Dieter Glemser/Rolf Wutherich (former James Dean mecanic severly injured in James Dean accident)back in his homeland country

[Porschinelle]

A very early 356 Pre A (Gmund shape but steel body)badly damaged at the end of the 1954 rallye de Lorraine

[Porschinelle]

As said in the 904 GTS topic we are right in the middle of the 2 off 2015 Monte Carlo rallyes
The WRC just finish last Sunday
The Historical rallye started yesterday
Mrs Madeleine Blanchoud and Lucienne de Roquefort winner of the Coupe des Dames with their 356 in the 1956 edition



of this rallye

[Porschinelle]

Monte Carlo again but this time in 1953
Richard Von

Frankenberg (spectacles) alongside his 356 pre A known as "Waldemar"

[Stormin]

Regarding the 3 factory GT's, It would seem car #20 isn't a 59 as it doesn't have front vent windows and it has chrome frames on the rear 1/4 windows. Could be a 58 but it has 6 louvres on the rear deck and 58 had 5. I can't see enough of car 19 to tell what it is.
By 1962 the original GT's could have been well used and modifications made. OR,they are retro GT's whipped up by the factory but why not B bodies?
Norm

[Porschinelle]

Hi Norm

Thank you for your interest
You are right in March 1962 the new BT6 body was on for nearly one year (my own BT6 id from September 61) so my first thought was may be the year date I gave was wrong
I digged out some more info on that rallye and found on a German site the following :
The same pic of may be a better quality with the mention of the place where this pic was taken : Glemseck (south of Stuttgart close to the Solitude race track)
The classification
Car race number 20 was a French car (Sonauto ?) but registred in Lyon so only cars race number 18 and 19 where official Porsche cars
Rolf Wutherich was the 2nd man to work for Porsche in 1949
He had the reputation to be a very good mecanic
He went to the States in April 1955 to assist Von Neumann who had just bought several 550
After the accident he stayed in the States until 1957 and then went back to Porsche plant where he became a

[Porschinelle]

assistant Manager research and development
At that title he did a lot of rallyes as official Porsche co-pilot until 1968 where he was sack for drincking
The car race number 20 (the one you say 58 car) was not an official Porsche but a French car (Sonauto) registred in Lyon (69)
Glemser/Wuherlich finish 2nd overall
Edouard Monnoyeur/Guy Janniard 5th
The pic was taken at Glemseck a small village South of



Stuttgart and close to the Solitude race track

[JG]

[JG]