Vintage 356 Historic Race & Rally event shots

[356]

Thank you Gerard. Is this one also from the same race?
~Vance

[Porschinelle]

Further more he had two Gmund
A standard one chassis number 356/2 040 ex-Porsche work gift of Ferdinand Porsche
The first of the eleven Gmund race cars (Rennen) chassis number 356/2 053
Normally he was racing with 356/2 053 and using 356/2 040 as daily driver and even as tow car for his ice racer Flietzenwagen

[Porschinelle]

Car plates belong to Otto and were moved from one car to another one

Otto 356/2 040 is on the cover of Karl Ludwigsen book "origin of the species"



As you may see the front lights and the back lights are different from 356/2 053

[JOP]

Some of Ottos number plates that he used.....
The most famous that people know is the T2222.
In Austria you can have one plate and swop between the cars you own...that said only one car running at the time

As you can see Otto had the T2222 on his daily driver a Range Rover up until he passed away.
The colored photo of Otto is from one of my meetings with him back in 1992.

It turned out after his departure that Otto had not been paying his registration fees for the number plate for years but still drove with it

[Porschinelle]

Thanks Jop for your explanations
May be you may help to solve this questionh
Otto plate T 2222 was already in existence on Otto M 64
On very early pics the writing was T space 2 dash 222

On this same M 64 it was then changed into T space 2222
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Otto's other plate T 1 414 was also displayed T space 1 dash 415

Later the correct display was T space 2222 on other Otto's cars

Any known reason for that ?
W

[Porschinelle]

Sorry something went wrong
Here the pics who have not posted correctly


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[Stormin]

Regards to Otto's license plates, as far as I know the plates stayed with the car as registered.
Otto seemed to be a magician using smoke & mirrors to move his plate collection from car to car.
perhaps he didn't drive them on the public roads except for races.
Anyone in Germany aware of plate switching between cars?

Norm

[JOP]

[356]

[356]

Von trips

[Carrera GT]

Starting grid at Nurburgring? When ... 1956?

Michael Doyle

Von trips

[356]

I'm sure Gerard will be able to tell us Michael. Hasn't been on as of late so I'm sure he's out sailing again.
~Vance

[Porschinelle]

Hi Vance

Just back today from 10 days in your country to attend the 2018 LA Porsche week
As far as the below pic and Michael question I believe this pic was taken August 28th 1955 during the ADAC 500 km rennen really one of the 1st Wolfgang Berghe von Trips race for Porsche
He finish 14th overall and first in class 1.3 L

[356]

Always wanted to attend that show. Any photos of your trip?
~Vance

Were was this one taken?

[Carrera GT]

See reply with pic.