Vintage 356 Historic Race & Rally event shots

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Another interesting German team, car race number 422 driven by Richard von Frankenberg (certainly one of its first race for Porsche)Bendix
they finish 47th

Another 356 alrfeady seen before in this topic, car race number 162 driven by the English team Mr and Mrs Stutcliffe
despite their funny beam cover they were DNF

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Another car already discuss in this topic for the funny beams, car race number 328 driven by the Swiss (Zurich) team Schild/Calderadi



Two more 356 on this pic
The first one car race number 303 with a very rare rag top (pilots unknown) was DNF
The second one car race number 322 driven by the German Riggenberg/Maeder finish 226th

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Another one Portugese car, car race number 373 Alberto Graco/Fillipe Nogueira DNF

[356]

Thank you Gerard. Speaking of Von Frankenberg here he is not exactly unscathed at the 1954 Mille Miglia.
~Vance

[Porschinelle]

Some history around the above Vance pic

12 off Porsche 356 + 1 off spyder 550 (550-04) enter the 1954 edition of the Mille Miglia

356 race number 229 driven by Richard von Frankenberg/Heinrich Sauter finish 29th overall and first in the 1.5 L GT class
550-04 driven by Hans Herann/Herv=bert Linge finish 6th overall and first in the 1.5 L Sport class
Some days after the race these 2 cars were presented inside the Stuttgart Porsche plant to the Porsche employees

Funny detail the VW support detail seen here inn Italy before the race

was part of the fiest
Another detail this combi is the same than the one on this famous pic taken on a Germ

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sorry wrong post I continue this VW combi is the same than the one on this famous pic taken on a German motorway a few weeks before the race


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[356]

Love the artwork.
~Vance

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Le Mans?

[Henk Vasmel]

For the owner of the original photo in the previous post, is it possible to zoom in on the license plate and confirm my suspicion that it is fixed with wing nuts?

[JOP]

It sure looks like wingnuts
Perfect when traveling to the racing tracks on public roads.
Not my photo...just looked at detail when you pointed it out

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Some history around Vance recent post


If this pic represent well one of the 11 off 356-02 SL aluminium Gmund race car this pic was not taken at either Le Mans 1951-1952 or 1953 the 3 years where thiese cars raced
Indeed in 1951 Porsche enter two cars
Car race number 46 (356SL 356/2 063) driven by Auguste Veuillet/Edmond Mouche
finish 20th overall and first in Sport 1.1 L
Car race number 47 (356 SL 356/2 054) driven nby Rudolph Sauwerein/Robert Brunet

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Car race number 51 and 47 were DNF
Auguste Veuillet was the only one to finish the race at a very good 11th overall place and of course also first in the sport 1.1 L class

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Both 356 were DNF

If you look at the above pic you realise that these 2 cars were the sae plate number W 83 4079 and 4080 than the 2 1952 werk cars