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Apparently this doesn't apply to blogging as I have lost 2 messages so far - due to captcha code or timing, I guess.
Anyway, to try another reply to Nur964; for which Roadster did you want dimensions? There were three distinct body shapes of the aluminum cars, based on cockpit length, door and rear quarter shape, wheel opening shape, engine lid and number of grills. The earliest cars (10465, the 2nd) appeared to be hand hammered and welded together without the benefit of a buck. This would make them quicker and cheaper to build, but almost impossible to duplicate. 10465 used thinner aluminum, about .030" like steel cars, to make them lighter for competition, since these were Porsche's first purpose-built race cars (10465 scored the first over-all victory for the Porsche name in its first race). One of the last cars, 12362, seemed more solid and luxurious with thicker aluminum and full leather upholstery.
All Roadsters were built on a standard Cabriolet chassis, with the aluminum body riveted on. The steel bodied car is essentially a Cabriolet back to the windshield and hinge posts (a-pillars). This is all pretty well detailed, with a couple minor errors, in Steve Heinrich's book, "Speedster typ 540", There is even a picture of a (sepia?) print of a late Roadster on pg. 35. Unfortunately, its too small to read any of the dimensions.
In short, I don't have dimensions.
Hope that sheds a little light (and my post goes through this time).
Ron
Apparently this doesn't apply to blogging as I have lost 2 messages so far - due to captcha code or timing, I guess.
Anyway, to try another reply to Nur964; for which Roadster did you want dimensions? There were three distinct body shapes of the aluminum cars, based on cockpit length, door and rear quarter shape, wheel opening shape, engine lid and number of grills. The earliest cars (10465, the 2nd) appeared to be hand hammered and welded together without the benefit of a buck. This would make them quicker and cheaper to build, but almost impossible to duplicate. 10465 used thinner aluminum, about .030" like steel cars, to make them lighter for competition, since these were Porsche's first purpose-built race cars (10465 scored the first over-all victory for the Porsche name in its first race). One of the last cars, 12362, seemed more solid and luxurious with thicker aluminum and full leather upholstery.
All Roadsters were built on a standard Cabriolet chassis, with the aluminum body riveted on. The steel bodied car is essentially a Cabriolet back to the windshield and hinge posts (a-pillars). This is all pretty well detailed, with a couple minor errors, in Steve Heinrich's book, "Speedster typ 540", There is even a picture of a (sepia?) print of a late Roadster on pg. 35. Unfortunately, its too small to read any of the dimensions.
In short, I don't have dimensions.
Hope that sheds a little light (and my post goes through this time).
Ron
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