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and the last one 1020 sold new to Ludwig Walter a German pilot not to be confused with Heini Walter a Swiss pilot whose story started this topic
Ludwig Walter race this car from 1961 to mid 1962 when he sold it to Paul Ernst Strahle
Paul Ernst Strahle had owe three off the 20 Porsche Abarth built
Therefore after 1002 and 1016 1020 had the honour to display Paul
Ernst Strahle personnal plate WN V 1

1020 at the 2011 Rennsport reunion IV

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and a last pic to end definitely the Porsche Abarth story

[JTR70]

Thank you Gerard, just fantastic!(as usual)

What's next, or does this conclude the Porsche based variants?

Thanks again!
Justin

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[neilbardsley]

There is a mini and morris in the background so maybe that is Goodwood or Brands Hatch?

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To answer Justin quote

Justin that just finish the Porsche Abarth story
Unless you are bored by my writing I have still many many stories to tell
Next to come will be :
The Lambert Dock Volvo Porsche special a certainly unknown story for most of you that I recently discover reading an article dedicated to a famous Frenchman collecting Volvo cars in a weekly magazine dedicated to historical cars named "La Vie de l'Auto" whose dream was to find back this car desapeared since 1990

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Sorry wrong post
I restart

Although I have just tell Justin that I have close the Abarth story, Shawn pic and Neil commment

have inspired me the following
Apparently there is not one of the 20 off Abarth Carrera who have the same exhaust
From the first prototype with a straight forward Carrera exhaust

to the hideous above example some different exhazusts

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Neil
Re your comments I don't think the Abarth Carrera with the hideous exhaust pic was taken in England
If the mini is confirm the other car is rather a DKW
The lorry is a Mercedes and the surrounds look like Germany or Austria furthermore all cars look to be left drive
I have check the entrants in the Nurburgring 1000 kilomeytes 1961-1962 and 1963 and found no Abarth with race number 65
So the mystery still complete if somebody as an idea he is welcome

[Trevor]

Unless you are bored by my writing I have still many many stories to tell

Please continue. I thoroughly enjoy seeing the pictures coupled with reading the background history. Thank you for taking the time to document these cars.

[neilbardsley]

Yes please do!

[Porschinelle]

To day the story of Lambert Dock

Lambert Dock was running a garage at Engis a small Belgium town along the Meuse river in between Liege and Huy in the Belgium Ardennes

Lambert Dock became famous in the Belgium sport cars movement for being expert in widening the series steel wheel to improve road handling
Of course when you run a garage in a region where 2 Major sport cars race are held : Liege Rome Liege and the Huy 12 hours
your only idea is to become a pilot yourself
Lambert Dock dream was to buy a 550 spyder but he did not had the money for
Only solution build his race car himself
In 1958 he weld a tubular chassis copied on the 550 A one
As this chassis was fitted with Porsche front and back drive trains and brakes, put the engine at the back was obvious for everybody except Lambert
The engine (a Volvo PV 444 1.6 L) wa

Is idea was to put the engine in the front and

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Sorry wrong post again I continue
Lambert Dock decided to fit a Volvo PV 444 1.6 L engine + the origianl gear box in the front
The Volvo gear box was linked by a transmission axle to the Porsche gear box located at the back giving not less than 16 possible combinations
This chassis was covered by a profiled aluminium body

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