The X---- Porsche cars

[Porschinelle]

Thanks Henk for your wise comments
As far I know the original Dapferle was a 1949 split model but with several modifications
In particular the front bonnet was replaced by a very early one and the front wings replace by 1953 oval ones after a crash in 1953
Have you any idea why both the show car and the Shucco scale model have the back bumper back and no handles on the motor side ?
Have you had the opportunity to check that the show car has a real Porsche engine ?

[Porschinelle]

Hi Henk

Another question re the famous Paul Ernst plate number WN(for Waiblingen) V 1/WN V2 and even WN V3 as I remember having seen several years ago a photo showing 3 different Porsches with these 3 numbers
As far as I know these plates belong to the Strahle family

At the Essich Oldendorp meeting Dapferle was displayed with the plate number WN V1 H

Two questions :
Does that mean that Dapferle to day's replica belong to the Strahle family ie to Paul Junior who run the Strahle garage who still exist to day ?

Why the H ? (H for Historical ?)
Below a pic representing Dapferle and the blue Carrera in the same garage

[Henk Vasmel]

[Porschinelle]

I cannot close the Paul Ernst Strahle Dapferle story without saying some words on his long race carreer entirely dedicated to Porsches
Early 1955 Paul Ernst Strahle bought a Porsche 1300 that he race over 2 years 1955 and 1956 on various rallyes and race tracks
In 1957 he bought the famous metallic blue Carrera that he raced until the end of 1959 ie a 3 years period which is very long for a racing car
In 1960 he bought one of the first 356 Abarth Carrera GT (1002) but kept the Carrera that he still entered in some races in 1960 as the 1960 Targa Florio where he enter his 356 A Carrera for Herbert Linge when he was droving his personnal Abarth Carrera 1002 in the same race with a 6th overall for Strahle and a 8th overall for Linge





Until these last days before I dig out in his race carreer, I always thought Paul Ernst Strahle had several 356 Carrera but I was wrong
Indeed at the end of his 356 A Carrera racing life he raced a 356 B Carrera but it was a factory car (cf the 1960 Tour de Corse Victory)

Paul Ernst Strahle was more dispensious with the 356 Abarth Carrera as at the end of his race carreeer in 1963 he had own three (1002/1006 and 1020) out of the 20 off built

[Porschinelle]

Overall winner of the 1960 Tour de Corse with Herbert Linge on a factory 356 BT 5 Carrera

[Porschinelle]

From 1961 to end 1963 Paul Ernst Strahle race exclusively with 356 Abarth Carrera and achieved some reasonnable results best being :
6th at the 1961 Targa Florio with Pucci as co-pilot



1961 Tour de Corse with Buchet again but a DNF

A

A 3rd overall with Edgar Barth at the 1962 Sebring 12 hours

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A 9th overall with Edgar Barth at the 1962 Sebring 12 hours

and better a 3rd overall in the 1962 GT class solitude GP

[Porschinelle]

For 1963 his last year season, best result was a 5th overall in the Targa Florio



and a 3rd overall in the Dakar 6 hours

[Porschinelle]

Now sompe more pics I collected over the days
Paul Ernst Strahle and his blue A Carrera a few months before he die at a Solitude revival



Strahle at the wheel of his 356 A Carrera

The cockpit

[Porschinelle]

1000 km Nurburgring 1957


Strahle Buchet TDC 1958


Strahle Herbert TDC 59



Strahle Sepp Greger 1000 Miglia 1956 one of the very few early years race pic available
Don't know if it is Greger or Strahle car


Targa Florio 1959

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After 1963 Paul Ernst Sy=trahle concentrate his efforts on devlopping his VW/Porsche garage in Schondorf
Business still in operation to day and run by Paul Strahle junior son of Paul Ernst


40th anniversary of the Strahle garage medal

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Paul Strahle also set up a race team
Below a 914 GT w=wearing the famous plate WN V 1




He also became one of the Porsche Stuttgart Museum favorit driver for the museum cars entered in historical events role taken over by Paul junior
Paul Ernst Strahle died in October 2010

[Porschinelle]

This very poor and ugly car was done by hand in the 50's by azn east G

[Porschinelle]

This very poor and ugly car was done by hand in the 50's by azn east G

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This car who, from very far, try to look like a Porsche 356, was hand built in the 50's by an East Germany citizen despair of not beeing able to get a real one This car is very popular in Germany to day as she is part of the Grundmann museum in Hessich Oldendorp, museum who display it in many Old VW and Porsches meetings
For those of you who never had the occasion to go to Hessich Oldendorp and visit it I will start by a quick visit of this fabulous museum

The Grundmann museum ia family business
If you are lucky you may have Mr Grundmann father as guide

One of museum aisle


Dannenhauer and Strauss cab

One of the 20 Denzel still existing



One of the first VW split rag top ever built


A 2nd WW Kubelwagen being restaured