The X---- Porsche cars

[Porschinelle]

Kurt Delfosse was also the inventor of a VW powered boat

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Although it is written Anneliese Hartenau at the wheel of her Gordini Porsche it is obvious that this car has nothing to see with the ex-Gordini
So what is this car ?
The wheel and suspension look like real Porsche ones (the Gordini Porsche had wire wheels)
The body is in aluminium
The body shape similar to a light sport car not massive as the ex-Gordini
The engine may be a 4 cams Fuhrmann as Annelise won ahead of much more powerful cars

Does anybody had an idea ?

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I will be away on a business trip most of this coming week
Next chapter Glockler Porsche

[Trevor]

I love this thread! Thanks for starting it Porschinelle.

Here are the only 2 pics I have of the Delfosse/Gordini Porsche.






I agree Glockler cars deserve their own thread.

[Porschinelle]

To day as promised first chapter of the Glockler story

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The Glockler company was established in Franckfurt am Main since the beginning of the 20th century
Since the beginning they khave been involved with motor bykes and cars
After the end of the second WW Otto Glockler and his son Walter were distributors for BMW and NSU motorbykes and also one of the first VW distributor in 1949
After their collaboration with Porsche they became in 1950 the first distributor of Porsche in Germany
Glockler remain exclusive Porsche distributor for the Franckfurt area until 2009 were they were bought by Porsche to create the Otto Glockler Franckfurt Porsche center

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Walter Glockler was not only the Managing nDirector of the very large Glockler copmpany, but also a very active motorbyke and car pilot.
Not happy of what he could find in the market he decided to built his own racing car in 1948
In 1948 he was not linked to VW or Porsche but with Hanomag a huge German Industrial group with bussinesses such as
Steam locomotives
Industrial and small lorries
Tractors
Cars
They were very strong in Diesel motors and built just before the 2nd WW an aluminium racer who won many Wold records for Diesel cars

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Hanomag was also car builder

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Being Hanomag distributor, Walter Glckler decided to start from the above car to built his first racer
This car had an aluminium body on a tubular chassis and 4 independant suspensions very rare in 1948
With this car Walter Glockler won many races in Germany including the 1949 Schauinsland hill climb

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Having become VW distributor in 1949, Walter Glockler decided to built, helped by his shop manager Hermann Ramelow, a second race car based on the VW technic ie engine in the back when the first Hanomag Glockler had the engine in the front
As for the Hanomag Glockler, Walter used a tubular chassis and an aluminium body made by Weidenhausen Karrosserie
On the contrary of the VW technic, the engine was placed in front of the back wheels
The engine was a 1086 cc VW engine with Porsche cylinder heads
The power was 48 HP with fuel and 62 HP with alcohol
This car was very successfull and won three times the German championship for race car under 1100 cc
In 1950 with Walter Glockler
In 1951 with Hermann Kathrein
and in 1952 with Heinz Brendel

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On what we may call the first Glockler Porsche Walter had already the idea to compensate the lack of power by the minimum weight as possible
This car only weighted 440 kg thanks to aluminium body
After three years of races in Germany this car was bought by Max Hoffman and raced in the US first by himself and afterward by Von Neumann
Below Max Hoffmann at the wheel

of this car