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[Porschinelle]

[Porschinelle]

Amusing story
I was sailing this last week-end on the Biscarosse lake south of Bordeaux along the Atlantic ocean
One of the regatta organisers was a Belgium retired in this warm part of France
He was there with an Apal buggy

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Porschinelle, do you know anything about this car?
~Vance

[Porschinelle]

Hi Vance

Interesting pic
I have no certitude what this car very similar to the Porsche Gmund number 1 is




A copy of this car is in expo at the Stuttgart Porsche museum


Anyway in the 5P0's many small German car constructors produced cars most of the time built on a VW bug chassis
Waibel was one of those





Inter"sting although the Waibel had the engine in the back it has a front grill coming from the British Morris Minor

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Stunning Zaggato spyder recreation.

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Which car was this?

[JOP]

Hello,
It is a replica made in east germany by the Reiman brothers.
Click in link to get some more info about the Lindner 356 posted in #35404

http://www.ottority.com/en/wall/brand/porsche/model/356/type/lindner

http://www.fotocommunity.de/fotograf/dondiego1975/fotos/2226072

JOP

[Porschinelle]

One year and 7 months ago one of the first subject treated in this topic was a strange Argentinian Gordini-Porsche

[Porschinelle]

To day I discover that a Gordini-Porsche was for sale in Belgium by a company called Mecanic-Import

[Porschinelle]

The above car is very different from the one seen on the period correct pics
Obviously the engine is at the back
The back wheels are Porsche whden the front wires wheel are the original Gordini wheels
Strange indeed

[JTR70]

So you're thinking it might be a replica? Wished Gordini would have done something aesthetic for the rear wheel opening.
Thanks for posting Gerard!
Justin

[Porschinelle]

Mecanicimport Belgium offer for sale a large panel of extraordinary cars
Much of them are orifginal but a few are said to be "recreation" as per thye following examples

Maserati recreation with a Fiat 2L engine


Ferrari Dino recreation


Ferrari 250 LM

recreation but the Ferrari 12 cylinders engine is real

[Porschinelle]

The Gordini Porsche (sold now) is not said to be a replica and it is most likely that several ex-Gordini sold in South America were transform into Gordini-Porsche
The original Gordini had an home made twin cam engine very fragile
For sure very quickly the South American Gordini went out of order
Anyway for me I have difficulty to understand why transform them into Porsche powered cars
I believe it would have been rather easier to change the front Gordini motor by a US motor always in the front
Not much more than 40 to 50 max Gordini sport cars were built and raced
I have found one who is said to have raced the first Carrera Panamericana race in 1953

May be one of the Porsche modified ?

[Porschinelle]

Do you know that Gilberte Thirion and Annie Bousquet (before they became ennemy) bought a Gordini that they raced in several occasion
When they fall out Gilberte Thirion kept the Gordini for her
For the 1958 Reims 12 hours were Annie Bousquet get killed in her 550, Gilberte Thirion was driving the Gordini
Thirion/Bousquet 1954 Agadir GP