Re: 1949 Porsche Gmund Cars

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The Mxxxxxxxx registred coupe is with the old Swedish number sign, coming from the south area Malmoe. I recogized some of the chaps looking at it. Where did you find it?
I wish I could stumble on to something like this today

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The first pic was taken in February 1953 during the Paris/Saint Raphael women only rallye somewhere in Italy not far from the French riviera
Gilberte Thirion was very well placed in this rallye
On a small road Gilberte was behind a very bslow small 4CV Renault of another women competitor and tried to overpass this car when another car was coming the otherway hence the accident
It took almost 3 months to have the car repaired by the Porsche plant

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Ferdinand Porsche and Gmund
So we are in 1949 and ferdinand Porsche is back to liberty
He went back to the Porsche family house at Zell am See and remembering he was the conceptor of the VW for Hitler and also of the VW based race car Berlin/Rome

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With the help of Ferry an open sport car was designed

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This study is known as project 356
It is funny to note that at the beginning this car was named as an Austrian VW not as a Porsche

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On this first car the engine was in front of the re

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On this first car the engine was in front of the rear axle as som





e years after on the 550 spyder

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Before Ferdinand decision to built Porsche cars both Ferry and Edwin Komenda did different studies

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The first real 356 with the engine behind the rear axle

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Ferry Porsche with the first real Porsche

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The first ID Porsche plate 356-01

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One of the first production car and the workers who built it

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Gmund Concours Judges, 1949