356 Carrera GS and GT Shots

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[Bill Brown]

Check out the vent window configuration in post #37872. I remember seeing Bill Durland`s SCGT Coupe had the same arrangement.......and the door window frame was aluminum. I`ve added a pic of Bill Durland`s SCGT at 356 REG Holiday at Indy.....88? Notice the lack of opening door vent window.

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Carrera GT 55818

[Porschinelle]

Hi Joris, Michael and Christian

Yesterday Christian question me through my topic news from France, about a 1500 Carrera GT entered by Porsche factory in the 1956 Le Mans 24 hours race



I answer him I was unable to help him finding the chassis number of this car and proposed to ask the question to the 356 Carrera specialists you are by posting some pics in the Carrera topic
Doind si I discover the last pic posted by Vance three weeks a

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Doing so I discover the below pic posted by Vance 3 weeks ago, a pic I had not seen before I have been away these last past days s

and I believe this pic represent that same 1500 GT that Christian is about
If I am right Christian has his answer
The Max Nathan/Helm Glockler 1500 Carrera race nuber 26 at the 1956 Le Mans 24 hours

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Now my suppositions are based on the following :

Max Nathan/Helm Glockler, competitors file taken from the ACO

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This file state that the 356 Carrera race number 26 had a serious accident during the 61st laps and then took fire

Obviously the above pic was taken after the one posted by Vance
For the small history the Ferrari race number 21 seen in the fa

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For the small history the Ferrari race number 21 had an accident only after 3 laps
In these days it was common to leave the crashed cars along the track and not tow them out as we do to day

Some more pics of the 1500 Carrera GT before the accident
First during the race

and the day before the race alongside the 550 RS 550-0104, race number 25 driven by Richard von Frankenberg/Wolfgang von Trips car who will finsih 5th overall behind 2 off Jaguar D type (1 and 4) an Aston Martin (3) and a Ferrari 625

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Some more comments

The 356 was registred F above R 40-4040 which mean it was registred in the French Zone in Germany (Bonn)


The 1956 Le Mans 24 hours were exceptionnaly raced in July 29th/30th instead of the usual June dates in order to avoid to have this race coinciding with the anniversary of the dramatic 1955 accident
The 25th edition of the race in 1957 were raced as before in June (22nd/23rd)
The 1956 change in race dates obliged Reims to organise their 12 hours race earlier than the usual July dates ie June 29th/30th
You all remember that Annie Bousquet killed herself during this race
We don't know if the Reims race had been held at its usual dates this accident had happen

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Originally Robert Buchet's GT Gerard?

[Porschinelle]

Hi Vance

You have it half right
This car is not Robert Buchet personnal 356 Carrera but one of the Paul Ernst Strahle Carrera's (I believe he owe three different (all with the famous plate number WN V 2) + of course all the factory ones he drove for Porsche
You are right mentionning Robert Buchet as Robert and Paul Ernst Stehle were excellent friends
They share the wheel of this Carrera at least twice
First at the 1958 Monte Carlo rallye where they were DNF

and mainly at the

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oF couse Robert on the left Paul Ernst on the right
and for their famous victory in the 1959 Liege Rome Liege