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Was this the new Porsche or the next one? Erwin Komenda’s 1952 proposal for the Typ 530 started the conversations, discussions, and disagreements that led to the Typ 901 a decade later. Porsche Archiv
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Norman Hamilton, in the passenger seat at right, purchased one of the first right-hand-drive Cabriolets in early September 1951, in Melbourne, Australia. Friend and driver Ken Harper, and mechanic Ken McConville, prepare for another drive. Porsche Archiv
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Porscheâs American distributor Max Hoffman was a Viennese native, but he understood his U.S. racing customers well. It was for them that he proposed a stripped and lightened roadster, and Ferry responded with the 1952â1953 America Roadster. Porsche Archiv
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The Typ 534 was not the most proportionally pleasing concept when it emerged from the design studio over the winter of 1953 and 1954. While wheelbase specifications are difficult to find, putting it in scale to the men holding the background, the car appeared to be Volkswagen Beetle length. Porsche Archiv
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Porsche introduced the Typ 540 Speedster in 1954, carrying over the designation from the earlier America Roadster. This 1958 Carrera presented buyers the best combination of a lightweight and high-performance car. Porsche Archiv
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The Neuester Sportwagen Typ 550 Spyder was one of Erwin Komenda’s finest collaborations with modeler Heinrich Klie. This early model was photographed outside Wendler Karosserie, Reutlingen, before its first speed test. Porsche Archiv
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Komenda and Klie developed a number of front-end models for the Typ 644 during 1954. Many of these utilized the 356A rounded-front deck lid in between a pair of concepts for headlight treatments. Porsche Archiv
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The Typ 656 on a 2,400-millimeter wheelbase provided comfortable rear seat room with two-thirds of a meter from seat back to seat back. This 1:10-scale seat measurement sketch appeared July 2, 1954. Porsche Archiv
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Erwin Komenda’s design team, with Heinrich Klie as his chief modeler, offered this full-scale proposal in 1955. This was the Typ 656. Porsche Archiv
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Through January 1956, Heinrich Klie experimented with new front-end ideas. This 1:1-scale clay was an early concept on the 695 platform. Porsche Archiv
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This February 6, 1957, plan of the Typ 644 put the car on the 2,250-millimeter wheelbase. This 1:5 drawing designated the car as a hardtop. Porsche Archiv
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Nothing is left to chance in the design of an automobile. This drawing, made on the 695 platform on February 14, 1957, examined the change in weight distribution by the number of occupants and luggage. Porsche Archiv
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Ideas flew fast and furiously from the body engineering design studio. This 1:10-scale concept appeared on June 15, 1957, labeled “Sportwagen.” Porsche Archiv
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In the design studio, these were known as “A” and “B,” done in 1:1 scale. Photographed on July 24, 1957, the version on the A passenger side was Porsche staffer Heinrich Klie’s work while the B driver’s side represented Goertz’s second approach to the 695. Porsche Archiv
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With little modification, Goertz’s Typ 695 concept would have worked well as either a front- or rear engine model. By this time in 1957, no single Porsche model used such hard edges and abrupt cut lines. Porsche Archiv
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