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Volkswagen-Prototyp W30: This car already had an all-steel body, steel running-gear components and the familiar flat-four four-stroke engine. Description Ferdinand Porsche in 1937 seen with a car from the W30 series of Volkswagen prototypes. This car already had an all-steel body, steel running-gear components and the familiar flat-four four-stroke engine. The first of this series of cars, like all the previous prototypes, was built in the double garage of Porsche's villa in Stuttgart; the remaining 29 cars were built by Daimler-Benz in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
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Ferdinand Porsche standing next to the 356 Gmünd Coupé in 1950 Description 1950. Ferdinand Porsche standing next to the 356 "Gmünd Coupé" with his son Ferry Porsche at the wheel. Behind the car is the double garage of Porsche's villa in Stuttgart, in which the first Volkswagen prototypes were built
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Ferdinand Porsche (left) with Karl Rabe (1895-1968), Porsche company's chief designer from the establishment of the Dr. Porsche GmbH company in 1931 until his retirement at the end of 1965.
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Portrait of Ferdinand Porsche (1950) with his signature below Description 1950. Portrait of Ferdinand Porsche, taken to celebrate his 75th birthday, with his signature below
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Ferry Porsche at a gymkhana in 1921, pictured in his "toy car" that had a two-cylinder four-stroke engine and twin gears. Description Ferry Porsche at a gymkhana competition in Vienna, 1921. He is seen behind the wheel of his "toy car", built by Austro-Daimler and given to him by his father Ferdinand Porsche for Christmas 1920. The two-seater had an air-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke engine and twin gears.
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Ferry Porsche and his wife Dorothea in the second Volkswagen prototype (V2), 1935 Description Ferry Porsche at the wheel of the second Volkswagen prototype (V2) on the market square in Tübingen in 1935. Beside him is his wife Dorothea (née Reitz), whom he had married on 10th January 1935. On the backseat is Hellmuth Zarges, a friend of the Porsche family.
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Ferry Porsche on the "Bremen" during his journey to the USA in 1937, on which he accompanied his father.
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Ferry Porsche (bottom right) with his father Ferdinand Porsche (with his hand on the drawing board) and engine constructor Leopold Jäntschke in Porsche's construction offices at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen in 1950.
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(Left to right) Crown Prince Joachim of Fürstenberg, Ferry Porsche, Constantin Count of Berckheim, Prince Fritzi of Fürstenberg and Count Günther of Hardenberg after the 1950 Midnight Sun Rally.
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Ferry Porsche with his closest working colleagues in 1951: (front, l-to-r) Erwin Komenda, Ferry Porsche, Karl Rabe, Franz Xaver Reimspieß; (back, l-to-r) Franz Sieberer, Emil Soukup, Leopold Schmidt, Leopold Jäntschke and Egon Forst
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(Left to right) Ferry Porsche in conversation with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Prof. Dr. Heinrich Nordhoff, general manager of the Volkswagen works, at the 34th International Motor Show in Frankfurt, 1951.
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Ferry Porsche (right) with Fritz Huschke von Hanstein at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1953. Description Ferry Porsche (right) and Fritz Huschke von Hanstein at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1953. Baron Fritz Huschke von Hanstein (3rd Jan. 1911-5th Mar. 1996) joined Porsche in 1952 and was not only in charge of the press office and Porsche's motor racing activities, but was also a successful works racing driver, photographer and film-maker.
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1954: Ferry Porsche, aged 45. Description Ferry Porsche in the yard of No. 2 plant at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, aged 45 (1954).
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Ferry Porsche's sons in 1954: (l-to-r) Hans-Peter (b. 1940), Ferdinand Alexander (b. 1935), Gerhard (b. 1938) and Wolfgang (b. 1943) in a Porsche 550 Spider. Description Ferry Porsche's sons in 1954: (l-to-r) Hans-Peter (b. 1940), Ferdinand Alexander (b. 1935), Gerhard (b. 1938) and Wolfgang (b. 1943) in a Spider Porsche Type 550 Spider.
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Ferry Porsche in 1995 in a 1956 Porsche 356A cabriolet at the unveiling of a bust of his father Ferdinand Porsche at the VW plant in Wolfsburg. Description Ferry Porsche in a 1956 Porsche 356A cabriolet at the unveiling of a bust of his father Ferdinand Porsche (3rd Sep. 1875-30th Jan. 1951) at the VW plant in Wolfsburg on 3rd September 1955.
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(From l-to-r) Ferry Porsche with his colleagues of many years Karl Rabe and Erwin Komenda in 1956.
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Ferry Porsche in 1968 with a Porsche 911. Description Ferry Porsche in 1968 with a Porsche 911.
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The Targa Florio, 1969: (l-to-r) Umberto Maglioli, Dick Attwood, Brian Redman, Ferry Porsche, Hans Herrmann, Udo Schütz, Rolf Stommelen (with glasses), Vic Elford, Rudi Lins, Gérard Larrousse. Gerhard Mitter is at the wheel of the Porsche 908/02, with race number 266.
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Ferry Porsche on his 70th birthday in 1979 with his wife Dorothea and sons (l-to-r) Gerhard (b. 1938), Hans-Peter (b. 1940), Ferdinand Alexander (b. 1935) and Wolfgang (b. 1943). Description Ferry Porsche with his family on his 70th birthday in the garden of the Porsche family villa at 48 Feuerbacher Weg, Stuttgart-North. Standing from left: sons Gerhard (b. 1938), Hans-Peter (b. 1940), Ferdinand Alexander (b. 1935), and Wolfgang (b. 1943); sitting at the front are Dorothea Porsche (1911-1985) and Ferry Porsche (1909-1998).
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Ferry Porsche in 1984 in his office at the number one plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, in front of a picture of his father Ferdinand Porsche.