1960: Tour de Corse
Description
1960 Tour de Corse
In a 356 B Carrera 1600 GS/GT, Herbert Linge and Paul-Ernst Strähle won the challenging Corsica rally run from 5th to 8th November 1960.
356 B Carrera 1600 GS/GT: air-cooled 4-cyl. boxer engine,1588 cm3, 115 HP, 900 kg
356 C Hardtop Cabrio
Description
356 C Cabrio
Engine:
air-cooled, four-cylinder opposed-cylinder engine
Displacement:
1582 cm³
Output:
55 kW (75 HP) at 5200 rpm
70 kW (95 HP) at 5800 rpm
Top Speed:
175 km/h,
185 km/h
The No. 1, the first car to have the Porsche name: An aluminium roadster with a centrally-placed engine and a weight of 585 kg. 35 HP enabled speeds of up to 135 kilometres per hour.
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
1954: Ferry Porsche, aged 45.
Description
Ferry Porsche in the yard of No. 2 plant at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, aged 45 (1954).
1994: Ferry Porsche on his 85th birthday in Porsche 356, No. 1.
Plant 2 in Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart with a Porsche 356 A
Crankschaft for the engine of the Porsche 356 A
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.
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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.
