#Ferdinand Porsche

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Porsche “Berlin-Rome” Type 64 (1 of 2). 

During 1938, Ferdinand Porsche and Major Adolf Hühnlein met, and the subject of establishing an endurance motor sport event was discussed. Hühnlein was inspired, and he set in motion a plan to organise a race from Berlin to Rome, a 1500km event that would take place in September 1939. No doubt Hühnlein’s motivation to his superiors included promoting Germany’s excellent system of Autobahns which this race would utilise, and the event would also tie in conveniently with the start of production of the KdF-Wagen.

In preparation for the race, it was decided to build three special long-distance race cars, and to Ferdinand Porsche’s delight, these were ordered and paid for by Volkswagen. For political reasons the cars were called KdF-Wagen and so in Volkswagen circles the car was known as the Type 60K10, although the Porsche engineers referred to it as the Type 64.

The 64 was to have an aluminium body, and the wheels were fully covered with removable alloy panels. Due to the event being a long-distance road race, Karl Fröhlich designed the car to carry two spare wheels in its nose, a move which meant the standard fuel tank would have to be relocated further back on the passenger side.

The engine used in the Type 64/60K10 was the standard 985cc unit as used in the KdF-Wagen, by increasing the compression ratio, power output was raised to 32 bhp at 3500 rpm.

With the race date set for September 1939, production of the three cars, Sports Car 1, 2 and 3, commenced in the summer of that year. The three chassis numbers allocated to the race cars, also referred to as the KdF-Rekordwagen, was 38/41, 38/42 and 38/43.

Karosseriewerk Reutter were given the task of making the bodies for the three cars from 0.5mm alloy sheets, but it wasn’t until 19 August 1939 that the first body was completed, a fortnight before the official start date of the Second World War. The second car was only completed on 20 December that year in a dark colour, while the third car, finished in the same silver colour as the first car, was only completed on 15 June 1940.

The plans for Porsche’s own sports car were already on the drawing board in 1947 and the first of the new 356 models was officially registered in June 1948. Just as the Type 64 had looked so ultra-modern when compared to contemporary sports machinery of the day, so too did the Porsche 356 immediately date other sports cars of the period. It was at this time that, with the war now over and plans to develop the 356 into a really competitive sports car in the market, that the old Type 64 became redundant to Porsche. Fortunately, the Swiss racing driver Otto Mathé had shown an interest in acquiring the Type 64, otherwise this crucially important piece of Porsche history may well have gone the way of its two siblings, and been scrapped.

“Otto Mathé, was one of the first, if not the very first driver, to use Porsche products for racing,” said Oliver Schmidt of the Prototyp Museum in Hamburg. Today there are two Type 64s in existence, the first being the 38/41 car Mathé bought from Porsche in 1949. The second car has been built up from the spares that Mathé bought from Porsche. 

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Ferry Porsche et son fils, Ferdinand devant une Porsche 356A à New York en 1958. - source Cars & Motorbikes Stars of the Golden era.

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Doctor Ferdinand Porsche (in suit), Adolf Hitler and, immediately on Hitler’s left, the head of the DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour Front), Doctor Robert Ley, admiring Hitler’s birthday gift on his 50th birthday: a convertible Volkswagen, 20.4.1939. Note the Berlin number plate (1A)

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Coches eléctricos

¿Sabías que en 1884 se dio a conocer el primer coche eléctrico estándar de producción en el Mundo capaz de ser reproducido y vendido al público?

¿Sabías que a principios de 1900 1/3 de todos los vehículos en la carretera eran eléctricos?

Empezaron a desaparecer rápidamente alrededor de 1920 con la introducción de la gasolina y Henry Ford.

Ferdinand Porsche - el fundador del epónimo coche deportivo- produjo un vehículo eléctrico llamado 'P' en 1898, antes de crear la primera oferta híbrida del mundo, que estaba impulsado tanto por electricidad como por un motor de combustión.

Mercedes-Benz también ofreció un modelo eléctrico llamado Mercedes Mixte, en 1906.

Este coche fue adoptado como taxi en las ciudades e incluso se convirtió en un coche de carreras en 1907.

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Wow some Motorsport news 💨💨💨🏁

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Ferdinand Porsche 3.September 1875-30.Januar 1951

Ferdinand Porsche war einer der berühmtesten deutschen Techniker und Installateure. Er baute in den Lohner Werken am Anfang seiner Karriere das erste Allrad sowie das erste Hybrid Auto der Welt. Daraufhin wechselte er zu Daimler, wo er an Personen Fahrzeugen Flugzeugen und Sportwagen arbeitete. Daraufhin machte er sich im ersten Weltkrieg Verdienste und erhielt für diese einen Orden. Nach dem Krieg konzentrierte er sich auf die Konzipierung von Sportwagen. Er gewann mit seinen Wagen direkt die Targa florio und gewann insgesamt 51/52 seiner Rennen. Er entwarf 1924 zunächst den Mercedes Typ 639 und die Sportwagen Mercedes Benz Typ S,ss und ssk. Sein größter Erfolg ist aber wahrscheinlich der VW Käfer welcher er mit seinem Konstruktionsbüro Porsche für VW im Auftrag von adolf hitler konzipierte. Dieses Auto galt als das erste für die breite Bevölkerung zugängliche Auto der Welt, da es unter 1000 Mark kostete. Im zweiten Weltkrieg machte er sich Verdienste für das dritte reich und wurde sogar SS- Oberführer. Er hatte außerdem im Krieg eine entscheidende Rolle als Ingenieur und in der Kriegswirtschaft. Er nahm diese Karriere allerdings noch aus politischer Überzeugung an sondern weil ihm jedes Mittel recht war um seine Autos weiter zu entwickeln. Nach dem Krieg stellte Porsche ein entnazifizierungsantrag, welchem stattgegeben wurde. 1951 starb dann Ferdinand Porsche und vererbte die Porsche Holding an seine Kinder.

Heute ist Porsche das Weltunternehmen, das wir alle kennen.

Euer Jonah

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Austro Daimler Bergmeister  ADR 630 

The name Austro Daimler is probably only known by few motorists. What may sound a bit like an Austrian import company for vehicles of Daimler-Benz was once an independent manufacturer of sporty luxury automobiles and also very successful in motorsports. After an interruption of the production caused by the war, Austro-Daimler began manufacturing cars again in 1920. At that time, a certain Ferdinand Porsche worked in the development department, who was also responsible for the brand’s first racing car, the ADS-R, which won a total of 43 races.  In 1931 their last cars were built and in 1935 the company was deleted from the commercial register. It wasn’t until 84 years later that the company was revived with a new automobile to bear the traditional name.

The result is a sports car with classic proportions. A long bonnet is followed by a sporty, short interior and and equally tightly cut rear. The front view is characterised by a dominant radiator grille and narrow headlight units extending into the fenders. What is striking is the considerable width of 2.08 meters, which makes the new Austro Daimler appear very massive. As with the Jaguar E-Type, the complete front opens forward as one bonnet piece. Gullwing doors in the style of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL give access to the interior, while the very round rear has a large tailgate with narrow lights below, drawn around the corners as continuous strip with integrated ‘Bergmeister’ lettering. This might be the reason for the name suffix ‘Shooting’, but the new Austrian car is not a classic Shooting Brake. If you enter the Bergmeister through the hinged doors, you will notice a modern interior with clear lines, which contrasts in its design with the classic quotes from the body. Driver and front passenger sit on comfortable sports seats, but are separated by a dominant strut above the center console, which grows quite high out of the dashboard. Those who would have expected just as classic round instruments when reviving a classic brand will be disappointed. In front of the driver appears a screen, which is probably unavoidable nowadays. It is operated via a controller mounted on the center console.

While the exterior design deliberately shows more classic features and overall looks harmonious, the technical side of the Bergmeister ADR 630 Shooting Grand is rather progressive and modern. The body is based on an aluminium spaceframe and thus provides a relatively moderate empty weight of 1,650 kilograms. In addition to the weight, the hybrid drivetrain  consists of an inline six-cylinder turbo engine supplied by Mercedes-AMG, which works in cooperation with a total of three electric motors, provides very impressive driving performance. The developers claim a system output of 1,214 hp and a maximum torque of 1,660 newtonmeters. This is expected to result in an acceleration time of 2.5 seconds to 100 kph and a topspeed of 330 kph. A 55 kWh lithium-ion battery installed in front of the rear axle provides 250 kilometers of purely electric range, while the total range should be just under 1,000 kilometers.

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Mercedes-Benz SSK Roadster 1929 Design par Ferdinand Porsche. - source Cars & Motorbikes Stars of the Golden era.

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My earlier Ferdinands/Elefants working on nr.5 right now.

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A portrait of Magnus Walker, the rebel Porsche customizer who turned a hobby into an obsession, and an obsession into a successful business. From a workshop in downtown Los Angeles, Magnus obsessively harvests fragments from donor 911s, grafting them onto vintage frames to create one-off automobiles with the spirit of Ferdinand Porsche but an ethos entirely his own.

Director: Tamir Moscovici Stars: Karen Walker, Magnus Walker

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Winter is comming