Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 356 was created by Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche (son of Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the German company), who founded the Austrian company with his sister, Louise.Like its cousin, the Volkswagen Beetle (which Ferdinand Porsche Sr. had designed), the 356 is a four-cylinder, air-cooled, rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car with unitized pan and body construction.
356/2-056(063) 356SL in the Peterson Museum Los Angeles May 2024. 356/2-056 is one of the four type 514 cars prepared for the 1951 Le Mans race. [8] Final assembly was performed at Reutter. The history of this particular car is extensively documented [8] and well deserved because it is the 1951 Le Mans class G winner (20th overall) with entry ...
The Porsche 356/1 in the Porsche Museum The aluminum roadster body of the 356/1 was designed by Porsche employee Erwin Komenda in April 1948 at Gmünd and completed only a month later. Smooth and low, the 356/1 set the pattern for later 356s with one fundamental difference; the engine of the production cars was moved behind the rear axle (to ...
The Porsche 356/2, produced in Gmünd, Austria, was the first iteration of the Porsche 356 sports car. Produced between 1948 and 1951, the Porsche 356/2 was the first series production aluminum bodied sports car of Porsche after the creation of the 356-001 one-off prototype in Gmund Austria. [ 1 ]
1.2 Porsche 356. 1.3 Porsche Type 360 Cisitalia Grand Prix. 1.4 Porsche 550. 1.5 Porsche 718 / Porsche 787. 1.6 Porsche 804. 1.7 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS. 1.8 Porsche ...
Porsche 356 Porsche 550 Porsche 718 Porsche 904 Porsche 906 Porsche 912 Porsche 914 Porsche 930; 1948–1965. 1953–1957. 1957–1962. 1963–1965. 1965–1966. 1965 ...
A couple years later in 1939, the company had around 900 employees. In 1944, the main factory in Augustenstraße was severely damaged in an air raid. The workforce shrunk to 94 people. In 1949, Porsche began engaging the company to build their Porsche 356 sports car bodies. [1] [6] [7] [8]
A 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider that went on to sell for $4,950,000 in 2009 was offered for sale in the June 1964 issue of Road & Track for US$10,500 (equivalent to $103,000 in 2023), in the April 1976 issue of Hemmings Motor News, the same car was offered at US$16,750 (equivalent to $90,000 in 2023). [32]