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Ferry Porsche
and Prof. Eberan von Eberhorst started project 356 in the year 1947 in
an old sawmill in Gmünd. Ferry's father Ferdinand Porsche was still
imprisoned in France under suspicion of war crimes so he did not witness
the start of the project. In August 1947 Ferdinand Porsche was found not
guilty and was released from prison. In march 1948 the first prototype
was finished; the356-001.
The Porsche 356-001 was build upon a tubular framework and was
mechanically based upon Volkswagen technology. The 356-001 was fitted
with a center mounted engine, located in front of the rear axle.
After testing the car was developed further in order to get it ready for
production. The center mounted engine was moved behind the rear axle to
create more interior space. The body was redesigned by Edwin Komenda.
Until 1948 approximately 50 Porsche 356 models with aluminium bodywork
were built. These cars are currently known as the "Gmünd-models".
Porsche had planned a small production of the 356 but the old sawmill in
Gmünd was soon too small to produce the increasing amount of cars
ordered by the customers. In the year 1948 Porsche moved to Stuttgart in
Germany. Porsche rented space next-door the old pre-war Porsche factory
and additional space at coachbuilder Reutter.
Reutter was also asked to built the Porsche 356 coupe body's and the
company of Gläser was asked to built the 356 convertible body's. All
356 body's were made of steel from that moment on.
In the year 1949 the Porsche 356 was presented at a car show for the
first time in Geneva Switzerland.
The Porsche
356 shows a long evolution. The 356 was built from 1948 until 1965 in
the following model stages:
Gmünd models 1948 - 1951, the pre-A models 1950 - 1955, the 356 A 1955
- 1959, the 356 B 1959 - 1963,
the 356 C 1963 - 1965.
Between the years 1955 and 1965 Porsche also built a special 356 model;
the Porsche 356 Carrera with four overhead camshafts. Between the years
1954 and 1964 Porsche built special convertible models like the America
Roadster, the Speedster and the Convertible D.
Technical data
4 cylinder
boxer engine
cylinder capacity: 1582 cc.
capacity: 75 DIN hp. at 5000 rpm.
torque: 117 Nm. at 3700 rpm.
gearbox: 4-speed, manual
top-speed: 175 km/h.
weight: 900 kg.
Information
Porsche 356 B
1600 Super coupe, year 1961. Colour white with red stripe. Interior with
black rally seats, black carpet and red door-panels. This fantastic
Porsche 356 B 1600 Super was sold new in the USA. In the 1990'ies the
automobile was extensively restored by Bob Hahn, invoices and photo's of
the restoration are present. In the year 2010 the engine was rebuilt as
was the gearbox. The car is very extensively documented! This Porsche is
in superb (excellent+) condition! The 356 was prepared to participate in
historic (touring) rallies. The bumpers were deleted, special sports
seats were fitted and disc brakes were fitted to the front wheels.
Further more a Trip Master, stopwatch, additional driving lamps
and a Nardi steering wheel were fitted. All these alterations can be
reversed to original, the parts are present. In 2012 an official rally
check was conducted by 'Porsche Centrum Leusden'. This magnificent
Porsche drives and feels fantastic!
This
classic car was sold to Belgium by
Smiths-Veglia.
Smiths - Veglia
info@smithsveglia.nl
Telephone international: +31 343 493 031
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