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    Owned today by Porsche at their museum collection.

    Hess-Porsche motorcycle. 1979
    Engine: Porsche 356 Super 90.
    One-off homemade construction.


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    Last edited by 911T1971; 12-05-2014 at 09:36 AM.
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    Not a factory prototype but..

    1973 Nordstadt Käfer/Beetle mid-engined.
    Engine: 2.7l RS Carrera
    Chassis components except front suspension: 914/6
    Transmission w 5gear: 911S
    Gas tank: 914
    Brakes etc.: 914/6 race competition
    Dashboard, instruments& Recaro seats: 911S
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    not porsche but...

    what about the Fittipaldi 3200 ???
    around 1970 : the Fittipaldi brothers took Porsche brakes ( drums !! ) a VW platform,2 VW engines ( 2 x 1600 = 3200 ) coupled them at 90 degrees, put them in mid engine position, with a Porsche gearbox, forced aircooling with ducts to all cylinder pairs, used oversize tires and covered that with a flared fiberglass beetle body...now the kicker...they drove faster than the Alfa 33's and the Lola T 70 and had the lap record for quite a while at Interlagos.....will dig up the picture- car was scrapped a few years later.....
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    Not a factory prototype but...

    Fageols-Porsche, 1953
    Two(!) 356 engines coupled longitudial in front.
    Turbine-like front air channel provided cooling.
    According to Huschke von Hanstein in acceleration faster than a 550 Spyder but slow in turns.
    Featured unique security "Targa" roll-bar. Note Porsche 356 wheel hubcaps.

    Pic shows the car at 1953 US race in Albany, Georgia.
    At rear note factory 550 spyder which participated too on this race prior to be sent
    to 1953 Mexico Carrera Panamericana.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 911T1971 View Post
    More of 69S 4-door factory prototype, design by Pininfarina:
    Porsche 915.
    Base: Pre-serie lwb 2.2S built in spring 68.
    Standard front bumper. Car initially was darkblue.
    They didn't exactly start with a blank sheet of paper when they drew up the Panamera, did they?
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    13440 Coupe

    Hello all,

    Here is the early 911 five digit 911 that I have worked on:

    http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ad.php?t=13138

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    13440 Coupe

    Hello all,

    Here is the early 911 five digit 911 that I have worked on:

    http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ad.php?t=13138

    Tom

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    As a former Studebaker owner I'm very familiar with the 542 story. I donated most of my back issues of the SDC monthly to my old club but I may still have the issue with their 542 article around; will search.

    I also recall that Curtiss-Wright (major investor in Studebaker-Packard) commissioned Porsche to install a 356 drivetrain in a Studebaker Lark. The rationale was to use the Lark as a test mule for a potential rear-engined, aircooled Studebaker subcompact to be produced in 1961-62. That never came to fruition but the prototype Lark supposedly still exists.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 911T1971 View Post
    Not a factory prototype but..

    1973 Nordstadt Käfer/Beetle mid-engined.
    Engine: 2.7l RS Carrera
    Chassis components except front suspension: 914/6
    Transmission w 5gear: 911S
    Gas tank: 914
    Brakes etc.: 914/6 race competition
    Dashboard, instruments& Recaro seats: 911S

    This car sounded neat, and if there was a photo of the car itself posted prior. It seems to not be viewable anymore. So I thought I would post the photos I could find. If anyone ever has a pic of the engine instalation . I would love to see it. Apparently , two examples of this car were built


    "2 units were built by Autohaus Nordstadt (Hannover) in 1972" . The builder was Günther Artz.

    These photos seem to be contemporary (I think those are 16" fuchs so at least not 1972/3).
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    914/6 prototype
    there's a ton of cool details on the car
    it's the same car that's featured on the 914 brochure (next to a 917)
    I helped to "concours prep" it in 2004 (we cleaned it with a broom and a firehose, inside and out)
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