Porsche 356/1

The first vehicle to bear the name of Porsche: The Roadster 356 of 1948

The sports car Porsche 356 No. 1 Roadster ( Sport 356/1 ) was the first under the name Porsche built vehicle and the design basis for the Porsche 356, the first production model of Porsche.

According to Porsche documents began under the direction of Ferdinand " Ferry" Anton Ernst Porsche, work on the first sports car to bear the Porsche name on July 17, 1947, Porsche works Gmünd, while in November 1944 the design office of the Stuttgart headquarters under the name Porsche constructions - Ges.mbH had been transferred. The future funding of this project took place in 1949 under a contract with the then VW, Mr. Heinrich Nordhoff. The agreement secured Ferdinand Porsche of a license fee of five marks per manufactured VW Beetle ( which corresponded to approximately 0.1 percent of the gross sales price), Beetle parts for building your own sports car and its distribution through VW dealer. Hence also came the bulk of the technical components of the beetle:

The base of the prototype was a self-made steel trellis frame and other of the VW Beetle. On this platform, Ferry Porsche was a self-designed body made by hand over wooden forms -driven aluminum sheets assemble. Also, the air-cooled four-cylinder boxer engine with a displacement of 1131 cc and an output of 18.4 kW originally (25 PS) delivered at 3300/min VW in Wolfsburg. He was brought to an output of 35 hp ( 26 kW ) at 4000 rpm, maximum torque has been increased by 67 Nm at 2000 rpm 69 Nm at 2600 rpm on. The machine was installed longitudinally in front of the rear axle. Thus, the first Porsche was a mid-engine sports car. He was slowed by four drum brakes.

Eleven months after starting work for the first Porsche roadster received in June 1948 by the Carinthian Landesbaudirektion the single license for the operation and launched on Tuesday, June 8, 1948 with the registration number K 45 • 286 for its maiden voyage. It reached the 585 kg lightweight roadster speeds of up to 135 km / h with covered passenger seat 140 km / h

When Ferdinand Porsche was able to assess the first vehicle to bear the Porsche name after his release from 22 months French prison that had arisen in Gmünd Porsche works under the direction of his son Ferry, he was the result of absolutely satisfactory. After careful consideration of the Roadster # 1 he should have said literally: " No screw I would have done differently. "

Later the car for 7000 Sfr. sold to the Zurich Car Dealers Rupprecht von Senger, of him. Sfr for 7500 resold to the first Porsche customers. The proceeds Porsche invested in the construction of new sports and racing cars.

1953 bought the Porsche 356/1 back. The vehicle stands today along with a variety of Porsche racing and production cars in Zuffenhausen Porsche Museum to visit.

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