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The Porsche 356 skillfully represents Dr. Ferdinand Porsche's 'first clear statement of purpose' for creating a personal sports car. Looking at an early 356 alongside today's offerings, there is also a very clear link, evidencing the fact that Porsche has stayed true to its founder's vision.
Dr. Porsche's first creation under his own name, the Porsche 356/1, was a one-off mid-engined roadster with a light aluminum body and VW mechanicals - but the design for the ensuing production car, the 356/2, shifted to a rear-engined 2+2.
This is the 50th Porsche built. It represents one of the last Porsches built in Gmund, Austria (52 production cars along with 11 bodies created later for competition cars - made in Porsche's initial Gmund, Austria factory). The first Gmunds were built in a sawmill in this village in Austria and were the beginning of Porche's production before they moved to Stuttgart, Germany. The body is made entirely of aluminum except for the doors, which are steel. It is powered by a modified Volkswagen 1100cc engine with produces 29 horsepower.
This car was delivered to Scandia Vibus, the Volkswagen importer in Sweden, in March of 1951 and sold to Tord Wildunds, who kept it and meticulously maintained it for nearly forty years. Photos and records show that the car was raced and it was also repainted. In 1988, Wildunds sold the car to Hartmut Able of Denmark. The car is now with its fifth owner, who purchased it in 2011, and is provenance is complete.
There are approximately 28 Gmunds known to exist today.
Dr. Porsche's first creation under his own name, the Porsche 356/1, was a one-off mid-engined roadster with a light aluminum body and VW mechanicals - but the design for the ensuing production car, the 356/2, shifted to a rear-engined 2+2.
This is the 50th Porsche built. It represents one of the last Porsches built in Gmund, Austria (52 production cars along with 11 bodies created later for competition cars - made in Porsche's initial Gmund, Austria factory). The first Gmunds were built in a sawmill in this village in Austria and were the beginning of Porche's production before they moved to Stuttgart, Germany. The body is made entirely of aluminum except for the doors, which are steel. It is powered by a modified Volkswagen 1100cc engine with produces 29 horsepower.
This car was delivered to Scandia Vibus, the Volkswagen importer in Sweden, in March of 1951 and sold to Tord Wildunds, who kept it and meticulously maintained it for nearly forty years. Photos and records show that the car was raced and it was also repainted. In 1988, Wildunds sold the car to Hartmut Able of Denmark. The car is now with its fifth owner, who purchased it in 2011, and is provenance is complete.
There are approximately 28 Gmunds known to exist today.
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