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Oldest 'Porsche' could sell for $20 million or more at auction
FoxNews.com/auto ^
| May 14, 2019
| Gary Gastelu | Fox News
Posted on 05/15/2019 7:13:23 PM PDT by ETL
The oldest surviving sports car built by Porsche, and first to wear the brands name, is heading to auction this summer and expected to sell for a historic price.
The Type 64 was the third of a series built by Ferdinand Porsche and his son Ferry between 1939 and 1940.
Based on the chassis of the KdF-Wagen, which was also designed by the elder Porsche and would spawn the Volkswagen Beetle, the Type 64 was originally built to compete in a race from Berlin to Rome that was canceled after the outbreak of World War II.
By then only one of the sleek, aluminum-bodied cars had been finished, but Porsche continued the program and built a second followed by a third on the chassis of the original, which had been damaged in a crash by the managing director of Volkswagen.
The second car was discovered in storage by U.S. occupying forces, who turned into a convertible and discarded it when it broke down.
It was dismantled, but has since been rebuilt from spare parts with a new body and was recently on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
The Porsche family kept the third intact and added a nameplate to it after the company was registered in 1946, with its first official production 356 models to follow in 1948. ..."
RM Sothebys hasnt put an estimate on the value of the car, but a $20 million figure is being bandied about in the collector car world. That would make it the most expensive Porsche ever sold, eclipsing the $14 million high bid placed on a 1971 917 race car featured in the Steve McQueen film, Le Mans, at an auction in 2017.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: porsche; vw; vwbeetle
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Don't know about you, but I think this is one of the ugliest cars ever built, not including some of the crap we see on the road today.
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:13:24 PM PDT
by
ETL
"Based on the chassis of the KdF-Wagen, which was also designed by the elder Porsche and would spawn the Volkswagen Beetle"
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:13:44 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
Looks like an early Batmobile. It needs great big fins on the rear fenders.
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:22:49 PM PDT
by
Flatus I. Maximus
(There are lies, damned lies, and the Washington Post.)
To: ETL
Lots of money for something that is basically a type 1 volkswagen under the skin.
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:25:03 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
To: Flatus I. Maximus; Celtic Conservative
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:30:07 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
But how many miles does it get to the gallon? I’m kind of on a budget.
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:36:32 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: ETL
Looks like an epidermoid cyst on wheels.
CC
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:39:40 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
To: ETL
That thing looks like it should have a couple of swastikas plastered on it.
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:45:28 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: ETL
Well, Jay Leno says he’s the president of the More Money than Brains Club. Time to step up, Jay...
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:57:05 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: moovova
“That thing looks like it should have a couple of swastikas plastered on it”.
I thought the same thing.
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posted on
05/15/2019 7:58:18 PM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: ETL
I’d bet that it is hellish in a wind tunnel, though. Art deco for sure.
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posted on
05/15/2019 8:15:44 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Hatteras
Well, Jay Leno says hes the president of the More Money than Brains Club.
Porsches keep on appreciating. So far the "More Money than Brains Club" members are doing fine on the high end, as we have not run out of people who have more money than brains to keep bidding these things up.
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posted on
05/15/2019 8:32:51 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Flatus I. Maximus
Who'd have thunk at the time that it would one-day lead to this really cool, highly modified VW Bug ...
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posted on
05/15/2019 8:49:39 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: Celtic Conservative
Customized VW Beetle...
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posted on
05/15/2019 8:57:50 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: All
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posted on
05/15/2019 9:01:38 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
It looks like it would have right at home in the original Captain America movie being driven by Nazis.
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posted on
05/15/2019 9:02:41 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: All
This car below is even rarer!
1957 Chevy Beetle
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posted on
05/15/2019 9:05:00 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
It was dismantled, but has since been rebuilt from spare parts with a new body Sounds like they made a replica, more or less.
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posted on
05/15/2019 9:09:49 PM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: ETL
"It's A Brand New Car!"
"This is the new Volkswagen, Fuhrer."
"Where is the steering wheel?"
"Mmmm, there seems to be a bug, Fuhrer."
"A Volkswagen bug? Heh heh. Ulric,
take this nitwit out and shoot him."
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posted on
05/15/2019 9:10:29 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: All
"Hot Wheels 1967 Custom Volkswagen Beetle, Spectraflame Green, Redline Tires, Red Line, 1968"
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posted on
05/15/2019 9:12:23 PM PDT
by
ETL
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