Race Engine Porsche 356

The buy Race Engine Porsche 356 online was the first production car from Porsche. Earlier cars designed by the company included Cisitalia Grand Prix race car, the Volkswagen Beetle, and Auto Union Grand Prix cars, but it was the 356 that changed things forever for sports car enthusiasts the world over. Ferdinand Porsche, Sr. founded the company that still bears his name, but it was his son Ferdinand, widely known as Ferry, who created the Porsche we know today. In the early years after World War II, Ferry designed the 356-the car that made Porsche famous.

Closely related to the Volkswagen Beetle, which Ferdinand Sr. had designed in the mid-1930s, the 356 utilized many VW components-primarily in its drive-line and suspension–as well as its rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive configuration. But what began as a close cousin, or perhaps offspring, of The People’s Car soon evolved into a world-class sports car, as well as a regular race winner. The first production Porsche was also a smash sales success. Ferry had initially hoped to sell 500 examples and needed a couple of years to build the first 50, but by the time 356 production ended in 1965, more than 76,000 cars in four distinct series had been built.

Porsche moved from Zuffenhausen in Stuttgart to the Austrian town of Gmund during 1944. Porsche’s Zuffenhausen factory (acquired in 1938) was occupied by the Americans so another options had to be found to build cars. Porsche ended up creating a partnership with Reutter for 500 Coupe bodies and Porsche leased 5000 sq ft of Reutter’s warehouse space ti build the cars. Cabriolet bodies went to the Glaser company in Ullesricht. The first Porsche 356 completed in Stuttgart was finished in March 1950.

The 356 was built in generations. There was the original (“pre-A”), followed by the 356 A, 356 B, and finally the 356 C. To distinguish among the major revisions of the model, 356s are generally classified into a few major groups. The 356 coupés and “cabriolets” (soft-tops) built through 1955 are readily identifiable by their split (1948 to 1952) or bent (centre-creased, 1953 to 1955) windscreens. In late 1955 the 356 A appeared, with a curved windshield. The A was the first road going Porsche to offer the Carrera four-cam engine as an option. In late 1959 the T5 356 B appeared; followed by the redesigned T6 series 356 B in 1962. The final version was the 356 C.

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