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Porsche No. 1 Displayed at Pebble Beach

Date September 11, 2008

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To celebrate Porsche’s 60th Anniversary, Porsche brought over the first Porsche ever built to display at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Porsche Type 356-001 was built in 1947 by Dr. Ferdinand “Ferry” Porsche in Gmünd, Austria. The mid-engined, 2-seat sports car featured a hand-built tubular frame and used mostly VW parts. The 1.31 liter flat-4 air-cooled engine was tweaked to produced 40 hp (up from the 25 hp in the standard VW engine) which gave Porsche No. 1 a top speed between 84 and 87 mph.

This is only the second time Porsche No. 1 has been in North America. In 1998, it was scheduled to appear at the Monterrey Historics to celebrate Porsche’s 50th anniversary, but it was badly damaged in Chicago when it was dropped on its tail while being unloaded from a plane. It was promptly sent back to Germany for repair.

[source: Porsche]

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