Hi!
Ze famous 'Berlin-Rom-Wagen' also known as Porsche Typ 64 / VW Typ 60K10.
Build for the Berlin-to-Rome rally in 1939. It shared a very similar design to the KdF-Wagen, the predecessor of the Beetle. But the Type 64 had a lightweight all aluminium streamline body. The driver's seat was alsmot in the middle, to make the cockpit shallower to reduce drag. This left only a smal jump seat for the co-driver.
In the rear worked a 40HP strong flat four. With the right gearing, the car would reach a incredible 120MPH! Gearing for the race was shorter to have better acceleration characteristics - the car still reached respectable 87MPH.
However, the rise of the Second World War put an end to the project, and only three cars had been build. One was used by Ferdinand Porsche as a courier, the second crashed and the third was destroyed in Austria after the war, having served as a runabout by US soldiers. However, one car survived and was rebuild (probably) with remaining parts from the other cars. It's the car Porsche owned.
In '49 it was sold to an austrian guy who raced it - not unsuccesfully. When he died, the car changed hands. It was restored in '95 and in 2009 it chnaged hands again. You can probably draw from this that one Typ 64 remains untill today. And I'm very glad it does!
Octane
And if you wonder about it'S turning cycle - the flaps that cover the front wheels are hinged and equiped with smal rollers so they can open on steering lock
Ze famous 'Berlin-Rom-Wagen' also known as Porsche Typ 64 / VW Typ 60K10.
Build for the Berlin-to-Rome rally in 1939. It shared a very similar design to the KdF-Wagen, the predecessor of the Beetle. But the Type 64 had a lightweight all aluminium streamline body. The driver's seat was alsmot in the middle, to make the cockpit shallower to reduce drag. This left only a smal jump seat for the co-driver.
In the rear worked a 40HP strong flat four. With the right gearing, the car would reach a incredible 120MPH! Gearing for the race was shorter to have better acceleration characteristics - the car still reached respectable 87MPH.
However, the rise of the Second World War put an end to the project, and only three cars had been build. One was used by Ferdinand Porsche as a courier, the second crashed and the third was destroyed in Austria after the war, having served as a runabout by US soldiers. However, one car survived and was rebuild (probably) with remaining parts from the other cars. It's the car Porsche owned.
In '49 it was sold to an austrian guy who raced it - not unsuccesfully. When he died, the car changed hands. It was restored in '95 and in 2009 it chnaged hands again. You can probably draw from this that one Typ 64 remains untill today. And I'm very glad it does!
Octane
And if you wonder about it'S turning cycle - the flaps that cover the front wheels are hinged and equiped with smal rollers so they can open on steering lock
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