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Porsche 114, Was 1st porsche design a mid engine? |
cooltimes |
Mar 19 2007, 11:34 AM
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I was surfing and ran across this link.
http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Porsche_114 Reading, I am thinking is this the 1st ever Porsche car built personally by Porsche. Get this. Mid engine but water cooled. Wonder where the working drawings or prints are. |
SirAndy |
Mar 19 2007, 04:56 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,961 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
actually, the first real midengine car porsche ever build was the "P-Wagen" (stands for Porsche Wagen).
in the early 30s, he started a company called "Hochleistungs-Fahrzeugbau GmbH" and started working on racecars. he then partnered up with "Auto Union" to build the "P-Wagen". the car featured a V16 with 4.36 Liter displacement and a roots compressor bringing the HP output to 295HP @ 4500 rpm ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Andy and here it is, raced by "Ernst von Delius" in 1936: Attached image(s) |
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