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12-02-2006, 10:48 PM
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Hi,
Well, except that it's an AUDI (Auto Union). F. Porsche did do some design work but that's a far cry from calling it a Porsche...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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12-03-2006, 03:23 AM
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The article said it was "created by Ferdinand Porsche". Also:
"The car, one of the fastest of its time, has 485 horse-power and a maximum speed of 186mph..."
One needn't worry about depreciation on this one. Comes out 10/10 for a classic both on exclusivity and story.
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12-03-2006, 08:10 AM
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I suppose if laying down the basic specifications of a rear engine V16 Grand Prix car, and then selling that design to Auto Union in 1933 can be called "some design work", then Ferdinand Porsche did "some" of the work on it.
I suppose it could be argued that Porsche himself probably didn't put so much as one line of the car on an engineering drawing. That was handled by Karl Rabe and the engineering staff at Porsche's design company.
The same argument is often made about American designer Harry Miller and his racing engines. Did Miller design them, or was it really Leo Goossen, his engineer and draftsman? Or, ... maybe even Fred Offenhauser, his chief machinist?
In any event, by the time the car in question was built, doubtless one of the last ones built for racing in the 1937 season, Porsche was well out of the development process at Auto Union.
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12-03-2006, 08:46 AM
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Sorry, my mistake for not reading the article carefully enough. It does say a "1939" car.
According to Richard von Frankenberg's book "Porsche - the Man and His Cars", the '38 and '39 Auto Union racing cars were the work of German engineering professor Eberan von Eberhorst, albeit following the basic overall design originally laid down by Porsche some years before.
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12-03-2006, 10:12 AM
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No way in hell I would even come close to that car. I can't keep from wrecking my car...I can't imagine owning Hitlers ride. Bad Karma (no pun intended). Like taking a lava rock home from Hawaii...just ask one of the Brady kids.
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12-03-2006, 10:18 AM
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even though hitler was responsible to killing large part of my family in a war, id still take that ride.
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12-03-2006, 11:11 AM
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damn 485hp in that time must have felt like a rocket with no traction!
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12-05-2006, 12:34 PM
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Hope the person gets a PPI before they buy it... 
I'd hate to find out it had a RMS leak after I drove home with it...
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12-05-2006, 12:50 PM
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Was it actually owned by Hitler? He commissioned its creation, sure, but was he or Auto Union, the actual owner?
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12-05-2006, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BuffaloBoxster
Was it actually owned by Hitler? He commissioned its creation, sure, but was he or Auto Union, the actual owner?
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I think he leased it. The bank owned it.
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12-05-2006, 01:44 PM
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but the real question is COULD 'ole Adolf have soiled the dash when he was supposedly missing some "vital" private parts?? 
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