Jump to content
Model Cars Magazine Forum

Real or Model #195 FINISHED!


Real or Model?  

58 members have voted

  1. 1. Real or model?



Recommended Posts

Being an air-cooled car nut, I know the car fairly well. This week's Mystery car is Porsche 356/2-055, a purpose-built aerodynamically-optimized factory lightweight race car. It featured an all-aluminum skin over a production 356 shell and underbody. This example, one of roughly 50 built between 1949 and 1951, won it's class at the 24 Hours of LeMans in 1951, at an average speed of over 140 km/h. It was driven in the race by Porsche's French distributor Auguste Veuillet and co-driver Edmonde Mouche. This car continued to be successfully raced through 1955. It's been beautifully restored to the condition you see in Harry's photo and is now on display in Porsche's museum in Stuttgart.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...