The "first" Porsche

[Terry Jessee]

What a lot of people don't know is that I'm a real fan of Porsche and Porsche models. This one is from Profil24. It's actually a Volkswagen, Type 60K10, built in 1939 and designed by Ferdinand Porsche. Three of these cars were built for a cross-country road race that was supposed to be run between Rome and Berlin. Obviously, that never happened. Only one car has survived.

You can see the developing lines of the later 356 coupes here, and many consider this to be the original Porsche sports car, although it was never called that.

Interestingly, this car was first designed with tandem seating like an old biplane. After the war it was converted to side-by-side seating, which is the configuration the kit provides.

It's a neat little curbside. I've got most of it painted now, and just need to put it together.

Terry

[935k3]

Nice job Terry, I can just see that cruising down the newly built(at that time) Autobahn. Nice piece of history to have.

[george 53]

It's a REAL car??? Really looks like a characature of a Porsche! If I din't trust Jesse's word for it,I REALLY would've thought it was a toy car!

[Terry Jessee]

It's a REAL car??? Really looks like a characature of a Porsche! If I din't trust Jesse's word for it,I REALLY would've thought it was a toy car!

Here's a link to some photos of the actual car.

http://www.carculture.com/albums.php?albumId=3682

Terry

[CB]

It does look somewhat like a 'toy' car, but then so did a lot of others back in them days. Still, it has a certain 'coolness' about it . Me likes the color-- is that prototypical of the 1:1?

[James W]

Very cool subject.

The history alone makes it worth building, but it looks goosd too!

[randx0]

Nice job.the real car looks like it would be hard to capture in scale becuase of it's toy like appearence but yours looks pretty darn close.I assume it's 1/24th?

[george 53]

THANKS Terry! Even in the pics it looks "Toyish", man them guys was WAY ahead of their times with that one!!! It looks to me like the roof does look like it should, and that, to ME, is what gives it that "Toy" look.

[Jon Cole]

TerrY-

What an amazing little car the "first" Porsche is! A few more pics of your build would be nice!