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If you’re a die-hard
fan of some means, you may want to start liquidating some assets, because one of the most significant cars in the brand’s history is going up for
. It’s the 1939 Porsche Type 64, and that year is not a typo. This is a Porsche
from before the end of World War II and before the official
formation of the Porsche car company after the war 70 years ago
and the production of
.
The car has a truly fascinating history. According to RM Sotheby’s, Ferdinand Porsche and
planned to build and race three Type 64s in a 1,500-kilometer race from Berlin to Rome in September 1939. It was based on the KdF-Wagen, the early version of the postwar
, and used the same drivetrain, but the engine output was increased to 32 horsepower, and an aerodynamic, riveted aluminum body was fitted. Only one was built before the race was canceled because of the war, with the other two being spearheaded by Ferdinand’s son
a little bit later. One of those was used as a personal car by the
, and it was the only one to survive the war.
After the war, Ferry Porsche brought it with him to Austria when he started his eponymous sports car company, and he had it restored by Pinin Farina, the founder of the
design house. The Type 64 was later sold to an Austrian racing driver who held onto it until his death in 1995. The car then went on to its third owner in 1997, and is now being offered for auction. It will cross the block at the
, Calif., auction Aug. 15-17.
from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2LINDcO