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In the discussion thread: Ferdinand Porsche, sports car designer, dies [View all]

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Thu Apr 5, 2012, 11:48 PM

Beacool (19,068 posts)

21. That car is from 1939?

It must have turned heads.

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38 replies	Author	Time	Post
Ferdinand Porsche, sports car designer, dies [View all]	Cooley Hurd	Apr 2012	OP
911 is still my favorite car to this day..	frylock	Apr 2012	#1
Absolutely. I've had a 944 and a 928 (both were affordable)...	Cooley Hurd	Apr 2012	#2
i've only ever driven a 911 once..	frylock	Apr 2012	#4
Mine too	madokie	Apr 2012	#34
r.i.p. to a true visionary	Blue_Tires	Apr 2012	#3
Not just cars. I have a Grundig radio designed by him.	AtheistCrusader	Apr 2012	#5
Porsche - there is no substitute.	CJCRANE	Apr 2012	#6
Grandfather was a weapons designer for Herr Adolph	usrname	Apr 2012	#7
You've reminded me of a favorite joke	EverHopeful	Apr 2012	#12
In 1969 I almost bought a silver 911 off the showroom floor in San Antonio.	flamin lib	Apr 2012	#8
RIP	IMOTM2012	Apr 2012	#9
Every Porsche ever made to this day turns my head,	cliffordu	Apr 2012	#10
"I might have peed a little"	awoke_in_2003	Apr 2012	#11
turns my head too	grasswire	Apr 2012	#15
I rented a 911SC Targa and drove the Mountain Loop Highway in WA. Remember taking a curve that was	Citizen Worker	Apr 2012	#13
When his grandfather got together with Daimler	dipsydoodle	Apr 2012	#14
Homage to the 911, and the men who designed and developed it	leveymg	Apr 2012	#16
That car is from 1939?	Beacool	Apr 2012	#21
The all-conquering 917 of 1970 traces directly back to the still-born 1938 V-10 Type 114	leveymg	Apr 2012	#23
The 917 was a truly terrifying car.	hifiguy	Apr 2012	#25
If you think the 917 was terrifying, can you imagine driving a mid-engine V-16 with swing axles?	leveymg	Apr 2012	#28
The men who drove those cars	hifiguy	Apr 2012	#37
Video of Nuvolari winning the 1938 Donnington Grand Prix in an Auto Union D-Type:	leveymg	Apr 2012	#38
Thank you.	Beacool	Apr 2012	#27
A very similar shape was used in a concept VW.	kentauros	Apr 2012	#32
goosebumps.	mopinko	Apr 2012	#33
RIP Ferdinand....	unkachuck	Apr 2012	#17
Didn't Porsche design the Schickelgruber's Revenge??	Manifestor_of_Light	Apr 2012	#18
Maybe his grandfather designed the bug.	JustABozoOnThisBus	Apr 2012	#20
Did you ever see the "comparison" when the new Beetle came out?	jmowreader	Apr 2012	#31
That was the first Ferdinand Porsche.	hifiguy	Apr 2012	#26
Yes	madokie	Apr 2012	#35
I met FA back in the late 1970s at a Porsche Club event in Virginia.	CottonBear	Apr 2012	#19
Beautiful cars!	burrowowl	Apr 2012	#22
One of the most brilliant automotive designers of all time.	hifiguy	Apr 2012	#24
K&R. Very sad... :(	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2012	#29
Engine is still at the wrong end.	flvegan	Apr 2012	#30
917...	Hotler	Apr 2012	#36

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