PCA—The current Porsche Museum is a far cry from what used to greet visitors to Stuttgart years ago. Still, space is far from unlimited. Cars that have been
rotated out of display, awaiting restoration, or just in deep storage are housed in a warehouse in an unassuming office park in a part of Stuttgart that we’re not allowed to disclose. Here are some interesting pieces of Porsche history that we photographed on a recent trip.
| | PCA—On June 8, 1948, a hand-built aluminum prototype labeled “No. 1” emerged from a workshop in Gmünd, Austria, and became the first vehicle to bear the Porsche nameplate. This first
Porsche sported a mid-mounted, 40-horsepower Volkswagen engine, as well as other parts sourced from wherever the nascent car company could acquire them. Against the odds, a distributor ordered five cars, and just one month after that, a 356 would win its first race. The die was cast, and anything was possible — even building your own car company.
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