Porsche 64
automobile from what was to become the Porsche company, and a true design precursor to the post-war production model.
History ,_Bj.1939.jpg) Name and originThe model number comes from the fact that it was built mainly from design drawings for the Type-64 "record car". Most mechanical parts came from the VW 38, the prototype of the KdF-Wagen better known as the flat-four engine produced between 32 and 40 bhp[2] and gave a top speed of around 160 km/h (99 mph)[citation needed ].
Planned races and scrappingThe body design was made by the Porsche Büro after Porsche family.[citation needed] Eventually they only used one of them and put the other in storage.[citation needed ]
Last examplesIn May 1945, American troops discovered the one put in storage, cut the roof off and used it for Monterey Historic Automobile Races in Monterey, California, in 1982.[citation needed] The scrapped car, chassis 38/42, has also been rebuilt and is now on display in the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles .
Otto Mathé retained possession of 38/43 until his death in 1995, and two years later the Type 64 was sold for the second time in its history to Porsche collector and marque expert Dr. Thomas Gruber of Vienna, Austria. The 1939 Porsche Type 64, was to be auctioned in August 2019 during Monterey Car Week. RM Sotheby's predicted a selling price “in excess of $20 million” but it failed to sell at an auction marred by incorrectly displayed bid amounts.[3] References
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