There are those in the collector community today who feel they have been duped and betrayed by auction house RM Sotheby's, and the reasoning is absurd. During Saturday night's Monterey sale, RM Sotheby's brought perhaps the most valuable Porsche ever to the auction stage for bidding. The Type 64 racer is the first car ever to carry the Porsche …
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Chris Harris Drives the Type 64
Porsches are often a study in contrasts. Where many models are markedly advanced in one way or another, in others they are often simple in the extreme. The 356 featured sophisticated monocoque construction, making it strong and rigid compared to the related VW Beetle. At the same time it relied on a powerplant which was, even by the mid-1950s, …
Continue to the full articleNow Is Your Chance To Bid On The First Porsche Race Car
The folks over at RM Sotheby's are preparing to sell an incredibly significant piece of Porsche history. Namely, the Porsche Type 64 race car that was the very first car to wear the Porsche name. In the video below, put out by the auction house this afternoon, you can see the Type 64 in action, driving around Willow Springs race track in …
Continue to the full articleOrigin of the Species: Type 64 Goes to Auction in August
The Type 64 was many things, but it was not conventionally beautiful. Designed to make the most of a tuned, 32-horsepower variant of the Volkswagen Type I flat-four, the all-aluminum car was a masterpiece of 1930s aerodynamics. The riveted construction was strong and rigid for the day, and emulated the construction techniques used on then-current …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn: The Last Of The First
The Monterey Historics Porsche tribute in August of 1982 provided a notable chance to see many famous Porsches and famous Porsche drivers, but was unique for me in its opportunity to see the only remaining Type 60K10. Porsche had, in the 1930s, already designed and proposed production of the VW based Type 64 sports car, only to be turned down by …
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