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Beautiful and fast - Porsche 1300 S - favorite in the salon and on the racetrack

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Created on December 1, 1953

Reading time 6min

Written by:

Richard von Frankenberg

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Porsche 356 (1955) - die elegante Karosserie des frühen Porsche

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Porsche 356 (1953) - Erfolge auf der Nordschleife

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Porsche 356 (1953) - die strömungsgünstige Form zeigt sich auch von oben

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Porsche 356 (1953) - das robuste und rennerprobte Chassis

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Porsche 356 (1953) - immer mehr Leistung holen die Porsche-Ingenieure aus dem Boxermotor

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Porsche Typ 356 A (1956) - Schnittzeichnung des Heckmotor-Sportwagens

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Porsche 356 (1951) - das robuste Chassis des Porsche 356 - halb selbsttragender Rahmenkörper genannt

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Porsche 356 (1951) - auf Erprobungsfahrten auf der Solitude-Rennstrecke

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Porsche Typ 356 A (1956) - bereits mit gewölbter Frontscheibe

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Porsche Typ 356 A Coupé (1956) - Lenkrad und Amaturenbrett

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Porsche Typ 356 (1952) - als Cabriolet für den amerikanischen Markt und als Coupé, wie es in Deutschland ausgeliefert wurde

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Porsche Typ 356 (1952) - mit dem berühmten Knick in der Frontscheibe

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Porsche Typ 356 A Cabriolet (1956) - Frischluftfreuden mit Boxermotor

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Die neue Halle von Porsche im Jahr 1953 - links die Büroräume, dahinter die Montage der Motoren, in der Mitte die Fertigung der Wagen, rechts die Endfertigung und Abnahme inkl. Bereitstellung

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Porsche 356 (1955) - fast fertige 356-er werden fertiggestellt

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Summary

In order to keep up with the international GT sport in the newly defined 1300 class, Porsche presented a particularly fast Porsche 356 1300 Super in 1953, which had been boosted to 60 hp using recipes from motor racing. The well-known car connoisseur Richard von Frankenberg subjected this new model to an intensive test for the magazine 'hobby' and came to some interesting conclusions. This article reproduces the original wording of the test report at the time and shows many pictures of the early Porsche 356.

This article contains the following chapters

Race-proven engine
Test car with racing history
Impressively fast 1300
Engineering performance increase
Not for an American driving style
Dictated by the sports regulations

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The motor show that takes place every fall in Paris is simply known among experts as 'the Salon'. This year it took place for the fortieth time, and once again it was the meeting place for experts from all over the world. They discovered that Porsche had once again quietly developed a new series model, which bears the type designation 1300 Super. From the outside, this car looks exactly like the other Porsche cars. It is a coupé with two seats in the front and a small bench seat for two children (or one adult, sitting crossways) in the rear of the car. The 1300 S has the now familiar Porsche ring synchronized gearbox, a full-length windscreen and large brakes with cooling fins, which were developed directly from racing experience.

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