Porsche 912 Fastback - A touch of Bürzel
In March 1966, a reader of auto motor und sport spotted two fairly new Porsche coupés in front of the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden. Apart from the "customs egg", the export control plate, the one on the right did not appear to have any special features worth mentioning. The one on the left, however, has a heavily modified rear section with a spoiler lip that extends into the fenders. The second ventilation grille set into the hood is also striking. If you look closely, you will also notice that the boxer has grown a second exhaust pipe on the right-hand side.
It remains unclear whether this was a self-build by a Porsche owner in Wiesbaden or a flow-optimized factory prototype with a forerunner of the later famous Carrera tailpipe. According to the photographer, the car was "very cleanly finished". He hoped that either the factory or the private sheet metal artist would soon get back to him with a brief explanation in a letter to the editor. A few weeks later, Porsche's general representative in Hanover, Petermax Müller, cleared up the mystery: It was a special production for a customer.
