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Originally Posted by freebeard
Porsche Type 64 — I was very surprised at the floorpan construction ....
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I guess they were experimenting.
This got me thinking, was Erwin Komenda involved with the Type-64?
Who designed the 911?
Who designed the 911? - Pelican Parts Technical BBS
I went ahead and Googled it, found the below.
KdF Berlin-Rome race car (Porsche type 64)
https://www.stuttcars.com/porsche-models/64/
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For the 1939 race, in September 1938 a project was started to create KdF's Berlin-Rome competition car. It was a car using type 60 KdF-Wagen's mechanicals with design from Porsche 114 project. The KdF Berlin-Rome car was called as type 64. Its body design project number was 60 K10. K10 meant it was the 10th body (Karosserie 10) for the type 60 chassis. The type 64 cars were built using 1938 KdF VW38 chassis and the chassis numbers therefore begun with 38. The side view of the 'on paper only' type 114 and the type 64 was very similar. There were many body version of the 114 and the type 64 got its front look from the narrow cockpit 114. Having the powerless engine, the type 64 had to be as aerodynamic as possible. And the narrow cockpit made it look very cool. These aluminium-bodied cars were designed by Erwin Komenda.
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Nice article the above is, and more of it below.
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The first KdF Berlin-Rome competition car, chassis number 38/41, was finished on August 19, 1939. Thanks to the streamlined body, the small 4-cylinder aircooled 1100 cc flat engine was capable of achieving more than 80 mph/130 km/h average speed on drives between Stuttgart and Berlin. The top speed was 95 mph/153 km/h.
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The Berlin-Rome road rally had been postponed from 1938 to 1939, then to 1940 and 1941, but never happened. In 1940 Japan had joined the military alliance of Germany and Italy, and a Berlin-Rome-Tokyo road rally was thought of, but didn't happen.
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Scrolling to the bottom of that last link.
https://www.stuttcars.com/porsche-models/64/
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The wider front fenders and the windscreen angle are the giveaways of the replica
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