Read somewhere recently that Dr. F. Porsche designed some of the pre WWII Mercedes GP cars. Anyone know which ones?
Dr. Porsche's Mercedes GP cars?
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Tmeranda
, Oct 09 2006 18:41
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Herbert
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 18:44
He was involved with the S / SS /SSK from the late twenties and early thirties.
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 18:57
He was also in overall charge of the design of the 1924 straight 8 GP Mercedes.
I always thought that he had some input into Dr Rumpler's 1922 Benz Tropfenwagen but the chronology doesn't fit.
I always thought that he had some input into Dr Rumpler's 1922 Benz Tropfenwagen but the chronology doesn't fit.
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 19:03
One of the things which precipitated his departure from Daimler-Benz in 1929 was the rejection of his proposals for a straight-eight 3.0 litre GP car. Ten years later he was working with them again: not on a GP car this time, but the Mercedes Benz LSR car which was to have been driven by Hans Stuck.
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 22:06
Originally posted by Vitesse2
One of the things which precipitated his departure from Daimler-Benz in 1929 was the rejection of his proposals for a straight-eight 3.0 litre GP car. Ten years later he was working with them again: not on a GP car this time, but the Mercedes Benz LSR car which was to have been driven by Hans Stuck.
I didn't know about his 1929 proposals. Any details as to what he had in mind? Was it rear engined? (probably not, with a straight 8). 1929 probably wasn't the best time to be proposing expensive development plans with any German company - or anywhere else for that matter.
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Posted 10 October 2006 - 00:02
DOHC straight 8, rear axle gearbox, swing-axle rear suspension.
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Posted 10 October 2006 - 01:07
Sorry for the digression, but was dr. Porsche involved in A-U central-seater (that sportscar with driver in the middle and 2 passengers back, on either side of him)?
