Each month, Panorama magazine brings you the best from the world
of Porsche. Races, vintage car shows, technical articles, we cover
it all!
At Panorama, we never have room for all the pictures we'd like
to
share with our readers. Here are some photos that just wouldn't
fit
into the magazine this month.
Our retrospective feature for the October issue is a firsthand
account of a visit to Gmund, Austria, in 1948, reprinted from
our February 1980 issue. For this month's gallery we visit present
day Gmund, where Porsche's historical impact on the town remains
visible more than half a century later. Leonard Turner's photos
are proof that Porsche remains a presence in this quiet and lovely
Austrian town.
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A modest bronze and stone memorial to Ferdinand
Porsche overlooks a manicured downtown park.
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The gatekeeper's house is all that remains of the
sawmill complex that Porsche retreated to toward the
end of World War II. It was in this crude facility
that the first Porsche was designed and built.
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Immediately behind the Pfortnerhaus, a 996 Targa
parks in front of a mural showing how the original
"factory" turned out early cars. Only 50 "Gmund"
coupes were created before the company returned
to Stuttgart in 1949.
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The interior of the Pfortnerhaus has been restored
to provide meeting space for the 356 Club of Austria
and other Porsche Clubs. Displayed there are early
technical drawings on a draftsman's board.
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A reproduction of the early business
office is complete with antique telephone, stove and
umbrella and hat, the latter presumably belonging
to Ferdinand Porsche.
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One end of the old workers' dining room in the Pfortnerhaus
was redecorated with a PCA badge, pages from Panorama
and a letter from the editor.
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Early aluminum cars were formed over wooden body
bucks; this one is a buck for a Porsche spyder with
the real thing in the background.
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Helmut Pfeifhofer has created a Porsche Museum
right on the edge of town, not far from the Pfortnerhaus.
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Inside the Porsche Museum is a reconstruction of
what an early Porsche workshop might have looked
like.
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Among the significant Porsches in the museum is
a rare eight cylinder 910 Bergspyder. This one was
driven by Porsche ace Gerhard Mitter.
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Check out the October issue for the account of David Donohue's
and Jay Leno's record run at Talledega with the Carrera
GT, an interview with former chief designer Harm Lagaay,
James and Roger Powlik's journey by Boxster down Route 66,
a look back on the James Dean crash and a discussion of
36 years of Porsche fuel injection.
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