Porsche-Museum zeigt erstmals seinen ältesten 911 (Deutsch / German)

After three years of restoration, the Porsche museum will finally present one of the newest additions to its collection - and the oldest 911 that it holds - at the special exhibition “911 (901 No. 57) - A legend takes off” from December 14, 2017 to April 8, 2018. The red coupé was built in October 1964 as one of the first series-production models of the sports car known back then as the 901. Almost exactly 50 years later, the Porsche museum happened to find this rare item and decided to buy it with a view to restoring it back to its original state.
Porsche originally developed and presented the successor to the 356 under the type designation 901. However, just a few weeks after starting production in the autumn of 1964, the coupé had to be renamed due to a trademark dispute, and from then on bore the name 911. All of the customer vehicles produced up to that point were manufactured as 901 vehicles, but sold as 911 vehicles. The Porsche factory collection had lacked one of these rarities for 50 years.
* 2014 - TV team stumbles across a historically significant hidden treasure:
In 2014, while valuing a collection of items long forgotten about in a barn, a German TV crew working on an antiques and memorabilia programme stumbled across two #911 models dating back to the 1960s. After making enquiries with the #Porschemuseum, it emerged that one of the two sports cars with the chassis number 300.057 was one of the rare models built before the model line was renamed. The Porsche museum decided to buy both #911 models at the estimated price determined by an independent expert, and in doing so closed one a key gap in its collection of significant classic cars produced by the Porsche brand.
* Repair before replacement: Intricate and extensive restoration using authentic parts:
One of the crucial factors in favour of purchasing the vehicle was the fact that the old 911 had not been restored in any way, giving the specialists at the museum the opportunity to restore the sports car as authentically and as true to the original as possible. It took a total of three years to bring this very rusty sports car back to its original state, using genuine body parts from the time taken from a different vehicle. The engine, transmission, electrics and interior were all repaired following the same principle. The general rule was to retain parts and fragments where possible rather than replacing them. These intricate restoration methods used by the Porsche museum as the standard approach are precisely the reason why it took so long to bring this highly historically significant sports car back to life.

[@TheSchafsviech]

Das nennt man mal Erhaltungsprozess eines handwerklichen und materiellen Kulturguts. Bravo!

[@townstar1]

Ich finde es, im positiven Sinn Wahnsinn, was ein Konzern aufbringt bzw. aufbringen kann, wenn es sich um ein wirklich unglaublich seltenes und noch fehlendes Bindeglied einer Sammlung handelt. Muss immer daran denken wenn der Chef zu seinen Leuten sagt: Hier machen wir den Geldschrank auf und ziehen jedes Register was technisch, geschichtlich und finanziell machbar ist. Respekt

[@sherifedervishi1436]

Das ist der Porsche von Bernd

[@antoneberl____]

Sieht man die Garage vor dem Bistro in der öffentlichen Museumsführung? LG

[@mabu9392]

PORSCHE......der beste Sportwagen der Welt....nicht weil er teuer ist..........weil er es Wert ist....eine Legende. PORSCHE......the best sportscar in the world....not because it's expensive.....because it's worth it.....a legend.

[@gelmibson883]

Wooo!

[@frankstefanhorn3561]

Interessant ist, dass nach professioneller Restaurierung solcher Klassiker nicht selten sogar deren Lieferzustand übertroffen wird... diese Autos im Ergebnis mehr als nur makellos sind! Aber es gibt auch Gegenentwürfe: Gerade denke ich an jenen VW-Bus Samba Baujahr 1951 der in der Eifel gefunden wurde, bei dem sämtliche Karosserieteile (und auch sonstige), die noch verwertbar waren, mitsamt ihren Rostpartien in den Aufbau eingebracht wurden. Mit ungleich mehr Arbeitsaufwand wurde dadurch im Ergebnis eine Art Gammellook erreicht, der das Fahrzeug auf seine Weise besonders authentisch aussehen lässt. Letztlich haben beide Herangehensweisen ihre Berechtigung! Ist eben einfach eine Frage der Einstellung...

[@ElronLando]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3u8dGOcd7WMf7c so sah der mal aus