Sunday Porsche Blogging: Porsche Type Numbers - Part 1
This weeks Sunday Porsche Blogging subject is the Porsche numbering system for projects. Forget the part numbers, those are akin to a Dewey Decimal System for German engineers. This is the first of several project lists that will detail the surviving project numbers and what they involved. The numbering system for projects was a sequential chronological numbering system. The initial displayed project is seven because the first six never made it past the drawing boards.
Type 7
1930/31
Wanderer 1.86 liter chassis (1st design by Porsche office)
Type 8
1930/31
Wanderer 3.25 liter chassis
Type 9
1930/31
Supercharged version of type 8
Type 22
1932/37
Auto Union GP car
Type 52
1934
Auto Union sports car design
Type 60
1934/41
Kdf small car, later became the Volkswagen Beetle
Type 60K10
1939
Kdf sports coupe for Berlin to Rome Race
Type 62
1936
Kdf cross country, with open-sided body
Type 64
1937/38
Sports car, 1.5 liter, based on Kdf components
Type 66
1938
Kdf right-hand drive
Type 67
1939
Kdf listed as an "invalid vehicle"
Type 68
1939
Kdf panel van
Type 80
1938/39
Mercedes-Benz land speed record car
Type 82
1939/40
Kdf based Kubelwagen
Type 87
1939/41
Kubelwagen with 4-wheel drive
Type 100
1939/41
Tank prototype
Type 101
1942
Carrier for 88 mm gun with an electric transmission
Type 102
1942
Type 101 with hydraulic transmission
Type 108
1938
2-stage supercharger for Mercedes Benz
Type 110
1938/39
Small tractor, Volkspflug
Type 111
1939/40
Small tractor, new design
Type 112
1940/41
Larger-engined small tractor
Type 113
1941
Small tractor, third version
Type 114
1938/39
F. Wagen, a 1.5 liter sports car design
Source: Porsche Excellence Was Expected - The Complete Story of the Sports and Racing Cars
Karl Ludvigsen1st Edition, 1977 pg. 517
2nd Edition, 2003 pg. 1484
The Ludvigsen work is an ongoing labor of love and a must read for any serious student of Porsche history.
This post and a collection of Sunday Porsche Blogging posts are available at the aptly named Sunday Porsche Blogging.
Type 7
1930/31
Wanderer 1.86 liter chassis (1st design by Porsche office)
Type 8
1930/31
Wanderer 3.25 liter chassis
Type 9
1930/31
Supercharged version of type 8
Type 22
1932/37
Auto Union GP car
Type 52
1934
Auto Union sports car design
Type 60
1934/41
Kdf small car, later became the Volkswagen Beetle
Type 60K10
1939
Kdf sports coupe for Berlin to Rome Race
Type 62
1936
Kdf cross country, with open-sided body
Type 64
1937/38
Sports car, 1.5 liter, based on Kdf components
Type 66
1938
Kdf right-hand drive
Type 67
1939
Kdf listed as an "invalid vehicle"
Type 68
1939
Kdf panel van
Type 80
1938/39
Mercedes-Benz land speed record car
Type 82
1939/40
Kdf based Kubelwagen
Type 87
1939/41
Kubelwagen with 4-wheel drive
Type 100
1939/41
Tank prototype
Type 101
1942
Carrier for 88 mm gun with an electric transmission
Type 102
1942
Type 101 with hydraulic transmission
Type 108
1938
2-stage supercharger for Mercedes Benz
Type 110
1938/39
Small tractor, Volkspflug
Type 111
1939/40
Small tractor, new design
Type 112
1940/41
Larger-engined small tractor
Type 113
1941
Small tractor, third version
Type 114
1938/39
F. Wagen, a 1.5 liter sports car design
Source: Porsche Excellence Was Expected - The Complete Story of the Sports and Racing Cars
Karl Ludvigsen1st Edition, 1977 pg. 517
2nd Edition, 2003 pg. 1484
The Ludvigsen work is an ongoing labor of love and a must read for any serious student of Porsche history.
This post and a collection of Sunday Porsche Blogging posts are available at the aptly named Sunday Porsche Blogging.
posted by El Rider at 5:55 PM
1 Comments:
I think the type 101 and/or type 102 was known as the Tiger tank. Or better known to veterens of the western front as the "oh my god it's a fuckin' tiger!" tank.
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