The 10,000th Porsche
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The 10,000th Porsche
Recently, I've been working to establish the 10,000 Porsche in this iconic photo. 55826, covered in the link below, would be a candidate but I don't see the in body fog lights, even in its prior red incarnation. Does anyone KNOW for a fact the chassis number of number 10,000.
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
My eyes are bad but the cars reads 70,000
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
Euro "7" has a slash through it, you can search; the sources are correct but less than clear.John Lindstrom wrote:My eyes are bad but the cars reads 70,000
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
"Flower Power" circa 1956. Yes, that is a 10000. Thanks for keeping the thread alive. After ALL THIS TIME, I'm amazed we don't know the Chassis Number yet! Porsche is now 70 years old and so am I. Can we find out before I'm 100??!!!Ron LaDow wrote:Euro "7" has a slash through it, you can search; the sources are correct but less than clear.John Lindstrom wrote:My eyes are bad but the cars reads 70,000
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
You got me.
If they used a 7 to indicate a “1”, then what did they use to indicate a 1?
If they used a 7 to indicate a “1”, then what did they use to indicate a 1?
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
Good grief.John Lindstrom wrote:You got me.
If they used a 7 to indicate a “1”, then what did they use to indicate a 1?
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
76,000+ Porsche 356's were made so as this is obviously not a "C" car it cannot have been the 70,000 car. That is just logical.
If I had known I would live this long I would have pushed the envelope a little harder.
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
Vic Skirmants wrote:Good grief.John Lindstrom wrote:You got me.
If they used a 7 to indicate a “1”, then what did they use to indicate a 1?
A "1" was more-or-less written as an upside down V. My Kardex is full of them.
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
Old wrong quantity. Much closer to 79,000David Jones wrote:76,000+ Porsche 356's were made so as this is obviously not a "C" car it cannot have been the 70,000 car. That is just logical.
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
a euro 7 has a slash
only germans use the little leg, the rest of Euro just makes it look like an I
only germans use the little leg, the rest of Euro just makes it look like an I
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
If actual production started in 1950 when Porsche returned to Stuttgart, with 411 cars for that year and the running total for the end of 1955 being 11,138. How does the March 16, 1956 celebration of the 10,000 car fit in the time line.
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
Allen,Allen Henderson wrote:Old wrong quantity. Much closer to 79,000David Jones wrote:76,000+ Porsche 356's were made so as this is obviously not a "C" car it cannot have been the 70,000 car. That is just logical.
Do tell! I love new information and have not read or heard this yet, can you elaborate?
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
First, I appreciate the nuances of German handwriting but I’m looking for the 10000 chassis number. Porsches declared it 10000 so it is. As for 79000 , I’ll post my spread sheet when I return from business in Boston. No one cares much but 76000 is way wrong. Not much interest in10000 but I’d like to know. It will be around Chassis #56000
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
Vic stop quoting Charlie Brown
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Re: The 10,000th Porsche
Based on data compiled by Brett Johnson hereBruce Edge wrote:If actual production started in 1950 when Porsche returned to Stuttgart, with 411 cars for that year and the running total for the end of 1955 being 11,138. How does the March 16, 1956 celebration of the 10,000 car fit in the time line.
https://porsche356registry.org/article/244
the production up to the end of 1955 was 9637 cars, and that includes the first 3 months of 356A production for coupes and cabs. Note that the data is calendar year production, not model year. Of course Brett's retrospective numbers and Porsche's own numbers in 1956 could be slightly different. After all, in 1957, Porsche forgot they had produced cars with the same chassis numbers back in 1952.
Anyway, given they were producing on average ~240 cars a month in 1955, it is very easy to see how they could have reached 10,000 on March 16, 1956. I'm actually surprised it didn't happen sooner.
And Brett's total in the link above is 79,470 cars produced.