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Baron Huschke von Hanstein

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I'm researching a story now on a very special 911 we recently acquired. Found this pic along the way, the Baron, King Hussein, and his two favorite Porsches, his 904 and his 911. We have the 911.
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I also acquired a letter from him a few years ago. It took me several years to find one, which I found ironic considering he was the press guy at Porsche. I guess he didn't do much of his own correspondence.
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When the Turbo came out (1975-76), King Hussein traded his 904 for a new Turbo. Christophorus ran a photo of a Jordanian Air Force plane loading or unloading the cars.

If you are interested, there's a bio of von Hanstein, The Racing Baron, I think.

His sport coat and glasses are in the Sinsheim Museum...

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Adam Wright wrote:I also acquired a letter from him a few years ago. It took me several years to find one, which I found ironic considering he was the press guy at Porsche. I guess he didn't do much of his own correspondence.
Huschke von Hanstein did a tremendous amount of personal correspondence.
I have many letters from Porsche to my father, including several from von Hanstein. Some are on his personal stationary.
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Jon Bunin wrote:
Adam Wright wrote:I also acquired a letter from him a few years ago. It took me several years to find one, which I found ironic considering he was the press guy at Porsche. I guess he didn't do much of his own correspondence.
Huschke von Hanstein did a tremendous amount of personal correspondence.
I have many letters from Porsche to my father, including several from von Hanstein. Some are on his personal stationary.
I guess people really cherish the letters because finding one was very hard. I feel fortunate that I have one.
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Frank Barrett wrote:When the Turbo came out (1975-76), King Hussein traded his 904 for a new Turbo. Christophorus ran a photo of a Jordanian Air Force plane loading or unloading the cars.

If you are interested, there's a bio of von Hanstein, The Racing Baron, I think.

His sport coat and glasses are in the Sinsheim Museum...

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When I first saw the picture I thought he gave both cars to the museum but they said the 906 was just sent over for a rally, the 904 was for keeps. The Jordanian's said,
"He traded his 911 and 904 for two brand new turbos !!! Ouch. The 906 was simply on loan for a hill climb."
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A Christmas card from von Hanstein to my father in December 1962.
His note reads "Your Carrera has been already shipped and I hope you'll like it". A letter from Lars Schmidt also informed us that our Carrera had been shipped.
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Jon, what happened to your dad's Carrera 2?
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Edwin Ek wrote:Jon, what happened to your dad's Carrera 2?
Edwin, it was eventually traded in to Chinetti for a Ferrari. There doesn't seem to be any trace of it today.
I just tried to load a photo of it, but the file is too large.
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You know, that is about the only trade you could say was a step up.
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