Posted by: pre67vw - 07 January 2012 18:55:38
How about this for a find... the oldest known Porsche engine, a 1938 engine to go with the VW38/6 Incredible!! [ATTACH]6870[/Attach] [ATTACH]6871[/Attach] [ATTACH]6872[/Attach]

Posted by: ianmac - 07 January 2012 20:05:26
wow:omg: whats the story Rob, where was it found?

Posted by: pre67vw - 07 January 2012 20:22:34
It was in a barn in Austria since 1948

Posted by: kdf38 - 08 January 2012 05:41:40
[quote=pre67vw]How about this for a find... the oldest known Porsche engine, a 1938 engine to go with the VW38/6 Incredible!! [/quote] x 3806 :beer: :beer: :beer: What is the W13863 typ 1 38 #63 ??? What is the symbol after the numbers? An Imperial eagle? a motor ? Mike kdf38

Posted by: pre67vw - 08 January 2012 13:22:00
[quote=kdf38] What is the symbol after the numbers? [/quote] Looks like some kind of eagle, no idea though... Maybe Christian can help...

Posted by: fantakid - 08 January 2012 13:49:11
Hi, this is w for Vienna ( Wien ) , the number is the after war number for the papers and the eagle ist the official sign for austrian gouvernment Bye Christian

Posted by: pre67vw - 08 January 2012 14:08:19
[quote=fantakid]Hi, this is w for Vienna ( Wien ) , the number is the after war number for the papers and the eagle ist the official sign for austrian gouvernment Bye Christian[/quote] Thanks Christian! Does it have twin port heads? or had they settled on the single port head by then?

Posted by: zelensis61 - 24 April 2013 18:08:08
It seems that Christian got a call from a collector that he has found an odd gearbox.... It seems it is Gearbox 38/40 :drool: No picts yet but Bjorn announced it on another popular site.