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pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

14 years ago

How about this for a find... the oldest known Porsche engine, a 1938 engine to go with the VW38/6

Incredible!! 399665_2217452090539_1674742408_1476355_2066204448_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 389564_2217454450598_1674742408_1476363_1162343028_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 402043_2217286726405_1674742408_1476258_1395565599_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

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ianmac
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14 years ago

wow:omg: whats the story Rob, where was it found?

pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

14 years ago

It was in a barn in Austria since 1948

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

kdf38
pre67vw Junkie

14 years ago

How about this for a find... the oldest known Porsche engine, a 1938 engine to go with the VW38/6

Incredible!!

pre67vw wrote:

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

Mike
Texas
Nov. 1947 +
Febr 1949 shell

pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

14 years ago

What is the symbol after the numbers?

kdf38 wrote:

Looks like some kind of eagle, no idea though... Maybe Christian can help...

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

fantakid
pre67vw Junkie

14 years ago

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

pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

14 years ago

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

fantakid wrote:

Thanks Christian! Does it have twin port heads? or had they settled on the single port head by then?

Edited by user 14 years ago | Reason: Not specified

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

zelensis61
pre67vw Junkie

13 years ago

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.

ZELENSIS, coachbuilt body from the 50's on a vw platform made in Belgium. Peter the heb detective

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