Porsche # Type List Omissions
Porsche type list
Porsche established a numeric record of projects known as the Porsche Type List. Examination of this Type List reveals interesting chronological alignment of Type #s that is certainly Not Perfect?
The Type List #s are Inconsistent and probably made rather spontaneously. Porsche skipped many #s in the sequence and sometimes the omissions were Accidental and some deliberate. The Type List also leaves Significant Gaps and rarely reveals the source of information. For example,the Type 60 with it's many "k" variations to designate different body styles,also type 356 tube frame chassis then modified to a sheet metal chassis with the annotation 356/2 but the /2 later reused to identify different body engine offerings.The variants 356 SL,356 A,356B,356C designations and in parallel there were the 356 T1 through 356 T7 designations.Example type 356C car fitted with a type 616/16 engine and type 741A transaxle.
The Type 901 had to be externally re-designated as the 911 for trademark infringement threat by Peugeot Co.
During the hectic war years many number in the 200 were skipped,in the 400 series only six numbers were used,the last being 425.
Type 500 in Stuttgart was relatively tightly packed through the 700's and into the early 800's.
That was where the list stood when the time came to pick a number for the successor to the 356.
To get it they jumped over many 800 numbers and picked 901.Why?
The real reason is much more prosaic.
The additional information since that time has been supplemented and in some cases corrected. The circuitous Route the Porsche Company has traveled with no Official Explanation!
Enigma Variations:
Type of hidden riddle generally expressed in radical or allegorical language that requires ingenuity and careful thought for it's solution and conundra,which are the questions relying for their effects on punning in either a question or answer,put forth a puzzle to be solved
~A private Secret
Conundra Conundrum:a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun or unexpected twist
~A logical postulation that evades resolution,an intricate and difficult problem
~A Mystery
Porsche offered a Flachbau {slantnose} a modified 930 under the Sonderwunch Program {special order program} beginning in 1981,an otherwise 930 with a 935-style slantnose instead of the normal 911 front end.Each Flachbau was hand crafted by remodeling the front fenders,rear quarter panels,rear whale tail spoiler and side rocker panels { running boards }
Several sources claim that the factory built 948 units,however Porsche Cars Memo states in 1987~1989 there were 609 Slant nose produced?
Who Designed The Flachbau {slantnose }?
~A private Secret
Conundra Conundrum:a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun or unexpected twist
~A logical postulation that evades resolution,an intricate and difficult problem
~A Mystery
Porsche offered a Flachbau {slantnose} a modified 930 under the Sonderwunch Program {special order program} beginning in 1981,an otherwise 930 with a 935-style slantnose instead of the normal 911 front end.Each Flachbau was hand crafted by remodeling the front fenders,rear quarter panels,rear whale tail spoiler and side rocker panels { running boards }
Several sources claim that the factory built 948 units,however Porsche Cars Memo states in 1987~1989 there were 609 Slant nose produced?
Who Designed The Flachbau {slantnose }?
Slant nose Slope nose Flat nose
Flachbau
The Sonderwunch Program
{Special Wishes}
Flachbau
The Sonderwunch Program
{Special Wishes}
Informal models "Even if it was realized only once"
Porsche option codes that could pertain to this 911
09991~Manufacture from the exclusive programme
505~Slant nose 930 for USA
506~Slant nose 930 for RoW (rest of the world)
701 ~model with Slant nose
911 Turbo SE (Special Equipment)UK
930 S~USA
930~actually being the "type number" for the pre-964
generation 911 produced in 1975-1989
935~introduced in the late 1970's as the factory racing version of the 911
Some buyers of the 911's asked for this race derived look and so in 1981 Porsche began making a small number of Slant-Nose 911 turbos as one-offs for wealthy customers.
Eventually,in 1986 it became an Official Model of Porsche
No
To be Precise,an Option (coded M505,M506)
Official Model? or an Option?
This Option never was an Official Model of Porsche
This Option is something that divides enthusiasts.Some love it,others think it an abomination of the 911.
"Whatever it's a rare piece of History"
09991~Manufacture from the exclusive programme
505~Slant nose 930 for USA
506~Slant nose 930 for RoW (rest of the world)
701 ~model with Slant nose
911 Turbo SE (Special Equipment)UK
930 S~USA
930~actually being the "type number" for the pre-964
generation 911 produced in 1975-1989
935~introduced in the late 1970's as the factory racing version of the 911
Some buyers of the 911's asked for this race derived look and so in 1981 Porsche began making a small number of Slant-Nose 911 turbos as one-offs for wealthy customers.
Eventually,in 1986 it became an Official Model of Porsche
No
To be Precise,an Option (coded M505,M506)
Official Model? or an Option?
This Option never was an Official Model of Porsche
This Option is something that divides enthusiasts.Some love it,others think it an abomination of the 911.
"Whatever it's a rare piece of History"
One of the Rarest cars ever built
The 901 235 3000 series prized by wealthy collectors
as valuable works of automotive "Art"
