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Chapter 1: The "Ferdinand" tank with
Ferdinand Porsche on board and Albert
Speer at the controls
Chapter 6: The first Glockler special
at Freiburg in 1950
Chapter 8: The drive train for the
Hunter included a clutch that allowed
drive to the front wheels to be engaged
or disengaged by the driver
Chapter 10: Wolfgang von Trips in a
modified 1957 works RSK at the 1958
Gaisberg, Austria, hillclimb.

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1 Genesis In Gmünd 1900-1946
Porsche Beginnings · The People of Porsche · Seeds of a Sports Car: Types 64 And 114 · Berlin to Rome: Type 60k10 · Honors and Armaments · Preserving the Legacy · Perils of Peace

2 The First Porsche: Type 356 1946-1949
The Italian Connection · Cisitalia by Porsche · Conceiving the Porsche Sports Car · Testing the 356 Roadster · A Production Porsche · Preparing For Market · Selling The 356

3 Return to Zuffenhausen 1949-1953
A Growing Concern · Financing Growth · First German Porsche · Enlargement to 1.3 Liters · Establishing a Reputation · Building for Export · Le Mans in 1951 · Von Hanstein Arrives

4 Coming of Age: The 1500 1950-1952
Trial by Competition · Porsche Breaks Records · Invading America · Enter the 1500 Super · America Roadster · Variations on a Theme · Expanding in Zuffen hausen · Porsche Comes of Age · "Normal" and " Super" · A Transmission of Its Own · The Big Brake

5 Independent Prosperity 1953-1955
Stepping Up to the Competition · The American Dream · Running Improvements · Handling the 356 · Cheaper, Faster: Speedster o New Power · Owner Loyalty

6 Making Tracks: Glöckler to 550 1950-1955
Glöckler-Porsches · Porsche Builds Its Own Racers · The 550 Debuts o Fuhrmann's Four Cams · Definitive 550 Spyder · Spyders in the Americas

7 Along Came the Spyders 1953-1956
Enter the Buckelwagen · Shaking Down the Spyders · The Four-Cam Spyders at Le Mans · Developing The 550's Handling · California Spyders · Porsche Racers for the People · Facing Tougher Competition · The Pesky Poopers

8 New Car, New Challenge: The 356A 1955-1959
A New Field for Porsche · In Comes The A · The 356A in Volume · Improving the 356 T-2 · Another Take on the Open Porsche · Better Synchromesh o Generating Engines

9 Carrera: Going the Limit 1954-1962
Definition of a Carrera · Putting it to the Test · New Body for Carrera o Refining the Carrera · Homologation Woes · Lightweight Carreras · Stronger Four-cam Engine

10 Rennsport Years 1956-1959
Targa Without Warning · Seeds of the Spyder · The 550 Takes to the Track o Customer Spyders · Mickey Mouse Spyder · The RSK · Into the Hands of Privateers · The Wishbone Spyders
Chapter 11: The Porsche-Ate disc brake
(left) as fitted to the 356C. At right is
the hand brake.
Chapter 15: Gerhard Mitter placed
second at Freiberg in August 1965 with
the white 904/8 Spyder.
Chapter 17: Ferdinand Piech, grandson
of Ferdinand Porsche and nephew of
Ferry Porsche, was the motivating spirit
behind the creation of the Type 906
or Carrera 6.
Chapter 19: The Stommelen/Ahrens
Type 910 jumps at Brunnchen on the
'Ring in 1967.

11 Enhancing a Classic: 356B and C 1959-1966
Super B · Maintaining the Balance · Variations on a Theme · Carrera Too o Introducing Discs · Racing the Two-Liter · The DKS Carreras · The Final 356

Porsche Portfolio I (color well)

12 Open-Wheeled Odyssey: Formula Fours 1957-1962
Formula for the Future · Exposing the Wheels · Eyeing Formula One o The Grand Prix Porsche · Eying Formula One · First Grand Prix Porsches o Waiting for the Eights

13 Raising the Stakes: Grand Prix Eight 1961-1962
Grand Prix Credentials · Engine's Architects · Defining the Eight · Building the Type 753 · New Car for a New Engine · Eight on Track · First Taste of Victory · Extracting More Speed · Withdrawal and Refinement

14 The RS Challenge 1960-1964
Regulating the Racers · The RS 60 · Sixty Success · RS Privateers · 718 Coupes and the W-RS · Le Mans: Swan Song for the Factory Fours · The Two-Liter Eight · W-RS in America · Eight for Le Mans · Mountain Kings · After the Spyders

15 904: Beauty with Speed 1963-1966
Facing Tougher Opposition · Building the 904 · Carrera GTS Meets the World · Improving the 904 · Eight Into 904 · Six-Cylinder 904 · Abbreviating the 904

16 New Direction: 911 and 912 1959-1966
Porsche's New Breed · Four-Seater Inspiration · The Shape of Cars to Come · Changed Focus · Overhead Cams for the 901 · Under the Skin · Gearing for Production · Final Touches · The 911 Meets the Press · Variation on a Theme: The 912 · Opening the Top with the Targa

17 Carrera 6: Car of the Future 1965-1966
The Piëch Era in Competiton · Envisioning the 906 · Six in the Carrera · Putting Power on the Track · Refining the 906 · Serious Results · Injecting New Life · More Cylinders for the Carrera 6

18 900s in Action 1959-1966
Competitive Outings · Stretching the 911's Appeal · More of a Good Thing o Expanding the Market · Enter the Sportomatic · Racing 911 · Elusive and Effective 911R · Living with the 911 · 911 Developments

19 Uphill to Success: 907, 909, 910 1966-1968
Evolving Endurance Racers · Developing the 910 · 910 on Track · 910s for Privateers · The Striking 907 · Securing the Mountain Championship o 907 with a Strengthened Eight · Porsche's Ultimate Hill Climber: The 909

20 908: Three-Liter Racer 1968-1971
Birth of the 908 · The 908 Debuts · Aerodynamic Explorations · Winter of Development · Racing the '69s · A New Era in Porsche Racing · Victory at Last · 908 in the 1970s · "VW Transporter" 908

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