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Old 12-04-2008, 08:30 PM
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Dr. Porsche and the guy that hired him to design a car.
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Neat pic. Thanks for sharing.

Looks like Der Fuhrer is amused by engine placement...
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as a toy car collector, I've always wondered what happened to that particular model. Hitler also asked the Professor to design several tanks.
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Old 12-05-2008, 10:46 AM
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as a toy car collector, I've always wondered what happened to that particular model. Hitler also asked the Professor to design several tanks.
For a time, Porsche was the head of the Tank Commission... making him an SS officer.
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Don't forget the kubelwagen and schimmenwagen
Also Herr Dr had a hand in Auto Union which eventually became Audi
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For a time, Porsche was the head of the Tank Commission... making him an SS officer.
Ah yes, but he always refused to wear a uniform or any markings of a Nazi (all pics of him in the war he's just wearing his coat and hat)...he wasn't into the whole thing, just wanted to make money to fund his car business.
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Ah yes, but he always refused to wear a uniform or any markings of a Nazi (all pics of him in the war he's just wearing his coat and hat)...he wasn't into the whole thing, just wanted to make money to fund his car business.
It should be obvious he kept separate from the mainstream Nazis. The French held him for many months during the war chrime trials but eventually let him go. Got to figure if the French did that in 1946 there wasn't a lot of prove.
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that's cool then.
Yeah, I wasn't actually trying to imply anything there, more stating an interesting historical fact. But I agree with Noah. It makes it a bit hard to hold the Dr. in too high regard.
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