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The “No. 1” always wore custom-made suits. Back in 1948, tinsmith Friedrich Weber spent two months clothing the first Porsche. The original apparel didn’t last very long, however, for the roadster not only changed hands many times over the years. It was damaged and repaired, modernized and converted. Its attire kept changing but its identity remained the same. It was shaped by history. Yet its essence remains inviolable. The original condition of the “No. 1” Roadster is lost and can no longer be restored. But its custom-made suit has been reconceived in something very close to the original form and reproduced using the same materials and techniques. This painstaking, manual labor of love, however, couldn’t be completed overnight. In their efforts to create a copy of the 1948 roadster body that’s true to the original in every detail and dimension, experts from the Porsche Museum first made a 3-D scan of the existing vehicle. A computer then superimposed these virtual results onto t

70 years of sports cars at Porsche Porsche 70 Years Of Sports Cars Stuttgart. Fast. Pure. Emotive. For the past 70 years, the Porsche brand has been synony-mous with sports car construction at the very highest level. The first vehicle to bear the Porsche name was registered on June 8, 1948: It was the 356 “No.1” Roadster. This is the day on which the Porsche brand was born. The Type 356 turned Ferry Porsche’s dream of a sports car into a reality. “His vision at that time embodied all of the values that still define the brand to this day”, said Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG, at yesterday’s New Year Reception at the Porsche Museum. Representatives from the state of Baden-Württemberg as well as from the city of Stuttgart and the worlds of politics, economics and society, joined Porsche to celebrate the beginning of its anniversary year with the slogan “70 years of the Por-sche sports car”.  “Tradition is a commitment. Without our tradition and

The Stärke Revolution Speedster was born out of our collective passion to create a classic, iconic body design reminiscent of the roadster's from the 1950's and combine it with the modern day performance and comfort we all demand. In a painstaking process, spanning the course of a year and half and thousands of man hours, the first ever Stärke Revolution Speedster was born. This one-of-a-kind masterpiece was brought to life by a dedicated team of some of the most talented designers, master level craftsman and fabricators in the world.  The Stärke Revolution Speedster is a bespoke, handcrafted, vintage styling, body & interior conversion that is available exclusively for the 1997-2012 Porsche® Boxster. By combining the iconic, hand sculpted Stärke Revolution body with a stellar, mid-engine, state-of-the-art, German engineered chassis results in the perfect symphony of vintage style and thrilling, modern day performance. It's sure to satisfy even the most demanding