by Don Meluzio –                
 
I recently visited the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart with my son Derek. While we were at the Museum we stopped in the Historical Archive Department to see my friend Jens Torner.

You may notice quite often when you see an article about an historic Porsche, it will include a thank you to Jens. As we were looking through the archives I noticed some design models. I have been collecting Porsche models for about 40 years, and was a long time member of the old Porsche Modell Club based in Germany. My Porsche 924 Racecar originally had a Porsche Modell paint scheme!

I asked Jens if we could take a look at the Design Models, and asked if it would be alright if I photographed them. I am sure you will agree they had some really interesting models. One thing that I would appreciate My Car Quest readers to understand is that we were quickly breezing through, and it is not like I wrote things down. Jens was on his lunch break and was of course very busy, so don’t be surprised if I describe something incorrectly.

Let’s begin with a model of the Porsche 695, or the T7 Prototype as it is also called. The 695 was built in 1961, some 2 years before my Porsche 901 Prototype, #13327. It is similar to the 911, and has some really cool differences from the later 901.
 

There was another Model that was very similar to the 695. By its condition it looked older, and actually could have been a predecessor to the 695 , but as I mentioned I didn’t ask! Sorry!

The Porsche 956 on the bottom is the actual model for the 956 Rothmans Car. The top two are, I believe, models that were made for various sponsors and vendors. They were beautiful models.

Jens took us into the Workshop to look at some of the cars that were being prepared for various vintage races and shows.

Now here we go with the memory of an old man. I believe looking at the length of the body, the white car on bottom is the four Seater 911, or should I say rear seats larger than the small typical 911 rear seats. On top I believe is a Boxster Prototype or early production project.

The model of the Porsche 935 (below) is, I believe the Moby Dick, and it is the actual windtunnel model that was used to test the aerodynamics. You can still see the tape on the model!

There are some benefits to being one of the older Porsche Guys; I was actually in The Wind Tunnel at Weissach! Das ist now Verboten, with the cutthroat competition of the car business today, you do not get into Wessach.

I was there in 1989 and 1991 with the Porsche Cup Banquet. At that time I saw the 962 Model being tested in the windtunnel. I actually rode with Roland Kussmall on the test track. I can honestly say that I reduced my lap times the next year after finding out just how fast you can actually go with out losing it.

The models below are of designs that were done for Volkswagen. Although none of them were used in entirety, you can see parts of many Volkswagen models that were used throughout the years.

This was too much, we actually found all of the results from my races throughout 1989-1992. I sent all of my race reports to Jurgen Barth and he obviously put them all in the Archives. This was pretty darn cool.

When we were there the featured model was the 959, below.

I hope you enjoyed looking at the Models, maybe in the near future I can report on some of the fullsized Models!

Let us know what you think in the Comments.

Don Meluzio is an avid car lover and collector. He owns the Porsche 901 Prototype.

He competed in the Porsche Racing Program from 1988 through 1992. In 1989 he finished 15th in the Porsche Cup USA. In 1991 he finished 9th in the Porsche World Cup. A top 15 finish earned a trip to Stuttgart, where at the Porsche Cup Banquet Professor Porsche presented him with his cash award and a gift. During this time he had already acquired the Porsche 901 Prototype.

He is the president of the Iso & Bizzarrini Owner’s Club and lives in Pennsylvania USA.