VW 39 Prototype Volkswagen Beetle That Was Built By Porsche

[Music] there's a good deal of Porsche in this Volkswagen buried under war rubble the VW 39 has been brought back to life after a painstaking restoration dr. Ferdinand Porsche and his son ferry designed the car in 1939 as a high speed variant for testing they equipped the nitro black Volkswagen with a souped up type 64 engine from the Berlin Rome car the pre-series beetle boasts a stately 32 horsepower weighing in at just 695 kilograms the car hits a top speed of 145 kilometers per hour the original plan was to build 50 units with the beginning of World War two however military developments take precedent just 14 models leave the plant in sufen housing each with a different Porsche engine by the end of the war they are all defunct or nearly all there's one exception this VW 39 with chassis number 100 0:03 today it's the only remaining unit [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Keywords: vw beetle, volkswagen beetle, vw 39, ferdinand porsche, classic vw bugs, classic vw beetle, classic vw bug restoration

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Length: 3min 1sec (181 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 04 2019