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 Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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Silver open 356 racing, YouTube "Watkins Glen racing history- 25 years at speed" about the famous race track Watkins Glen in central New York state.
Dual-grill 356 B or C in background, movie "The killer has a thousand eyes" (1974). With the large rear window size, could it be a Karmann hardtop coupe?
Front of a 356 B or C, YouTube video "The making of Funeral in Berlin" (1966).
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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Red 356 C Cabrio, German movie "Alter Kahn, junge Liebe" (1973), translated "Old Kahn, young love".
Black 356 Speedster, movie "Go ask Alice" (1973).
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 6:00 am Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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Triple composite of dual-grille 356 B Coupe accompanying a 1930's Auto Union mid-engine Grand Prix racer, YouTube "Edelweiss Bergpreis Rossfeld" (2024). The Rossfeld Panorama Road is a scenic toll road in southeastern Germany near Berchtesgaden. The magnificent mid-engined racer was designed by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche. This car with its dual rear wheels was set up for hillclimbs in the mid-to late 1930's. The dual rear tires helped bring the power to the ground for better traction, from the V16 supercharged watercooled engine (!). Hans Stuck (Sr.) was one of the few drivers who mastered the handling on sharp curves on hillclimbs in that era. The racer (an original, not replica) is from Audi's museum collection in Ingolstadt.
Composite of 356 B dual-grill Coupe in background, German TV crime drama show "Strassenfeger" ep. 14.
Red 356 Coupe at right on street, YouTube video "1972 Southern California Catalina, LA, and more".
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2025 4:18 am Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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356 Coupes racing at the German Nuerburgring during the 1000 Km race in 1958. From Motorsport Images. In the first photo, the slender Nuerburg castle can be seen along the top of one of the hills in center background.
Ivory 356 B Coupe parked at left, TV show "The streets of San Francisco" episode "Superstar" season 4 ep. 21 (1976).
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Rome
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2025 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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Seen in visitor photos of the Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard, CA (I hope these images work; preview does not show them):
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2025 8:04 am Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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Have any of you seen photos of the award-winning '60 356 B custom built by Tim Franklin, or possibly even been to the SEMA show in Las Vegas earlier this month? "Battle of the builders".
Coverage starts at 1:59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx6R4Zq1s-U |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2025 5:16 am Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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| Rome wrote: |
356 Coupes racing at the German Nuerburgring during the 1000 Km race in 1958. From Motorsport Images. In the first photo, the slender Nuerburg castle can be seen along the top of one of the hills in center background.
Ivory 356 B Coupe parked at left, TV show "The streets of San Francisco" episode "Superstar" season 4 ep. 21 (1976).
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1955 Nurburgring race, Porsche 356 and more:
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr-retro-sport-...zIxNTUzOTI |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2025 7:49 am Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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An excellent resource, wagen! Are you able to take screen shots, prepare them, and post them here? There are many races covered in this video; all are from the German Touring Car Championship in 1955, with the first one shown being production sports cars- a field full of Porsche 356 in 2 batches- 1500 cc and the 2nd one at 1300 cc. 
Is that a young Graham Hill at lower right @ 0:43? |
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wagen19
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2025 9:42 am Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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| Rome wrote: |
An excellent resource, wagen! Are you able to take screen shots, prepare them, and post them here? There are many races covered in this video; all are from the German Touring Car Championship in 1955, with the first one shown being production sports cars- a field full of Porsche 356 in 2 batches- 1500 cc and the 2nd one at 1300 cc.
Is that a young Graham Hill at lower right @ 0:43? |
Hello dear Rome,
I think, you have the better possibilities for making screen shots and posting them.
Up to now I did no search for for more info about that race at Nurburgring late May of 1955, only here:
https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Nurburgring-1955-05-29.html
At "ARD Mediathek" (german TV), with some luck, we can find some more good material. |
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wagen19
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| Posted: Yesterday 1:26 am Post subject: Re: 356 in Kill Bill and other media |
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| Rome wrote: |
An excellent resource, wagen! Are you able to take screen shots, prepare them, and post them here? There are many races covered in this video; all are from the German Touring Car Championship in 1955, with the first one shown being production sports cars- a field full of Porsche 356 in 2 batches- 1500 cc and the 2nd one at 1300 cc.
Is that a young Graham Hill at lower right @ 0:43? |
OK, it seems quite possible, that he is it with 26 years.
Among the Porsche 356 drivers are some interesting names along VW and Porsche motorsport history, such as Walter Hampel (VLK), Paul-Ernst Strahle, Victor Spingler, Max Nathan and more.
It was planned as a big party with some show events, stimulating sales.
https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Nurburgring-1955-05-29a.html
Interesting would be, if there were 356 cars with early Carrera engines in the field.
Goetze is a factory that made piston rings and much more. |
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