# @luftgekuhlt on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhm3u0LDCNE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14572909-luftgekuhlt-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/ecba525bab.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-04-15T22:10:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Luftgekühlt ®️ (@Luftgekuhlt) — https://gondola.cc/Luftgekuhlt

## Caption

Gmünd. 
Here's how we connect the dots between our next event at Ganahl Lumber Company and an interesting facet of Porsche's history - as it turns out there's a surprising connection between lumber and the carmaker's early history. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Read the whole story at the link in our bio and learn some of the context for the next chapter in the Luftgekühlt story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
History buffs will be aware that the initial series of aluminum-bodied 356 models were constructed at an old sawmill in Gmünd, Austria - colloquially known as "Gmünd 356es" - and to this day the exact number of cars in the series remains a point of contention among Porsche fans.
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There is much, much more to the story - including Allied bombings, the US Army paying rent to Porsche for their facilities in Zuffenhausen, the Porsche family villa, a re-claimed wooden barracks and the introduction of famed Volkswagen importer Max Hoffman. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Read the whole story at the link in our bio and learn some of the context for the next chapter in the Luftgekühlt story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#Luft5 #Luftgekühlt #porscheclassic #sportscartogether 
Photo credit Porsche Archiv

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