Ferry Porsche has passed away

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04-06-2012, 02:18 PM

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Ferry Porsche has passed away

911 Designer F. A. Porsche Dies At 76

No matter what you drive, you have to hold this man as a pivotal sportscar designer and manufacturer. RIP

Ferdinand Porsche and his 911 creation (photo: Porsche AG)

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04-06-2012, 04:29 PM

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Don't really care for the car but they do have great support for their cars in racing.

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04-06-2012, 06:06 PM

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I believe Ferry was his father and he went by F.A. . It gets confusing when you have three generations of Ferdinand Porsche's.....

Very sad, Apparently F.A. was the chief designer for the 911

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04-07-2012, 06:36 AM

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Zora Duntov was very good friends with the Porsche family. Zora drove Porsches for the factory while he was lead engineer for the Corvette, I don't think that would happen today.

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