356 LM nº 46

In 1951 Porsche was officially invited to race in Le Mans 24-Hour race happening in June. They had tree 356-2 Gmünd coupés with aluminium body but due to accidents only the nº46 was on the starting line and was droved by Auguste Veuillet and Edmond Mouche. It was an awesome first run, they won in the class up to 1100 cc. It was also the first victory for a German sports car in international racing after the war. The car was propelled by an air cooled four cylinder boxer engine of 1.083 cc producing 46 hp. The Porsche 356-2 Gmünd for Le Mans 1951 weighted 640 kg and had a maximum speed of 160 Km/h. The car is today called as the 356LM nº46.

356LM nº46