King Farouk's Gmund coupe

[HistoryBuff]

ave been collecting more than half century old gossip about the portly regent, so I can write a story about him--he was a colorful guy. Today I read that he owned a very early Porsche by Reutter,
An ad back in 1970 claimed car to have used a 1,131 cc Type 366
engine originally. Status (3/2004) -- Car ... Reports originally sold to Mohamed
Taher Pascha, nephew of King Farouk of Egypt so maybe that is as close as it got to the King. .The Body number
may be mistakenly recorded or stamped, could be 356/K1. ..... 806/44 8. B – Tatra
/Reutter.
Anyway to make things even more interesting, some guy working in the Mideast before the war, an intrepid explorer type, had something to do with bringing Porsches to Egypt after the war. Though he was a spy for the Nazis during the war. apparently he didn't get punished for that after the war. His name was Laslo Almasy.. and Porsche co-operated with him because they were still building the first 50 cars and wanted to get one into any high profile people's hands, including relatives of royalty. What I'd like to know is what price is sold for in later years while it was still a bargain. I am sure it is a million dollar car today.

[huligan]

László Almásy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

definitely an interesting read on this guy for sure....

[Tyler H]

You may already have this, but here is an excerpt from "Porsche 356 and 550 - A Pictorial History" by Henry Rasmussen: