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Who was Erwin Komenda Beitrag von „Albert Motorsport“ vom 23. August 2019, 10:41 Erwin Komenda Date of Birth : April 6 1904 Deceased : August 22 1966 Biography Erwin Komenda #Erwin #Komenda was born April 6 1904 in#Jauern /Semmering (Austria). Without any doubt Erwin Komenda inherited his technical talent from his father who was the technical conductor of the first electricity plant of the Semmering region and Weyer. In 1913 the family moved to Weyer, a little village in Austria near Steyr. That’s where Erwin Komenda went to a technical college for a study of iron processing. After his studies he worked as engineer in the Wiener#Karosserie-Fabrik . In 1926, Erwin Komenda started working as body designer at the#Steyr-Werke . A few years later, in 1929 Ferdinand Porsche took the position of technical manager at the Steyr-Werke and that’s exactly where the paths of Komenda and #Ferdinand #Porsche first crossed. Soon after Ferdinand Porsche joined Steyr-Werke, Erwin Komenda left the firm to join #Daimler- Benz in Sindelfingen (Germany) #Chiefas #Engineer for the test and development http://forum.9lf.de/forum/index.php?thread/611-who-was-erwin-komenda/ 1 department. Erwin Komenda started working in 1931 for the freshly started Porsche Design Company. He didn’t leave Porsche until his death in 1966. Erwin Komenda was the chief engineer and leader of the Porsche #car-body construction department. Auto Union and Cisitalia Erwin Komenda developed the car-body construction of the VW Beetle, the most built car-body of the last century. Some of the famous designs by the hand of Komenda ar the Auto Union Grand Prix Car and the Cisitalia Grand Prix Car. For both these projects Komenda co-operated with his right hand #Josef #Mickl. Porsche 356 In November 1946 Erwin Komenda signed the ideas for the first Porsche sports car. He developed the Porsche 356 and variations including the 356 Porsche speedster. Next to that, Komenda was responsible for the design of the famous Porsche#550 #Spyder. Erwin Komenda played a substantial role in the fabrication of the successor of the Porsche#356 . The Porsche 901 that took the Zuffenhausen Company into a next generation, ultimately became the extreme successful #Porsche #911. One of his final projects was the development of the light-weight fibreglass car body #904of sports racer. For this project Komenda co-operated very closely with#Butzi Porsche. The car body was mounted to a box frame for#semi-monocoque a structure. The Porsche 904 is considered to be one of the best car designs ever. The final years of Komenda’s life were marked by conflicts with members of the Porsche family within the company over the development of the Porsche 911. Komenda was an active worker up to his early death on Aug. 22nd, 1966 from lung cancer. His life’s work ended with the development of the great Porsche 911. http://forum.9lf.de/forum/index.php?thread/611-who-was-erwin-komenda/ 2.

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