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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 (). 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 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 () #Chief as #Engineer for the test and development

http://forum.9lf.de/forum/index.php?thread/611-who-was-erwin-komenda/&postID=736#post736 1 department. Erwin Komenda started working in 1931 for the freshly started 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

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 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 . He developed the 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 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 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 . 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.

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