Lego 1959 Porsche Diesel Junior 108

"Jim Spanfeller" (awesomeaustinv) 07/29/2020 at 14:44 • Filed to: Legolopnik, Tractorlopnik, porsche

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The last affordable air-cooled Porsche!

Porsche designed these tractors around the same time he designed the Beetle, but after the WWII only tractor manufacturers were allowed to actually build tractors, so Porsche tractors weren’t actually built by Porsche, but they were built under license by other companies such as Mannesmann. My model features working steering (albeit with horrendous bumpsteer) and working “suspension” up front. The front tires are made from a 4x4 radar dish in the center of a 6x6 radar dish with a regular tire stretched over them to make a nice skinny tractor tire, and the chrome strip on the distinctive art-deco hood was made by cutting the border of a chrome Lego sticker sheet. The grille up front is also made with custom stickers, based on a design from a printed Lego piece. 

XJDano > Jim Spanfeller 07/29/2020 at 15:14

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This is good. I’d build one if I could/ had all the pieces. 

Brickman > Jim Spanfeller 07/29/2020 at 15:38

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That is awesome!

shop-teacher > Jim Spanfeller 07/29/2020 at 17:46

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Super cool!

A Boy and His Longtail > Jim Spanfeller 07/29/2020 at 19:36

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Nice!

Gertman2000 > Jim Spanfeller 07/29/2020 at 21:56

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This is REALLY great!!! I LOVE it!!!!

Stef Schrader > Jim Spanfeller 07/30/2020 at 13:25

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Oh my gosh, is this a real kit? If so, I need it immediately.

Jim Spanfeller > Stef Schrader 07/30/2020 at 16:22

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Nope, it’s something I designed myself. Sorry to disappoint you. But thanks for the compliment :)

Stef Schrader > Jim Spanfeller 07/31/2020 at 15:56

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That’s what I get for hopping into the comments before reading all the text, oops. But man, that’s even cooler. I love the tractors so much.

Jim Spanfeller > Stef Schrader 07/31/2020 at 16:35

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Thanks!

seaanemone85 > Jim Spanfeller 07/31/2020 at 17:35

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so, you just whipped this together? kudos.