Solved: Allemano's № 782 - anti-smuggler "Bosom" (Besen)-Porsche 356

[Allemano]

No point for the car, but do you know the story*?
One point if you can tell the most significant facts.


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*I mean it's a real story – quite interisting I think..

[Allemano]

it goes ahead...

[Allemano]

...again!

[Otto Puzzell]

Used to clear debris at a race track?

[Wendax]

This Porsche 356 belonged to the German customs (,,Zoll") and was used along the German-Belgian and German-Dutch borders in the early 1950's. It was equipped with iron brooms in front of the wheels in order to wipe caltrops (,,Krähenfüße" = crow's feet in German) away. Those brooms were operated hydraulically. In those days smuggling coffee was a very lucrative business and the smugglers even used armoured cars. The customs drivers received a racing drivers' training at the Nürburgring in order to get accustomed to the two ,,Broom Porsches" which were reaching 180 km/h. They even had specially trained ,,coffee dogs"!

[Allemano]

This Porsche 356 belonged to the German customs (,,Zoll") and was used along the German-Belgian and German-Dutch borders in the early 1950's. It was equipped with iron brooms in front of the wheels in order to wipe caltrops (,,Krähenfüße" = crow's feet in German) away. Those brooms were operated hydraulically. In those days smuggling coffee was a very lucrative business and the smugglers even used armoured cars. The customs drivers received a racing drivers' training at the Nürburgring in order to get accustomed to the two ,,Broom Porsches" which were reaching 180 km/h. They even had specially trained ,,coffee dogs"!

A perfect answer! It's the Besenporsche!