Topic: ES_p18 Porsche P312 Coffee Train for Brazilian plantations year 1954

[serra]

What is this?

[serra]

I am sure that experts could find this one.

[Majeko]

Allgaier Porsche P312 Kaffeelug (Coffee Train) 1954

[serra]

Well done one more point for you, you are 4 points to professionals  now.

This Porsche tractors were designed to work on coffee plantations from Brazil. The aerodynamic design was not for speed, its smooth lines were designed to avoid damage to the delicate coffee plants. Likewise, it is unique in the Porsche tractor heritage in having a petrol engine because the coffee plantation owners did not want diesel fumes near their plants.

[Bill Murray]

Hi Serra:

Just to add a bit more, only 300 examples were built and your puzzle tractor is said to be the only survivor.
Bill

[grobmotorix]

A predecessor and two more photos of those cool streamlined tractors:

[Bill Murray]

Thank you so much for those photos, Burkhard!!

My rather extensive research never turned up anything more than various articles about the survivor
and some details about the history of the Coffee Train.

Valuable additions to the archives!!

Bill

[grobmotorix]

No problem - I saw those photos just by chance - they were presented at a special exhibiton area about old tractors at the very cool new Fahr(T)raum Museum in Mattsee / Austria last autumn.