Some cars leave a paper trail; the Porsche 64 left a name, a year — 1939 — and a place in Porsche's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it. 3 were built.
The story
The Porsche 64, also known as the Type 64 and Type 60K10, is considered by many to be the first automobile from what was to become the Porsche company, and a true design precursor to the post-war production model.
Its place in the line
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Lincoln Continental, the Volkswagen Beetle, the Chrysler Windsor. Nearby in the Porsche catalogue sit the Porsche P1 and the Porsche Type 12.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Porsche 64 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.