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" Project &amp;#039;Racing Coup\u00E9&amp;#039; The story of the forgotten Porsche began in 1964. Back then, this particular\u00A0Porsche 911\u00A0was happily running along in its standard configuration.\u00A0Then, in 1966, it would be sent to the Automotive Engineering department at the University of Aachen. \u00A0The mission: turn it into a &amp;#039;racing coup\u00E9&amp;#039; with a folding roof. The\u00A0design study seems to take at least some inspiration from the\u00A0Porsche 904\u00A0race car\u00A0and its\u00A0rear engine cover, which could be seen as a kind of retractable roof.  Body shop at the end of the road Technical drawings and a miniature model were devised before the in-house body department at the University of Aachen went to work on building a completely new body.\u00A0To keep the weight low, many parts were fabricated in aluminium, including the characteristic rear louvres and the adjacent &amp;#039;Targa&amp;#039; rollover bar.\u00A0  The fact that this Porsche had genuine racing ambitions can also be seen from the arrangement of the instruments on the dashboard: they were subsequently added to the right-hand side.\u00A0The highlight of the study was undoubtedly the hinged cockpit canopy, integrated in its closed state to flow in harmony with the body line.\u00A0 Finally, the concept car, complete with its retractable roof, was sent to a paint shop in W\u00FCrselen, a German town in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia, where it was given its bright green color. Here, too, the model name Porsche HLS was added in black letters.   Left to rot  What happened next explains why the retractable roof Porsche 911 \u00A0has, until\u00A0now, generated not a single entry on\u00A0Google: it simply disappeared.\u00A0Presumably, the eccentric study found no favor at \u00A0Zuffenhausen, so it was simply parked at the body shop and left there\u2014for\u00A040 years.\u00A0 It was not until 911 expert Manfred Hering of\u00A0Early 911s\u00A0was asked whether he could restore the long-forgotten concept that it once again saw the light of day.\u00A0  &amp;quot;I was asked whether I could restore the Porsche for around 30,000 euros.\u00A0Of course, I had to say no, but I then tried to buy this unique Porsche,&amp;quot; says Hering.\u00A0&amp;quot;After three years of discussions and negotiations I stood in front of the handsome wreck that had been left exposed to the weather for the last four decades.\u00A0The original engine\u00A0and a spare engine were dismantled but came with it\u2014and had already served as a home for several families of mice.&amp;quot;  Bright future ahead Hering has definite plans for the car&amp;#039;s\u00A0future of the car: &amp;quot;In mid-April 2015, I will present the retractable roof Porsche at the Techno Classic for the first time.\u00A0Then we will study it more closely and attempt to restore as many original parts as possible.&amp;quot;\u00A0 Whether he will, at some point in the future, want to sell this unique treasure is a question we&amp;#039;ll save for a later meeting. This article originally appeared at ClassicDriver.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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