Porsche: I bought Type7 Artifacts

Porsche archive photo collection

I purchased something like a Porsche art book called "Type 7: Artifacts" which was released on September 1, 2023.

This book contains photos of archive materials that were taken to commemorate Porsche's 75th anniversary when they were allowed access to Porsche's corporate archive (a storage facility where Porsche's various records from the past to the present are kept). Something like a collection.

It is fairly large in size, with a total of 356 pages, a carefully selected number of pages.

I just received it and would like to take a look at it.

This is the package that arrived. yeah. There's a lot of tape stuck around.

This is proof that the package was opened once at customs and the contents were checked.

Well, I'm not smuggling anything strange, so I don't mind if you open it and check it, but I was a little sad when the customs check came in.

First of all, I will open the cardboard box that has already been opened once by customs.

The product that came out from inside was...wow.

As a matter of course, the package of the item inside here was first opened by customs and then taped again.

This is the first sad point.

After all, the ``paper (wrapping paper)'' that this book is wrapped in is itself a piece of art, and the wrapping paper has a design that pays homage to the blueprints of the Porsche 930 (tears). It was covered with customs tape...

Well, it can't be helped. ←It's surprising how easily people throw things like this away.

When I regained my composure and opened the wrapping paper for this 930 blueprint, there was a mark inside that said something like ``Caution!'' and a piece of paper with several people's signatures on the top. It was listed.

picture? what?

Is this what the customs people checked and signed?

...I thought for a moment, but this paper was one of the things attached to the Porsche book ^^ ↓

The people producing this book, Type 7, were allowed access to the Porsche archive in Zuffenhausen, which is normally only allowed to certain employees, and they entered the room and worked on it. This archive is quite amazing, as it is kept in a room protected by a remote-locked door and an argon gas fire extinguishing system.

Therefore, in order to enter this room, he had to read and understand the warning, ``In the event that the fire alarm goes off, after the warning time (30 seconds) has elapsed, the room will be filled with digestive gas and there is a risk of death.'' You have to sign it.

And the paper included this time is a copy of the paper that was actually signed by the staff when they entered the archive to create this book. It's a stylish thing to do.

In addition to the book, there were also two stickers included in the bag (lol). I'm glad it didn't get dropped during the customs check ^^

Now, the Artifacts book has finally come out. It came in a very nice box.

By the way, when I measured the weight, it was 4.5 kg. Isn't it quite heavy? ?

The second point I noticed when I was about to open the box was the sadness of the customs check.

The box of this book was sealed with a sticker at first to create the excitement of opening the box and the excitement of being able to experience the valuable experience of being able to interact with Porsche's archives. ”.

The seal has the words "Security Seal Cut to Open". It was sealed with a seal for security, so I had to cut the seal to open it.

So...it was already opened by the customs staff (tears)! ! !

Where is the fun of opening it? ! !

I thought about it, but it was opened fairly neatly, and I thought it would be nice to save myself the trouble of opening it myself (laughs).

When I opened the box, a very nice book was revealed.

356 pages, quite thick.

Actually, this is still...

It's still a box (lol).

...It's still a box.

A box or a case. When will the main body of the book come out?

The main body is a white book taken out of the case. It finally came out.

When I opened it, there was a separate thin booklet labeled Index.

Basically, the main body is a photo book, so it's all photos (and really simple one-line explanations), and the rest of the detailed explanations are posted separately in this Index booklet.

As I flicked through it, I noticed a line of signs that said "Hoffman."

Oh, speaking of Mr. Hoffman, he is an American car importer who sold Porsche in the United States, andThe person who first approached Porsche to create a logo!!

Yes, this photo is a page from Porsche's past factory production ledger.

Also, it's actually a hand-drawn sketch of the original Porsche crest.

For example, there are also photos of the 930's cylinder head, and I imagine that there are a lot of people who can't stop being excited when they see something like this, although I don't know. I looked at it while playing.

For me, just looking at the photo gives me a vague reaction of "Hmm, cylinder head...", but this is where the separate volume "Index" that I mentioned earlier comes into play.

If you look at the description of this photo on Index, it says, ``The 'R' at the end of the part number indicates a blank part that was manufactured by a third party or used for development purposes.''

For me, it's more interesting to see this kind of information because it makes me go, "Wow."

For the time being, I thought it was a book that was too geeky for those who normally like to ride Porsche and like to see Porsche because it is cool.

It's a level I can't keep up with (lol).

After all, the editor-in-chief of Type7: Artifacts

“There are so many nerdy little details like that.”

That's how much I admit that I'm an otaku (lol). But for some reason, I wanted this book so much that I couldn't help but buy it. Hehehe.

reference site:
◆(Official)Artifacts: bringing hidden treasures to life
◆Sites sold by Porsche:Here
◆I bought it from this site (because it was shipped to Japan):E.R.G.