Bertone built a 928/944 like prototype in 1963
 

1963 Chevrolet Testudo with design elements later picked-up by our beloved front engine Porsches.

Check out these eyes:

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...fc0-473011.jpg

And the back side:

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...a0a-473009.jpg

Lot of similarities, uncanny.

Also reminds me of XKE.

Glad our version relocated the engine to the front.

wasn't Tony Lapine at GM for a time prior to his stint at Porsche?

Looks more like a Jag than a 928 to me.

Yes Tony was at GM until 64 or 65 I believe, then went on to Porsche. I didn't know this until I was reading an old Porsche book I have. Tony also had a hand in designing the 917 series of CanAm cars too. What an awesome project that would have been to be a part of.

after GM Tony took a stint at Opel, (black widow, Opel GT, Kadett etc) and left 1968 for Porsche after the "family" hired him while touring the R&D center in Ruesselsheim looking for input developing Weissach R&D. the "black widow" demolishing the Porsches in Hockenheim had a great influence in his hiring as well.

Ectutally, this was a design study done by Bertone coach works for the Chevy Corvair. You can see from the front, there is no radiator grill, and there is an air intake above the "Corvair" script and below the window. There was only one ever built, and the engine/trans combo is at the back in usual Corvair fashion.

I think it was called the Testudo as the internal name for it in Bertone or something. Here's another shot of it:

http://iedei.files.wordpress.com/201...cept-1963.jpeg

int pic: http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp...interior1.jpeg

You can probably get a good deal on the Bertone name. They're in the Italian equivalency of bankruptcy at the moment....

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...ches-for-buyer

James

Thanks for sharing, Nicole.

Pablo over at Flüssig did a nice write-up on this one:
http://flussigmagazine.com/1/post/20...rsche-928.html