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Originally Posted by GuidoK
Do you know the meaning or purpose of the playing card symbols on some of the cars?
(I saw 2: red spades and a black clubs)
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I forget why. I know that car was one of a series of cars the factory employees made for Ferry's Birthday. The factory workers had a tradition of creating a special car for Ferry's birthday every five years. And typically the project would take many years to finish. The Austro-Daimler Sascha was just one of these "projects". The old fire truck was another as was the four door 928.
I think the card images were done for "luck". I also think its bc Ferry liked to play cards.
The car was presented to Ferry to remember his father's years when he worked for Austro-Daimler.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Daimler_Sascha
Some of Ferry's B-Day cars...
Sascha-Daimler
Firetruck
Four Door 928
Ferry's special silver 914 with a flat eight!!
Piech's 914/8 with a 300Hp race motor from the 908!
