![]() ![]() This speaking tube worked perfectly,” as Falk recalls the precursor to the intercom system of today that he developed. ![]() “I spoke into a thick plastic tube that went straight into Herbert’s helmet. At the Monte Carlo Rally of 1965, he was co-pilot to Herbert Linge in the 911 2.0. 1964 he started working in pre-series and racing support, where he got the 911 on the track, among others. In 1959 he joined Porsche as an engineer, one of only ten employees in the test driving department. Then came victories in the Geneva Rally and the International German Rally in 1957, along with sixth place in the Liège-Brescia-Liège road race. ![]() Together they proved victorious in their class. ![]() Kling had his workshop next door and introduced Falk to motorsport. Six years later, he was seated alongside driver Alfred Kling in a Porsche in his first rally. When he was barely 18, he came third in a motorbike precision driving contest in the Northern Black Forest. “From early childhood on I was interested in all forms of motion on land, from tricycles to bicycles to cars, so it was no wonder that I made my intense interest in the technology used for these vehicles into my career,” as Falk explains his greatest passion. After an apprenticeship as a car mechanic he studied mechanical engineering, specialising in automotive technology. Peter Falk was born in Athens on 27 November 1932 as the son of an archaeologist. ![]()
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