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I just finished the carbon chassis Rlaarlo AK917 build, and although the current body looks good my vision has changed. I had a spare clear body to play with and decided to do it up differently. We’ve all seen the ubiquitous Gulf liveried 917’s, the Hippie Car, the Pink Pig, and the (rare) Martini schemes, all of which are awesome. What I’ve never seen is one done in the original paint of the 25 cars Porsche produced for FIA homologation. Chassis 917-001 had a green nose, and I just wasn’t feeling that. The other 24 were finished very simply in Grand Prix White with the classic Porsche stripe on the lower flanks and a minimal amount of sponsor decals used during testing and a few original outings before Le Mans. Thats what I’m doing.
Here it is, masked and ready. The photo of the prepped shell on that filthy workbench is for @Ron Burgandy
Here is my motivation. The very first 917’s ever produced, chassis numbers 917-001 through 917-025 awaiting FIA inspection in front of Porsches race production facility.
And for those not familiar with this story please, for the love of god, Google it. What your are seeing in the above photo was a blatant FU to Enzo Ferrari and Carrol Shelby. Due to a rule change in 1969, the FIA changed displacement rules for the upcoming season and required each manufacturer to have at least 25 examples to qualify for the exemption, never dreaming that Porsche (at the time, smaller and struggling) would pull 25 cars out of the factory in a few very short months. They did it, and when the FIA inspectors went to the Porsche Motorsport factory, they smelled a rat and thought many must be non-running cars. They were offered the keys to all, and suggested they choose one at random to test. They declined to drive any of them, signed them off, and the rest is history. Looking at that photo, 25 917’s awaiting FIA inspection in 1969, still gives me goose bumps.
Yimo go paint a shell now.
Here it is, masked and ready. The photo of the prepped shell on that filthy workbench is for @Ron Burgandy
Here is my motivation. The very first 917’s ever produced, chassis numbers 917-001 through 917-025 awaiting FIA inspection in front of Porsches race production facility.
And for those not familiar with this story please, for the love of god, Google it. What your are seeing in the above photo was a blatant FU to Enzo Ferrari and Carrol Shelby. Due to a rule change in 1969, the FIA changed displacement rules for the upcoming season and required each manufacturer to have at least 25 examples to qualify for the exemption, never dreaming that Porsche (at the time, smaller and struggling) would pull 25 cars out of the factory in a few very short months. They did it, and when the FIA inspectors went to the Porsche Motorsport factory, they smelled a rat and thought many must be non-running cars. They were offered the keys to all, and suggested they choose one at random to test. They declined to drive any of them, signed them off, and the rest is history. Looking at that photo, 25 917’s awaiting FIA inspection in 1969, still gives me goose bumps.
Yimo go paint a shell now.