RE: Porsche 917K: You Know You Want To

[dinkel]

In 2006 I snapped these 2: first the K and 9 photos later the Mk3B.



Decide which one you like best.

The yellow one gets my vote.

[Dusty964]

As lovely as it is, I would prefer mine in Le Mans winning livery.

[Klippie]

The shape, the noise, the speed...the legend.

Awesome...

[big dub]

Last one I saw for sale went for £17m, expect this to go for more being a Gulf one.

[canucklehead]

Cars like this rarely change hands in public, or even at auctions. What a car.

I really hope the new owner takes it racing, so it can be seen being used as it was meant to be. It would be a huge shame for it to be locked away in a climate-controlled warehouse.

[ChilliWhizz]

big dub said:

Last one I saw for sale went for £17m, expect this to go for more being a Gulf one.

I cannot imagine spending £17m on any one individual object/thing, never mind a car.... Oh hang on, maybe an Island in the Caribbean.. or Indian Ocean... or the Pacific

[Hrimfaxi]

On the advert - "Finance this car"

[Car_Nut]

As they say on disclaimers "other liveries are available":




The most charismatic racing car of all time in my view. While nobody (I hope) wishes motorsport to become a blood sport again, this is a memory that shows how dreary, anodyne, and lacking in diversity the sport has become...

[RDMcG]

I have seen a few of them here and there and taken a few pics...:

Simeone Collection Philadelphia:



Petersen in L.A:


Porsche Museum of course:




Original livery study in the Archives..
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Edited by RDMcG on Wednesday 22 February 00:38

[Dapster]

Brands Hatch 1970

[Patrick Bateman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkP5Svl16Qg

I've not heard another car top that. Utterly glorious.

[Cold]

I would struggle to call that an attractive looking car.

[wibble cb]

Cold said:

I would struggle to call that an attractive looking car.

Attractive, possibly not, but still utterly desirable,I am only allowed 2 cars on the walls of my home:

[sege]

Dapster said:

Brands Hatch 1970

Exiting Druids? Whatever, what an incredible photo!

[lufbramatt]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K0YCGF3ncEY

Surprised they don't need trailers on the back of the cars to carry their gonads around, 650bhp monsters with no driver aids on huge tyres in a monsoon.

[generationx]

Davey S2 said:

SirSquidalot said:

When i win the lottery, i'll have one and convert it to be a road car!

Why? It would be an utterly st road car and you'd implode the value of it as a race car.

Not as unlikely as you might think

[Dusty964]

generationx said:

Davey S2 said:

SirSquidalot said:

When i win the lottery, i'll have one and convert it to be a road car!

Why? It would be an utterly st road car and you'd implode the value of it as a race car.

Not as unlikely as you might think

Amazing really. The only road going version came about through sponsorship, yet the gulf car is the iconic one due to a film.

[British Beef]

When being an ordinary "millionaire" is simply no where near enough to buy or run!

Having said that in this day and age there appear to be plenty such funded people around the globe, sadly most will see it as a status symbol to add to investment collection.

It amazes me that these things were so light (800kg) with roll cage, roof and "seating" for 2, even a modern day Elise weighs more than that.

[angelicupstarts]

this is one of a very few cars that when I see i loose power of speech , i just stand and stare .
the history , the power , the sculpture of the car ...all combine like allmost no other to me ..
and i guess the movie Le Mans all combine to leave me in a trance .
this was porsche at a peak , a wonderful climb from 550 spyders , 906 , all 911 race dna cars , wonderful and forgotten cars like le mans winning 916 ..
also when you get the chance to hop in one ( i was very lucky ) you will see for weight saving there is next to nothing to protect legs from a crash ..feet stick out beyond any superstructure just plastic between you with 800hp plus and another car or wall !
brave men

[3yardy3]

Quote: There are certain cars in the history of sportscar and Le Mans racing that are fondly remembered as legends: the Ford GT40, the early Bentleys, the Jaguar D-Type and probably one of the 21st century Audis now too.

What about the fantastic Mazda 787b?