Porsche 917 "Langheck"
The most famous LeMans car ever made: Porsche 917.
This piece of art was built in 1969. He was part of the legendary Le Mans race circuit. Unfortunately he had an accident in the first round and was rebuilt with all allowances then.
This Porsche 917 features the fire spitting Type 912 Flat 12 engine and is the ultimate sound of the seventies.
The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche. The 917 gave Porsche its first overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970 and 1971. Powered by the Type 912 flat-12 engine of 4.5, 4.9, or 5 litres, the 917/30 Can-Am variant was capable of a 0-62 mph (100 km/h) time of 2.3 seconds, 0–124 mph (200 km/h) in 5.3 seconds. The long tail Langheck version had a maximum measured top speed of 362 km/h (225 mph).
Ralf Kelleners has subjected this venerable racing car, which can be attributed to 1969, to extensive test drives in Valencia and Barcelona. Summary: Car runs great. So now there is - at least from the chassis number (005) - a 917, which has a rather gruesome history. Because "005" was the Porsche in which Briton John Woolfe died in a 1969 accident at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Porsche 917, designed by Ferdinand Piëch ("the greatest risk of my life"), has to be considered a "car of the century". First, the racing coupes with 4.5-liter twelve-cylinder engines and over 600 hp drove everything into the ground and won the world championships in 1970 and 1971. The FIA then changed the regulations. The 917 could no longer play along. But Porsche continued to develop the 917. And that as a Spyder with turbo engines up to 1,100 hp. The competition had no chance against these devices either. Neither in the European inter-series nor in the North American CanAm series.
Today the “917s” (whether as Coupés or Spyder) are rarities for which collectors spend millions of dollars.
