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Posted by: euro911 Oct 26 2016, 01:06 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=/AzMWgXgM3EM

Posted by: SKL1 Oct 26 2016, 06:22 PM

Great video! Amazing rebuild considering how many "lives" it's had! No body back then cared a bit about an old race car! How times have changed!'

Posted by: Dave_Darling Oct 26 2016, 10:34 PM

I remember seeing it run as a red open-topped car at the Historics for years. And I knew the owner--Chuck Forge was a 914 guy as well. A really nice guy!

I had no idea that was the first Porsche to race at Le Mans!

--DD

Posted by: cary Oct 27 2016, 06:55 AM

Here's another video from Emory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox6jDa0j40o

Posted by: gms Oct 27 2016, 09:05 AM

They are saying it is the car that won its class at Le Mans in 1951 but in reality there is a one in 3 chance that this car won Le Mans, nobody knows because Porsche did not record the serial number. They packed them up and sent them to America in November 1951. Don't believe me ask the Gmund coupe expert Phil Carney.

Posted by: euro911 Oct 27 2016, 11:11 AM

I'm not going to bet any $, but the question if it was 'the' car was discussed at 5:44 in the video

Gary gave me a nice set of 4-hole horn grilles for my early 911 restoration (a Christmas gift) back in the 80's