914 GT at le Mans 1970, New video found |
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914 GT at le Mans 1970, New video found |
johannes |
Mar 21 2012, 03:52 AM
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Club Porsche 914 France President Group: Members Posts: 3,084 Joined: 13-January 06 From: France Member No.: 5,409 Region Association: France |
Theese are rare footages of the Porsche 914 GT at Le Mans 1970.
The car was prepared by the french importer Sonauto. It finished sixth and won the GT class, beating all the 911. It was driven by Guy Chasseuil & Claude Ballot-Léna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgkDHvDwU0Q The BW shots are from French TV archive. The Color shots are from Automobile Club official Film (Not the Steve McQueen Movie) This is edited from copyrighted material. I will make this video available for a limited time and I won't provide any copy. The color film only shows a few seconds of 914. It can be watched for free here: http://www.ina.fr/sport/auto-moto/video/VD...fficiel.fr.html The 45mn BW video is not free. It shows a lot of 917 and about 2min (what I edited) of 914. It can be previewed and purchased here: http://www.ina.fr/video/CPF07003554/24-heu...de-jour.fr.html |
1970 Neun vierzehn |
Mar 21 2012, 07:34 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 16-March 06 From: cincinnati, ohio Member No.: 5,727 |
Thanks for sharing what must be a rather obscure video. I've read that the 914/6 beating all the 911 entries rankled some folks in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Today, the Porsche press makes sure that Porsche gets exposure when they win a GT class, eventhough there is no overall victory. Sorta the way it was up until the 908-917 steamroller. Surely, the 1970 overall LeMans victory was something to be justly proud of, even more meaningful as it was Porsches' 1st outright win at that famed circuit. Sadly, that victory eclipsed the GT winning entry of the SONAUTO team.
Thanks again for finding that clip and sharing it with us. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) Paul |
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