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euro911

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=/AzMWgXgM3EM
SKL1
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!'
Dave_Darling
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
cary
Here's another video from Emory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox6jDa0j40o
gms
QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Oct 26 2016, 11:34 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

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.
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euro911
I'm not going to bet any $, but the question if it was 'the' car was discussed at 5:44 in the video confused24.gif

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