Tim-Tim Comeau wrote:Ok, thanks , Dave. Do you know the chassis number?
Yes, it was 917-043, raced by Martini at Le Mans in 1970 and by Wyer in 1971. http://962.com/registry/917/917-043/index.htmTim Comeau wrote: I never saw the hippie car. That would have been cool.
Oh yeah, I saw that one too when they had it at Symbolic for awhile, #917-023, the one that came from the Matsuda collection via Vasek Polak, and had the chassis plate switched there. There was some controversy over which car had actually raced and won at Le Mans in 1970.http://home.pacbell.net/eye4cars/917k_23.htmlTim Comeau wrote:I was referring to the Le Mans winner with red and white stripes, also the subject of an Excellence article.
No, that was what was commonly believed and was the basis of the dispute I mentioned above. The car in the museum was NOT the car that won at LeMans, the one in the Matsuda collection was. Vasek changed the ID plate when he had it. This was all cleared up in the courts, finally, because so much money rides on such provenance. Read the link I posted above and then this one too.993Panzer wrote:If I'm not mistaken, the 917 K #23 (Red & White) that won at LeMans is in the Porsche factory collection. It was the first car Porsche won Lemans out right with.
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