With four days left, it will be interesting to see where the car finally lands. Like in the 909, the transmission was positioned in front of the differential, forcing the engine and driver position further forward. The interior is dirty, dusty and shows the nearly two decades of wear this car has endured. They were followed by 908/03 #15 of Hans Herrmann/Richard Attwood and third place went to a 5-litre Ferrari. A flat six drivetrain is correct for 907, but the bodywork is a recreation of the flat eight 908K. This beauty is newly built with only 170 miles. The car had a completely different color scheme, or, actually, no color scheme at all. The fiberglass 904 bodies were supplied and built by subcontractors and were some of the first non-aluminum race bodies. While the 909 was designed for tracks of 20 km in length, the 908/03 had to withstand 1000 km races - so, you see, it couldn't be made as light as the 909 was. The 3-litre 908/03 was just 4"/10 cm longer than the 2-litre 909, so with a length of 139"/354 cm it is a small car (it does look bigger on the photos). © 2006-2019 Race Car Replicas Inc. All Rights Reserved | Legal, Race Car Replicas, 31795 Groesbeck Highway, Fraser, MI, 48026, USA. Porsche 908 At Classic Driver, we offer a worldwide selection of Porsche 908s for sale. Or use a turbo or normally-aspirated Porsche flat 6. It was also the poster child for a car that needed aerodynamic development in its early iterations, only taming the effects of the air at very high speeds late in its development cycle. The Porsche Salzburg entered 908/03 #20 had to retire because of an accident. But the same gut-wrenching performance – with modern safety additions – can be yours, with the RCR 917. The winning car was the same (chassis 008) which won the Targa Florio. Overall this is an interesting example of a Porsche 904 replica with a unique history tied to both Beck, one of the world's most respected Porsche replica manufacturers, and Avanti Motors. The 908/03 used the know-how from the superlightweight 909 Bergspyder . This replica is based upon the car that was originally produced by Porsche as a dual-purpose street/race car and marketed under the name Carrera GTS beginning in 1963. The 917 was the most powerful sports car ever made at the time. All rights reserved |, This 904 replica for sale on Bring a Trailer (BaT). Again a Porsche 1-2-3 victory (or actually a 1-2-3-4 victory) was spoiled by a Ferrari. This 904 replica for sale on Bring a Trailer (BaT) has received some spirited bidding — already in excess of $30,000. Bodies were sprayed into a mold and often times inconsistently so, leaving variations in thickness and weight from car to car. The 904 may have been better known for its durability, including a race victory at Reims by a Stuttgart-fresh car that came direct from factory to track and took first place. The aluminium frame weighed just ~30 kg/66 lb and the foam-reinforced plastic skin only 12 kg/26 lb. The wait time to have this car built is over a year, so why wait. Use the filters to narrow down your selection based on price, year and mileage – to help find your dream Porsche 908. A pure tube frame chassis is available on special order, and at higher cost (there is a picture of it in the gallery below). With "over 1200" horsepower (Porsche was coy about the actual power output) available from the twin-turbo, flat-12 variant, it dominated sports car racing for years. Modern versions of the 904 replica can be purchased in the neighborhood of $50,000-$60,000 from a handful of different vendors, including Beck, so the money on this 904 is strong. Piëch wasn't ready to compromise on weight, so his response to engineers usually was "Too heavy!". The exterior design was a work of Eugen Kolb based on the suggestion from the aerodynamics engineer Hermann Burst. Please turn on Javascript in your browser to fully enjoy the Stuttcars.com experience. Unique Classics, Replicas and Build Culture, Copyright 2020 Rare Car Network. For an extreme example, the screws from the braking lamps were removed and the lenses glued to save a few grams.
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