As Porsche had refused to sell customer copies of the brand new 935 for the 1976 season, the renowned Kremer Racing outfit in Cologne assembled their own 935-style Group 5 car using a…
Read MorePorsche’s thinking behind the 911 Carrera RS which it launched in late 1972 was to pave the way for the most extreme Group 4 competition car possible (the Carrera RSR). Having largely focused its…
Read MoreFor the inaugural International Race of Champions which took place at Riverside and Daytona over the winter of 1973-1974, Roger Penske ordered a batch of identical 911 Carrera RSRs. Uniquely…
Read MorePorsche’s competitive endeavours with the 924 are perhaps best remembered for its high profile outings with the Carrera GT-based homologation special, arguably the most famous of which was…
Read MoreWhen the impact bumper-equipped G body 911 was introduced for the 1974 model year, Porsche did away with its existing T, E and S hierarchy. Instead, there was now the base model 911, the mid-range…
Read MoreWorthy candidates for ultimate 911 are numerous, but can anything top an ex-works Martini Racing RSR from 1973 that bagged sixth overall and fourth in class at the Targa Florio World Championship race?
Read MoreFamously, a good contingent of Porsche’s top brass thought it would be a difficult task to sell the 500 copies of the 911 2.7 Carrera RS that were required to homologate a further uprated Carrera…
Read MoreAt the Le Mans 24 Hours in June 1979, Klaus Ludwig along with infamous Whittington brothers Don and Bill, took an incredible victory driving a Kremer Porsche 935 K3. What made the result even more…
Read MorePorsche created the fabled 2.7-litre 911 Carrera RS with one aim: to homologate the most potent Group 4 GT racing car possible. What emerged was the first generation 911 Carrera RSR which in…
Read MoreAs you would expect from a firm with such an unwavering approach to ongoing improvement, the last 911 to arrive on the original F body ‘long hood’ platform was the best. However, as a…
Read MoreWith the switch to a revised bodyshell that incorporated elegant impact-absorbing bumpers, the 1974 model year 911 (production of which began in August ‘73) ushered in the most significant…
Read MoreHave we told you in last five minutes how much we like dislike the whole resto-mod scene here at Supercar Nostalgia? Whether it’s poor fit back-dates, chintzy interiors or gross over-size wheels, this…
Read MoreHaving dominated the early 1970’s Group 4 GT racing scene with normally aspirated 911 RSRs, Porsche created a forced induction model for its customers to race during the second half of the…
Read MorePorsche’s domination of 1970s GT racing initially came about thanks to the creation of an ultra specialised Renn Sport 911 designed to exploit the Group 4 regulations, approval for which required…
Read MoreAs a consequence of having to build at leat 25 917s in order to qualify for the up to five-litre Group 4 category, Porsche ended up with many more 917s than they really needed. Following the FIA…
Read MoreWhile most other sports car manufacturers struggled to integrate the more intrusive safety equipment being mandated in most major markets during the 1970s, some innovative design saw…
Read MoreAs the most renowned Porsche racing equipe in Europe, Erwin and Manfred Kremer’s team was able to acquire naked 911 bodyshells from the factory in Stuttgart that were then assembled to the most…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche had created suitably enhanced 911s for competition use more or less since the model’s launch, Sports Prototype racing by-and-large remained the company’s main focus.
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