As 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 MoreChassis 026 was one of eight 917s campaigned by the Gulf Oil-backed John Wyer Automotive Engineering crew during 1970. Porsche brought Wyer’s much-respected outfit on board for the 1970…
Read MoreChassis 031 was a 917 dispatched to the Gulf Oil-backed John Wyer Automotive team in England for use during the 1970 season. For carnet reasons it ran with the identity of chassis 026 which had been…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche’s back catalogue is filled with beautiful and successful machinery, the iconic Group 4 / 5 917 raced between 1969 and 1971 remains unmatched in terms of status and desirability.
Read More029 was a new-for ‘71 example of the 917 that raced under the identity of an existing car, 014, for carnet reasons. The actual 014 had done four events in 1970 which included a win at the Spa 1000km.
Read MoreChassis 035 was one of eight 917 Kurzhecks used by the Gulf Oil-sponsored John Wyer Automotive Engineering squad during the 1971 season. Porsche had recruited Wyer’s team to manage the 917…
Read MoreChassis 023 was one of four 917s leased to the Porsche Konstruktionen Salzburg team for the 1970 season. The Salzburg operation was a quasi-works outfit run by Ferdinand Porsche’s grandson…
Read MoreChassis 020 was one of four 917s allocated to the quasi-works Porsche Salzburg squad for the 1970 season. Although Porsche had signed a deal with John Wyer Automotive Engineering to race the 917…
Read MoreChassis 024 was one of the rare Porsche 917s that never raced in period. The car made its debut appearance at the 1970 Le Mans Test which took place over the weekend of April 11th and 12th.
Read MoreAlthough Porsche contracted John Wyer’s Gulf-backed team to handle the racing side of things with the 917 for 1970 and 1971, Ferdinand Porsche’s grandson, Ferdinand Piech (who had been a key…
Read MoreChassis 013 was one of the eight 917s raced on Porsche’s behalf by the Gulf-backed John Wyer Automotive Engineering crew during 1970. 013 first appeared as a T-car for the Daytona 24 Hours…
Read MoreChassis 014 was one of the eight 917s used by the Gulf-backed John Wyer Automotive Engineering operation during the 1970 season. Porsche had recruited Wyer’s team (JWAE) with a two-year deal to…
Read MoreChassis 015 was one of the eight 917s raced by the Gulf-backed John Wyer Automotive Engineering crew in 1970 (JWAE). Having spent a vast sum on racing and development in the years prior, Porsche…
Read MoreChassis 034 was built up for use by the Gulf-backed John Wyer Automotive Engineering crew that Porsche had brought on board to race the 917 on their behalf during 1970 and 1971. For carnet…
Read MoreChassis 052 was the second of three short tail 917s built with an experimental magnesium chassis. The magnesium chassis was created specially for 1971’s Le Mans 24 Hour race where Porsche would…
Read MoreChassis 053 was one of three 917s built with an experimental magnesium chassis in 1971. This trio were the last Group 5 917s of any kind; all subsequent derivatives would be to Group 7 trim (for the…
Read MoreBetween 1969 and 1971, only a handful of Porsche 917s were sold to privateers. Chassis 018 was one such car. It was acquired for the 1970 season by Alex Soler-Roig of Barcelona. Soler-Roig was an…
Read MoreChassis 016 first appeared for the 917’s homologation inspection in April 21st 1969. Like the majority of 917s present that day, 016 had only been loosely assembled. It was subsequently dismantled to be…
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