Having initially been the dominant force in Group C racing, the Porsche 962 gradually began losing out to a new generation of machinery from the likes of Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz. The Porsche’s…
Read MoreConverting racing prototypes into road-going specials has produced some of the most exciting cars in history. Up until the late 1960s, when most competition machinery was still equipped with…
Read MoreAlthough 20th century sports car racing saw frequent periods of domination by some truly great automobiles, perhaps the most sustained era of supremacy by an out-and-out prototype was that of…
Read MoreChassis 115 was one of two Porsche 962s sold to Brun Motorsport for the 1986 season (the other having been chassis 117). They replaced a pair of 956s that Brun campaigned during 1985, one of…
Read MoreEx-works Porsche driver Vern Schuppan was one of several individuals that, during the late 1980s collector car boom, decided to offer a road-going version of the legendary Porsche 962.
Read MoreAlthough towards the end of its career the 956 / 962 was dethroned by newer machinery from Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, Porsche’s legendary Sports Prototype came to define the Group C era…
Read MoreChassis 151 was sold to Yojiro ‘Jiro’ Yoneyama who ran Nova Engineering, one of the top sports car teams in Japan. The new machine replaced Nova’s 1988-1989 example (chassis 132) and similarly…
Read MoreChassis 113 was the second Porsche 962 sold to New York industrialist, team owner and racing driver, Bob Akin. Having initially taken up racing with an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider in 1957 (which…
Read MoreChassis 102 was one of five customer cars built for the Porsche 962’s inaugural season: 1984. It was supplied to New York industrialist, team owner and racing driver, Bob Akin. Between 1974 and 1995…
Read MoreWilly Koenig began tuning Ferrari BBs in the mid 1970s. His fledgling business quickly began to attract customers from around Europe. Within a couple of years, Koenig Specials had expanded to…
Read MoreChassis SH-138.002 was the second of two carbonfibre 962 tubs built by Team Schuppan and sold to British privateer, Tim Lee-Davey. The tubs were produced by Schuppan under licence from…
Read MoreChassis 143 was delivered to Team Schuppan in May 1989. It was the first 962 equipped by the factory with Bosch MP 1.7 Motronic engine management. Other new equipment fitted to this latest…
Read MoreChassis GT003 was one of three Dauer 962 LMs built to Sport specification by the Porsche factory. Jochen Dauer granted Porsche permission to race cars built under his name in return for technical…
Read MoreChassis 141 was one of two Porsche 962s raced by Jochen Dauer in 1989 (the other having been chassis 133). 141 joined Dauer’s stable in the middle of the year at which point it became the team’s…
Read MoreChassis 962.8.001 started life as a prototype tub created to test a twin turbocharged V8 based on Porsche’s 928 engine. However, lack of funds meant the project was abandoned at an early stage.
Read MoreIn return for help to secure type approval for his 962 LM, Jochen Dauer granted Porsche permission to use the model for an attack at the 1994 Le Mans 24 Hours. However, when the Le…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche had been the most successful manufacturer in terms of Le Mans wins during the 1980s, the firm’s last victory had come in 1987. Since then, a global economic downturn and…
Read MoreOver the winter of 1990-1991, Jochen Dauer ordered two brand new Fabcar 962 tubs: chassis 172 and 175. Both appeared at the 1991 Daytona 24 Hours which was the only occasion either car raced.
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