906

I can only imagine the sheer joy of crawling in and out of that car, especially across a wide door sill.

When I installed my lift I wanted to be sure that my son's 911/996 would fit on it.

I was really surprised to find that it sits lower to the ground than my lowered 356 replica AND the roofline is about equal on both.

That 906 looks like it has 2" of ground clearance.  I hope it has a removable steering wheel to make getting in/out easier.

A nice car...expensive to build...other than the motor essentially a 906

ReV

Dang. My buddy Bill sold his real one for less than that.

I can’t access his pictures currently. I don’t know if this is his or not, but this is what his looked like after the restoration. He kept it plain white, but the fellow he sold it to added it’s original green flashes.

Peter Gregg found out that it had been stored in the Porsche warehouse since it crashed during practice at Zandvoort on its first outing. Bill twisted Gregg’s arm to get Porsche Motorsports to cough it up and they brought it to USA and had a guy up in CT (IIRC) restore it.

Bill did site entry/egress issues, but mostly he sold it because it wasn’t really practical to drive it on the street and he kind of lost interest in vintage racing and track days. I looked for some pictures of it at Rennsport Reunion but couldn’t find them.

Here’s the engine compartment of a real one. Notice the FIA “trunk,” along with a spare tire and a passenger seat as they were homologated in a “street” glass alongside Dino 246, Ford GT40’s, etc.  

Love the “natural” fiberglass of Porsche race cars.

I don't see the spare tire.

Real racers don’t need spare tires…..

@edsnova posted:

I don't see the spare tire.

It’s up front.

And, IIRC, the “passenger seat” makes a typical Porsche back seat look like a BarcaLounger.
Can’t remember if it’s the 906/8 or the 910 that the passenger seat is about 8” wide.

ps: I’m sure the spare up front and the fiberglass “trunk” in the rear, opposite of a 550 (and 904??) was a weight distribution thing.

@Gordon Nichols posted:

Real racers don’t need spare tires…..

The FIA finally figured that out. IIRC, they haven’t been required since the late 80’s. About the 935-962 transition.

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Maybe they needed the air in the spare to pressurize the windshield washer.

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@Sacto Mitch posted:

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Maybe they needed the air in the spare to pressurize the windshield washer.

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Quite possible. Those Porsche guys were pretty smart.
I thought this 3 speed windshield wiper switch with integrated push-button washer button used on 904s-917s was pretty cool. They’re $750 used -$1500 NOS today.

"And, IIRC, the “passenger seat” makes a typical Porsche back seat look like a BarcaLounger."

My friend, "Hot Rod Charlie" is currently building an Emory/Singer-like '63 356 Coupé outlaw and recently bought a pair of "Speedster" seats for it.  He was a bit shocked to see how flimsy they were (he's also 6'3" tall), so he roughed them up and added another layer of fiberglass to both sides to make them stronger.  Makes a lot of sense as I often wondered about seat integrity if you were ever to get hit from behind.

Speedster seats might keep you a bit cooler while riding, but they don't offer a lot of support.

@dlearl476 posted:

It’s up front.

ps: I’m sure the spare up front and the fiberglass “trunk” in the rear, opposite of a 550 (and 904??) was a weight distribution thing.

550s variously had the spare up front or in back. Depended mainly, I think, on how much fuel was required for a given application. 0073:

I know there was an earlier one with the same tank. 005 maybe, but I can't find the photo.

550A-115(?)

Looks like an ALB worm got loose in the trunk.

In related holy news, I just made the world’s most expensive polish cloths. In the process of doing my life purge, I discovered some moths had made my camel hair/cashmere sports coat a larvae condo.

For some reason, they left my 3 black overcoats alone. Perhaps they were saving them for later  

BTW, you’d never believe what goes into the construction of a sport coat until you take one apart.

Dang.