Genesis of the 911 in competition

[acoupe]

Did any of the early 911 race cars run 904 alloy/steel wheels?

[one-two]

Did any of the early 911 race cars run 904 alloy/steel wheels?

Yes, some did. I can think of Dickie Stoop in the UK, for example, who campaigned a couple of SWB 911s using, I believe, the 5 and 6 inch alloy/steel wheels from his own 904 GTS

[one-two]

To return to the RHD appearance mentioned earlier, there was an early UK circuit appearance by a Porsche 911 at Snetterton in May 1966, when Paul Vestey drove an Aga blue car, registered LGK 4D, in a Marque Sports Car race. It’s likely this was the first time a 911 raced in the UK, beating the more celebrated GVB 911D by a number of months. The car went on to compete at Mugello in July of the same year - I believe that would have been an international-level race - where the final photo was taken. The car exists and is under restoration in the UK. Final photo credit Paul Vestey

[Eric Gratz]

Olympia-Bergrennen zur Axamer Lizum 1965
1-Aug-1965

Nyffeler, Hans-Peter (CH), PS-L 911, car #28, 25th

Egger, Karl (A), L 69.406, car #29, 28th

[HughH]

Karl Egger also competed at the Grosser Preiss von Österreich on 28 August 1965 at the Zeltweg Air Base

I think that these photos are from there - it is the same car

[993TT]

yes Eric almost certainly this car which was the first 911 to be imported into FinlandAttachment 604259

Yes, that is the one. Here’s a photo of the very same car being inspected by one of the scrutineers in that particular event….Attachment 604438

[993TT]

One more picture of Finland’s first officially imported 911, taken in 1967….

[maxminshull]

303178 is a good candidate for one of the earliest factory prepared competition cars as it ran the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally.

Excellence Article:
https://www.excellence-mag.com/issue...in-plain-sight

[HughH]

Max
that excellence article contains some very interesting information which needs to be checked
it says that 4 factory prepared cars (apart from this one, 303178 which was to be a spare) were in the 66 Monte all supposedly built and prepared to the same spec.
I had only heard of 3 - the factory entries shown in all the reference books:

303075 S WX 449 Proto R2 Monte car #131
303076 S WX 450 Proto R3 Monte car #139
303085 S WX 451 Proto R4 Monte car #57

The article suggests that car #50, also red, was prepared identically and entered by the French pairing of Perrier and du Pasquier with French registration 1722 SB 30 but no vin number is mentioned (and I dont have one in my database). If this is correct maybe it was via Sonauto?
This is a photo I had of that car

and below is a photo of the front of it from the excellent Porsches at Monte Carlo book


I could find no reference in that book to either that car or the Spanish car being werks prepared or a semi werks entry (or in any other reference book)

probably something to research further

[Eric Gratz]

303178 is a good candidate for one of the earliest factory prepared competition cars as it ran the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally.

Juan Hernandez won the 1966 Spanish Rally Championship in a 911. Here is the entry list from Rallye Alicante' held on 24-27 February 1966, one of the events in the championship, showing that five 911s were part of the rally. Juan Hernandez drove car #21. One car, #4, apparently was destroyed by a fire during the race.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempor...3%B1a_de_Rally

https://federacionautomovilismodelev...arte-1967.html