Pictures of Marathon de la Route 1967 and 1968 wanted

[bxd]

Great photo!

In your other photos I didn't catch that the passenger seat is just a fiber shell.

[beh911]

I'm really intrigued by this. It always seems that '69 MY 911 competition cars (read post-R/TR, pre-ST Sports Purposes cars) exist in a somewhat hazy zone in Porsche racing history. -Either there simply weren't that many LWB cars entered (or accepted) into the more high-profile race events of that year (due to the factory's shift in focus towards other race programs, plus obvious 911 chassis and engine changes that may not have been warmly embraced by the FIA or other sanctioning bodies), or they weren't as highly lauded as the venerable R's and T/R's of the previous two years, and as such weren't recorded as much in photos, video, lit, etc.. There are plenty of records of SWB cars entered in 1969 race events, but very few LWB cars entered in 1968 events... in fact, this is one of the first, if not THE first time I've ever heard of such a thing. -I'll freely admit that I'm not as knowledgeable as most of you, but having read nearly all of the threads, on this forum and others, regarding 1968 and 1969 cars, and having read a number of books on the races of those two years, this seems quite rare. Am I totally off-base here?

In addition to what has already been posted in this thread, does anyone have more info on, or photos of cars #28 and #30?; e.g. engine specs, other race history, current location/status, chassis number for car #30, etc.? For example, if #28 has a chassis number of 119300009, then car #30 was probably pulled off the line at roughly the same time and most likely has a similar number, like 119300010 or 11 or 12 or perhaps even 06, 07 or 08. Were they both Werks cars? Were they part of the small batch of "lightweight" cars like the one pictured below?







Lots of questions...

Jordan, I believe the photos that you have posted were actually of 1970 2.2 litre standard S models. It seems that the early pre-production cars retained the 69 style door handles.

Stirring the pot here.

I recently received a copy of the Porsche Museum book commemorating the 911 (911 x 911). On page 238, a color version of the first picture above has the caption:

"This Porsche 911 ST 2.2 was built in 1969/70 as a lightweight variant for motorsports."

This confirms what was discussed in the 1969 Competition 911 thread:
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...l=1#post374609

I will say there are numerous errors in some of the captions so far, incorrectly identifying model years, specs, etc.

Still a great book though.

[HughH]

i have been waiting for the right opportunity to suggest that the collective wisdom of the board detail all the real or percieved errors in the book - at least up to page 301 where the big bumper cars start
I think it is a great book - a number of photos that i have never seen before along with some old favorites
Overall it is very well done but for starters page 185 has a photo of one of the cars from this thread - car #28 SH 7685 which is chassis number 119300009 and they describe it as a 911R from 1968!!! also on page 163 they have a photo of the Zasada car 6177 KR, which I have always seen described as a 912, shown as a 1967 911S???

[Bivvv]

Hi all
quick question was the race run in the summer of 67
Thanks Bret

I read the whole thread and answered my own question end of Aug of 67. Things are becoming clear Sep 15 1967 is making sense now!

[Ernie W]

Porsche Factory Press Info.

[LongRanger]

. . . Porsche Factory Press Info . . .

Hhhhh . . .

. . . some removal of pics going-on, again?




Why not just delete the whole post? . . .


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