Gerhard Mitter / Mitter Tuning

[Marek]

Beside being a factory driver

are some of you familiar with Gerhard Mitter´s company MITTER TUNING in Germany in the mid 60´s

note his foot in plaster :-)

[HughH]

great photo Marek

that is him with Eberhard Mahle's car which he tuned up to be a race winner from it being a second hand 1965 road car
That car, and the fact that Mitter had tuned it up to 165PS, also featured in an article in Auto Motor Sport where it was compared to stock 911's a Ferrari 330GTC and an Iso Grifo

here it is from another angle - I have never noticed the foot in a cast before


is that Peter Falk with him?

[Marek]

Here is a bit more I found

[Eric Gratz]

Here is another Mitter tuned car posted by Tomlargo on the Swedish site early911.se. Translation by Google.



Here a picture of Kaj Bornebusch 911 1967 it was tuned by Mitter in Germany and cost SEK 110,000 in 1967 and the engine had 220 hp, he was third in the SM in Group 5. He won the SM in Group 5 in 1968 before Anders Josephson,
In 1970 Team Kubero took over the car and Kurt Simonsson, Bengt Ekberg and Rolad Larsson competed with the car for three seasons in GT-EM with great success. In 1972 the car was sold. It was painted white later and looked like a Carrera RS 73a the engine was still there then but crashed later. Today the car is under renovation.

[Marek]

Hi Eric

I am fimiliar with that pic , note impressive 220 hp like the carrera 6 ,

Mitter had a big role at Porsche in 65-66 tuning factory race cars ! , but there is not much info of his company Mitter tuning

So I hope somebody knows something

Marek

[Jon B]

note his foot in plaster :-)

here it is from another angle - I have never noticed the foot in a cast before

Some Mitter foot-in-plaster-cast information, from the old Julius Weitmann book...





Jon B.
Vista, CA

[gulf908]

Marek

there is a major 4 page story on GM in Christophorus #64 August 1966 - not easy to scan unfortunately
he was one of the old school racers who graduated through bikes to single seaters - more hands on than just a paid driver
one of his projects was a F2 DKW square 4 (??) two stroke with rotary valves but got no further than testing
one of Porsche's stalwarts in the mid '60s but gone far too soon
Hugh - not Falk but probably an employee at the time
there are other stories but this is all I can find quickly

cheers
Dennis

[HughH]

Marek
another photo of that event, below, shows that the logo on Mitter's coat is a Shell one

You are looking for information on his business

Is it possible that Mitter's shop was actually the Shell service station pictured and he did the " Mitter Tuning" mechanical work in the attached workshop?

[Marek]

Hi Hugh

Yes its the shop MITTER TUNING shop that I am interested in

as the info I have recived ,from old guys, that he was in charge of the 2,0S 180 ( and here I have to watch my mouth , HP, PS , DIN HP :-)

in porsche words FRISIRET engines on the 67S

so to what I have been told , that they where not made on the factory , but at his place for the factory

and that so far, what I hear ,that the 5 67S cars I know off , and here I have to watch out again , lets call then nickname 67S GT / 67S Carrera techniq model,
have been supply on replacement Blank engine cases ,to the factory for the special swedish scania vabis order of these 5 cars

So MITTER TUNING SHOP is what I search for not so much the guy it self

or any info on FRISIRET engines , and invoices on those from MITTER etc

Marek

Marek
another photo of that event, below, shows that the logo on Mitter's coat is a Shell one

You are looking for information on his business

Is it possible that Mitter's shop was actually the Shell service station pictured and he did the " Mitter Tuning" mechanical work in the attached workshop?

[preS]

Hi Hugh

Yes its the shop MITTER TUNING shop that I am interested in

as the info I have recived ,from old guys, that he was in charge of the 2,0S 180 ( and here I have to watch my mouth , HP, PS , DIN HP :-)

in porsche words FRISIRET engines on the 67S

so to what I have been told , that they where not made on the factory , but at his place for the factory

and that so far, what I hear ,that the 5 67S cars I know off , and here I have to watch out again , lets call then nickname 67S GT / 67S Carrera techniq model,
have been supply on replacement Blank engine cases ,to the factory for the special swedish scania vabis order of these 5 cars

So MITTER TUNING SHOP is what I search for not so much the guy it self

or any info on FRISIRET engines , and invoices on those from MITTER etc

Marek

Have you tried Marco Marinello for more information. When I was at his shop 25 years ago (former location) he had good contacts with several former Porsche employees. That is partly how he got rare and nos parts. I was still fresh then but he was also talking about engine builders and there stamping into cases with their initials.

Richard