The real 73 RSR TF Winner - Porsche Factory Scam??

How right you are. I thought the Museum had provided me with the answers I needed (which it did) but several questions remain unanswered.

I believe that the factory assisted team Sonauto (the official Porsche importer for France) by lending them cars for major races.

In any case, I wrote back to the Museum and got this reply:

"The Museum-RSR is the car which Pucci had damaged at the Florio practice session.
The mechanics fixed it in the night to Sunday - more or less. But it could race.

The chassis number is 9113600020. That's all I know."

Hope it helps.

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Originally Posted by varunan123

Let's suppose there were five cars at the targa-there is some evidence that five cars were there.We know that 0588 was number 8,if R2-20 was damaged and the mongrel was substitued that would make sence that there is little sponsership insignia and 72 tub.That leaves 107-we know that 0002 was there asigned to singers team that would explain the 72 tub on 107.The three cars asigned to the team were-0588,0020,0002.

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I understood there were 3 R cars 588 R6, 20 R2; and 974 R8 assigned to the team for the Targa with a practice car that had been there a couple of weeks (as the other cars and the drivers had been racing elsewhere in Europe in that time) I think Jim Calzia said the same. What happened to 974 R8 which was supposed to be the original #107? Was it the rumored "other " Pucci victim?

here is another photo of the #48 car at Le mans - i still can't see an oil door but in taking the car back to GTS class that might have all been changed - especially if the car had damage from the Targa. that might explain the black horn grills as well.

If # 9 RSR was lent to the Sonauto team after the Targa to race at Le Mans, it must have been fixed by the factory in the weeks between the two races (as the repair of the Pucci crash had clearly been rushed).

Since the car didn't run with the "Mary Stuart" spoiler at le Mans (as seen in the photograph), could the factory have changed the entire back wings (removing in the process the trap door) and possibly allowing for even thicker rims to be fitted, better suited for circuit racing?

I watched it and I do see the blue trim of the red/blue roof on # 9. The trap door is difficult to see though, but it seems to have the 73 black trim on the lights and horns (unlike #107).

As the factory stated, Pucci also wrecked #9. They fixed it using the green bumper, possibly repairing the flares with rivets, and adding the Mary Stuart spoiler.

The repaired car ended up looking like a 72 chassis car, possibly explaining the confusion. The car being a 73 RSR (according to the chassis number) would explain why the factory doesn't have any prior race record for the car.;)

020 R2 #9

It's possible that the factory wanted a larger oil tank than the smaller 72 tank (assuming it was a 72 chassis) for the LeMans 24, plus they probably wanted to update the rear quarters to replace the tacked on flares. There may have also been some damage done to the oil system in the crash at the TF as has been suggested, and maybe some FIA equipment rules were an issue for the LeMans race that needed to be changed on the car. One can imagine all the frantic activity that was going on with the factory cars and supporting customer cars with only a couple of weeks to get everything rebuilt, refurbished, and set up ready for a 24 hr. race. It's no surprise that some of the details got lost in all the flurry.

Gib Bosworth

#8

The winning car, a 73 RSR (no oil trap) still in private hands today.

#107

If I understand correctly the #107 was the #3 press car, based on a 72 tub. The hood was changed during practice possibly after Pucci damaged the car.

It is also possible that the entire car #107 was too damaged and replaced at some point by the practice car (fourth RSR, Mongrel?).

#9 could be:

- 73 chassis, supported by the lack of earlier race record at the museum, the chassis number, and 73 details such as black trims of light etc...

It would mean that the factory included an oil trap door on this car, or it was not there originally but repaired that way (?) when it was fixed overnight prior to the race? Difficult to say from the paddock practice video if the flares were already rivetted, if the oil trap was really there, and even if the roof was already red.

- recycled 72 chassis, supported by the presence of the oil trap door and rivets on the flared wings.

- Because of the "odd" Martini decoration, the car could have been (like #107 or instead of) entirely replaced by another RSR (the 4th "Mongrel" RSR, or possibly a 5th car), although the museum records claim that the damage on #9 was repaired, and the car was raced.


Without getting into various chassis numbers, is this where we stand at the moment?

I found Count Pucci's address in Sicily but I'm not sure he will remember what happened and which cars he wrecked. In a French magazine from June 1970 (Sport Auto) they mention that car number 9 arrived 3rd because it collided heavily with another car and had to be repaired....

The Car # 9113600017 Was The Press Car Porsche Used,i Recall Being Told It Was Sent To The Targa After One Of The Cars Crashed,it Was Also Used As The Factory Bruchure Car,when I Got The Car There Was Original Martini Paint Unfer The Paint,kevin Jeanette Felt This To Be Original Factory Paint,see Gunnar Web Site Of Restoration Photos,maybe The History Of This Car Should Be Explored!

it worked..........www.zasadasa.pl/

Whoa........ how cool is THAT!!!!!!!!!!