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History: 1969 Porsche 911S GT Factory Works, Marathon De La Route Winner
Listed on Hemmings . . .
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Collector Car Vault, Santa Paula, California
1969 Porsche 2.0L 911S GT Factory Works
VIN: 119300009
Engine: -
Trans: -
Color: Orange/Black
Mileage: -
Price: US$1,900,000
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Seller's Description:
- Bosch Mechanical Fuel Injection
- 190bhp at 6,800rpm
- 5-Speed Manual Transmission
- Front and Rear Independent Suspension
- 4-Wheel Disc Brakes
THE MARATHON DE LA ROUTE, an 84-hour epic endurance race run between 1965 and 1971, was an event that pushed both car and driver to breaking point. Referred to by competitors as the ‘World's Longest Motor Race', a name which went some way towards describing this epic test of human and mechanical stamina and survival. Participating in the Marathon de la Route was like driving three and half Le Mans 24-Hours, back-to-back.
Porsche had a new weapon at its disposal for the 1968 event as its 911 now boasted the new 2268 mm long-wheelbase body as would found in its 1969 production cars. Although the lead car was entered as a 911 R, this car was not a full spec ‘R' as it was fitted with an uprated 911 S engine developing 190 bhp that featured Bosch mechanical fuel injection. Driven for 84 hours between August 20-24, 1968 to overall victory at the Nürburgring by factory drivers Herbert Linge, Dieter Glemser, and Willi Kauhsen ‘009' covered more than 6,275 miles. This fantastically original factory works car, in the same ownership since 1974, is recognized as having achieved the first international victory for a long-wheelbase Porsche 911. Of the four 911 GTS produced by the factory, this is the only example to have survived in its original specification.
Photo Credit: Michael Furman Photography, McKlein Publishing and Porsche.
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119300003 photos from Hockenheim press day
The Revs Institute digital archives has a few pictures of a car with license plate S-H 7686 used on the 1969 911 GTS 119300003. This is from their group of photos taken at the press day held at Hockenheimring in December 1969 in advance of the 1970 season.
A black and white photo had been posted a while back
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...e-911&p=735291
Here are a number of color photo, cropped to show detail.
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The side view doesn’t show the license plate, so it may or not be 119300003.