Any 68 L or S engaged in Le Mans 24 hours ?

[Xavier PJB]

Greetings,
Looking for information about 1968 SWB 911L or S being engaged in 24 hours if Le Mans.

I searched google etc.. but in 68 it appears that only T models for 911 and 69 some S but wonder if they are LWB or SWB hard to tell on some found pics.

Any help, appreciated

Cheers
Xavier

[Chuck Miller]

Xavier,

Yes there was...

In the Pascal book he list two 911S's out of the 4 911's that ran the race...

#43 driven by Gaban and Vanderschriek, came in 12th in distance and 15th in the index of performance...

#44 driven by Chasseuil and Ballot Lena, the engine failed 15 mins before the end of the race...

Hope this helps,
Chuck

[HughH]

Hi Chuck

i think BOTH of those cars, while they had 911S engines , were actually TR's. I am fairly sure #44 was 118 2 0779 and it ran again in 69 (again as #44) as did the Gaban car as car #41

however car #67 at the 1969 Le Mans was 11800120 a 911S with a 911/22 engine registered 18VQ 75 and went on to be car #67 in 1970 (and le mans 71 car #65 and Spa #50 in 1972) and still around in Germany last I heard

[Chuck Miller]

Well there you have it.....

Hugh, thanks for the 'deep dive' clarification...

Found the same car in '69 and '70 in the book as you mentioned...

You are da'man…

Cheers,
cm

[Xavier PJB]

All right then, thank you gentlemen ! So a 911S swb ran in Le Mans in 69...need to deep dive that car...and start a great project indeed.

[HughH]

Xavier sent you a Pm
I think it will be easy to research

[gulf908]

Xavier

From the 1968 Sports Purposes pages -

911 and 911 L = group 2 touring cars - therefore unable to race at Le Mans '68
911 T and 911 S = group 3 GT 2 litres - 4 x 911 T listed in Automobile year - 2 finished and 2 didn't - and no 911 S

as a generalisation,the T was used as a rally car with the S motor and the S was used as a full race track car

HTH
Dennis

[RennTyp]

Xavier

From the 1968 Sports Purposes pages -

911 and 911 L = group 2 touring cars - therefore unable to race at Le Mans '68
911 T and 911 S = group 3 GT 2 litres - 4 x 911 T listed in Automobile year - 2 finished and 2 didn't - and no 911 S

as a generalisation,the T was used as a rally car with the S motor and the S was used as a full race track car

HTH
Dennis

Not so sure about that. The factory entries at Le Mans in 68 were all 911T for a reason - they could run at the T's homologated weight of 923kg versus the S at 975kg. The cars were "T" in name only. In most other respects they were as close as the regs would allow them to get to a 911R. Every car was bespoke and no two were exactly the same.