RM Scottsdale Porsche 906

[67er911S]

What do you think of this Carrera 6 ?

http://www.rmauctions.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=1063995

Lot 101

1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6

To be auctioned on Friday, January 17, 2014

$1,200,000 - $1,600,000

Chassis no. 906-116
Engine no. 906-120
Gearbox no. 906-119


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[67er911S]

no answer?

[t6dpilot]

I would help the new owner exersize it. Better yet, I would like to own it. Bought from an OH used car lot.....

[67er911S]

It's not a correct one...
Look at the Chassis plate.

[RennTyp]

It's not a correct one...
Look at the Chassis plate.

Out of interest, what does a real chassis plate look like?

[67er911S]

* 906 xxx*

First of all, he stars are missing and the numbers Looks not so nice ;-)

[RennTyp]

* 906 xxx*

First of all, he stars are missing and the numbers Looks not so nice ;-)

Didn't think they had stars on the chassis numbers? There does seem to be a lot of variation in the font and font size of Porsche prototype chassis numbers. Could be that some of them are poorly reproduced but I suspect more than one style came out of the factory in the first place. The race department were building cars by hand after all. Has there ever been a thread about this?

[67er911S]

Hello, look at a correct one and you will see what I mean.

[RennTyp]

Is this what it should look like? (Found at random on Google)

906-119.jpg

If yes, then it's interesting that Porsche adopted stars on its prototypes in 1966. 904s built in 1964 do not have any stars in their numbers.

Is there a read across to the road cars? I had a 1965 911 and it had no asterisks on its chassis number. My 1968 car does have asterisks.

When were the stars / asterisks adopted? Anyone know the story here?

[Captpeanut]

The car is the real deal, authenticated in Jurgen Barh's 906 book (the sole authority on 906s) which was written many years ago and has a meticulously documented history. Well known in the inner circles of Porsche racing historians/experts.

"Just the facts ma'am, just the facts." Joe Friday

Craig Goodman