Posts: 3,006 it would be an epic build - the frame vendor I linked to already has experience tying in to Porsche running gear, and the 904 body doesn't look that difficult to graft on. Success! A few six-cylinder 906 cars were built for the 1965 racing season and they had many differences compared to the predecessors: centered fuel filler, side windows that moved vertically (like on regular cars), a bit smaller doors (third door size), elephant ear large air intakes, different engine cover etc. $6,995.00 + shipping . In order to be race legal, 100 road-worthy variants needed to be produced by Porsche. the devil is in the (many) details in something . It was designed and finished. If so please use the bidding box above. At 190-horsepower, the 2.0-liter flat-six engine was potent and reliable. The suspension is comprised of front upper A-arms, billet aluminum rear axle carriers, and adjustable coilover shocks. In the years since this 904 has been restored and the original engine has vanished, replaced by a more powerful 2.0 liter Porsche flat-six engine a common upgrade. Learn more here. Schroder into an entirely new approach. (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). Perhaps the most famous victory using the Porsche 904 GTS was when Edgar Barth and Umberto Maglioli won the prototype class at the Targa Florio in 1964. Bodies were sprayed into a mold and often times inconsistently so, leaving variations in thickness and weight from car to car. An image of this same car being unloaded from a Pan Am jet at JKF Airport in New York in 1964, destined for the race tracks of the United States. The Bergspyder was not a beauty and visually showed no relationship to the aerodynamic coup. Overall this is an interesting example of a Porsche 904 replica with a unique history tied to both Beck, one of the world's most respected Porsche replica manufacturers, and Avanti Motors. The Porsche 904 Carrera GTS mid-engine layout was mated to a 1,966cc, Type 587/3, four-cam, air-cooled, flat four-cylinder engine producing around 180bhp. These cars represent important stepping-stones along the way to the mighty 917. [14] The engine delivered up to 191kW (260hp) at 8,800 rpm and had a compression ratio of 10.5: 1. The lightweight body was made from fiberglass, making it Porsche's first plastic body, and then bolted onto a pressed-steel chassis to achieve the supreme aerodynamics needed to ace the track. (Used) 904 Set of Rear Turn Signal & Taillights Lens - 1064-65. Porsche had left Formula 1 behind in 1963, choosing to instead focus on the development of a new kind of Porsche, specifically developed for sports car racing in the under two liter class. ( Factory Spare )- Authentic Porsche 550 Tubular Frame with Hand Laid Fiberglass Body by Beck Development. California Notice at Collection Third car in the trio is the Porsche 904 of Ben Pon and Henk van Zalinge. Driving videos are presented below. Antonio Pucci/Colin Davis in a 4-cylinder 904-005 took the overall victory and were followed by Gianni Balzarini/Herbert Linge in a 4-cylinder 904-006. In 1964 the Porsche 904s were victorious in the Targa Florio, in 1965 they won the Spanish Rally, Hellbronner, Rossfiel, Nrburgring, and Gaisberg races and a year later, American Sam Posey won the Watkins Glen 500 driving a Carrera GTS. The 904 has a fiberglass body on a ladder steel chassis instead of the tubular space frame covered by an aluminum body. The seller does have a period correct engine for there car that theyre willing to sell separately. Mulsanne Corner, 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Porsche 904 of Colin Davis and Gerhard Mitter leading a lightweight Jaguar E-Type. The 2.0-liter engine drove a five-speed transmission with a standard 4.428:1 final drive ratio, with optional available ratios of 4.605, 4.260, 3.636, and 3.362. Great! Exhilarating figures for 1964, but at a cost. All the body panels are made here in fibreglass (as were all original factory 956/962's) with some parts optionally being made in carbon fibre. The 904 used a steel boxed steel chassis, and, in a first for Porsche, a fiberglass body. $525.00. Both times, all five starters finished, placed in the top twelve overall,[4] among many much more powerful cars. Details include a rear lip spoiler, engine venting, Talbot-style mirrors on both front fenders, Plexiglas headlight covers, fog lamps, and a rear clamshell secured with leather straps. Porsche had designed the 1965 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS variant to compete in the FIA-GT class at various international racing events and the street-legal version debuted in 1964 to comply with those FIA Group 3 homologation regulations. Your daily digest of everything happening on the site. He initially hoped to achieve an unheard of 70bhp out of a 1500cc engine. $300.00 + $60.00 shipping . The 904s designer was 28-year-old Ferdinand Alexander Butzi Porsche III, the son of company chairman Ferry Porsche. Good luck! The seller notes that the car has passed Georgia state emissions testing in the past, and supporting documentation from 2011 is pictured in the gallery. Its fiberglass-and . We want to protect your passion! Generally the 4-cylinder cars had 904- chassis numbers and the 6-cylinder cars had 906- chassis numbers. A similar Porsche sold at auction in 2020 for $2.45 million, but this one might easily eclipse that amount if the engine is ever located. There were several that were recycled in period and some rebuilt and issued same/old chassis numbers but today Porsche officially still sites a total of just 108 examples. The Kit. The car was one of the big lot listings, drawing plenty of attention from collectors, enthusiasts, and the media. Every starting point had different rallye-route. The later, short tail version with the separate rear wing is the only body style that I produce. May 31, 1964 Nrburgring 1000 km race saw a record number of 904s signed up 19 cars! Features include dual overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, and sequential multipoint fuel-injection. Fiberglass bodywork is finished in silver and fitted over a tubular steel chassis. The basis of the 904's design was a pressed steel chassis on to which a lightweight glass fiber (fiberglass) body was bonded. The Porsche 904 debuted late in 1963, for the 1964 racing season. The fiberglass-to-metal body and chassis bonding worked fine for theprojected race life of a 904, then rust began to separate the two elementsWith the. They had developed the Porsche 804 specifically for F1, as well as an advanced flat-eight engine. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. [4] It went on to a third at the Nrburgring and a perfect finish at Le Mans. Full Access to Featured Content. Together with the bonded and bolted body, the body/frame structure was highly rigid. Bulk listing, we will pick the. Quick view. /each. Reconnected! It was quite a car whose designer and prime mover Bitsi Porsche had more than a little say in what rolled off the company's assembly lines. The 904's mid-engine layout was inherited from the 718, also known as the RSK (Rennsport = racing, kurz = short), the factory's leading race car. Free shipping for many products! Stuttcars.com 2021. For some, the provenance of this car is compelling, especially considering it was owned at one point by a Hollywood star. They were similar to the brakes on the 356-C which were manufactured in Germany under license from Girling. 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS As defined by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a GT car is a 'vehicle built in small series for customers who are looking for better performance and are not particularly concerned about economy'. Porsche had developed the 904 with a single purpose in mind - racing. [7] For 1965, results were "equally impressive", seeing wins at the Spanish, Rossfeld, Hellbronner, and Gaisburg rallies, as well as a class win and second overall in the Monte Carlo Rally which saw just 22 finishers in the points, out of 237 starters. However, from 1982 until now, its stayed with the same owner, who gave it a restoration in the 90s, lovingly caring for it since. On June 20, 1965, the best Le Mans result for the 904 is achieved: a 6-cylinder version becomes 2-litre prototype class winner and 4th overall driven by Herbert Linge/Peter Ncker. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for NEW PORSCHE 914 FRONT BODY PANEL 914-502-031-12 Body NOS GENUINE GERMAN 1970-74 at the best online prices at eBay! More than 40 years later the Carrera GTS still looks contemporary to the latest Ferraris, Maseratis, and Lamborghinis. Outboard Porsche-ATE brakes were used all around. Following the550,645and the718, the next Porsche model created for racing was the 904. [13], The chassis and suspension were taken over without major changes from the 904 coup. What that fiberglass body was bonded to also broke from Porsche's past. An aerodynamic fiberglass body over a steel ladder chassis and a mid-engine layout gave the car superb handling, and. Next, complete checkout for full access to Motorious. Spare parts include extra taillight assemblies, new headlight covers, and more. . He learned the art of styling at the side of his grandfathers chief designer, Erwin Komenda, who had created the Volkswagen and the 356 Porsche bodies. [7] The Type 771s, however, suffered a "disturbing habit" of making their flywheels explode.[7]. Success! 2021 Heacock Insurance | All Rights Reserved |, The 904 Porsche Carrera GTS Butzis Signature Car, (Click for more Car Collector Magazine articles). The fibreglass body was bonded to its steel chassis for extra rigidity. Although officially called Carrera GTS, it opened a new chapter in Porsche's sporting history under the internal designation 904 (Porsche will be forced to call only GTS since Peugeot had already filed the designations with 0 central). [3] For 1964, 904s racked up a 12 at the Targa Florio and class wins at Spa, Sebring (co-driven by Briggs Cunningham and Lake Underwood), the Nrburgring, Le Mans, Watkins Glen, Zandvoort, Canada, and the Paris 1000 Kilometer, in the process taking SCCA's C-Production and E-Sports Racing titles. The fibreglass body was bonded to its steel chassis for extra rigidity, and achieved a drag coefficient of 0.34. Please contact us for a return number before sending your part back. Due to homologation requirements Porsche needed to manufacturer and sell 100 or more examples of the car so that they could race it. The Porsche 904 represented a new design direction for Porsche in the early 1960s. The Type 904, born of Porsche's disappointing foray into Formula One in the early 1960s, was produced to bring the company back to its racing sports car. The Porsche 904 is a sports car manufactured by Porsche between the years 1964-1965. This Porsche 904 replica was produced as a kit car by Avanti Motors in 2005. The 904 debuted late in 1963, for the 1964 racing season,[1] as a successor to the 718, which had been introduced in 1957. He recalls looking at the car closely, examining its scratched paint and tapping on the body panels to determine if they were aluminum or fiberglass. Porsches famous Type 587 2.0 liter four-cam flat-four would provide the power, which was sent to the rear wheels by way of a rear-mounted 5-speed transaxle. Required fields are marked *. Porsche realized it needed something all-new and it came in the form of the brainchild of Dr. Ernst Fuhrmann, later Technical Director of Porsche Racing. The undeniably sexy body, which could have passed for a Ferrari racecar design, was drawn by Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche, who also did the 911. The 904 was a car built during the end of an era having affordable race cars. After having retired from F1 & F2 competition at the end of the 1962 season, Porsche focused its efforts on Sports car racing once more. The 4-cylinder cars were shown chassis 904-002, 003 and 004 (002 and 003 being the prototypes). As the new head of Porsches design department, he shouldered an immense responsibility to continue the Stuttgart firms fine traditions. Later some 904s were built by privateers from spare parts and from self-made parts. BaT Auction Success Story: Two-Tone Silverado Meets its Match, BaT Auction Success Story: This Honda S2000 is the Perfect "Fun Car", 4x4s on BaT: New Instagram Feed, Popular Results, and Overland Expo '22. Redford purchased it from Berg in 1966 and kept the vehicle for nearly 10 years before he sold it. For example if after a crash a new chassis was ordered from the factory and the chassls number plate was transferred, the old chassis was shed aside with no further plans. As the 4-cylinder engines were high tech units which were not so easy to maintain, later many were replaced with 6-cylinder engines. Designed by Ferry Porsche's eldest son, 'Butzi', the body was manufactured by the Heinkel aircraft company and is widely recognized as one of Porsche's most elegant, while the Zuffenhausen firm's recent Formula 1 experience was reflected in the 904's state-of-the-art suspension, which featured double wishbones all round. For the European Hill Climb Championship in 1965, Porsche developed a successor to the 1964 Porsche 718 RS 61 Spyder. (Click for more Car Collector Magazine articles) In the beginning, the Porsche 904 was known as Porsche Carrera, but later it was renamed as Porsche 904. . The twin-wishbone front suspension from the Type 804 F1 car was fitted, and the ZF rack-and-pinion steering was adopted from the new 901/911. The five-digit odometer shows 19k miles, about 2,500 of which have been added by the seller. The chassis is a modified version of the original VW Beetle chassis. Another was purchased by legendary American sportsman Briggs Cunningham and raced by him at Le Mans in 1964, winning the under 3-liter prototype class (as the cars had not yet been homologated) and finishing 9th overall with co-driver Lake Underwood. View car. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. h.c. F. Porsche AG", Picture of the Week: Porsche 904 Carrera GTS and Cayman R - Porsche Origin UK, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porsche_904&oldid=1112525192, Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles, Articles needing translation from German Wikipedia, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Highlights: - Chassis 904-057 - One of the most original Porsche 904's in existence - Very successful period racing pedigree with several records and wins - Matching numbers gearbox - Original 110l-fuel tank, original chassis, original body panels, original window trim - Equipped with the correct and very valuable Type 587/3 engine - Fully documented with period photographs, The auction, which took place on the night of February 3, generated plenty of excitement. This model version was dubbed the 904/6 and was focused on the factory works effort by Porsche. You've successfully signed in. The basis of the 904s design was a pressed steel chassis on to which a lightweight glass fiber (fiberglass) body was bonded. 1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6 Developed for endurance sports car racing, the 906 was a street-legal racing car that raced in the FIA's Group 4 class against cars like the Ferrari Dino 206 P. They often won their class behind the much larger prototypes such as the Ford GT40 Mk II and Ferrari 330 P3/4. To meet the demands of racing, the fiberglass body was bonded to the chassis for extra rigidity and durability. The 904 may have been better known for its durability, including a race victory at Reims by a Stuttgart-fresh car that came direct from factory to track and took first place. The 904 was the first Porsche to use this ladder chassis and fiberglass inner and outer body. Although called the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, it really was a rallye to Monte Carlo as the start was given from different locations around Europe (until 1972 the event was held on public roads and was more about durability than speed). The following made-up chassis numbers are known to exist: 904-109, -113, -115, -119, -126. Archival Photos Courtesy of Porsche AG. A four-wheel alignment was reportedly performed in June 2020. 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