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Each month, Panorama magazine brings you the best from the world
of Porsche. Races, vintage car shows, technical articles, we cover
it all!
At Panorama, we never have room for all the pictures we'd like
to
share with our readers. Here are some photos that just wouldn't
fit
into the magazine this month.
Featured in the May issue is the story of the first six-cylinder
904. The great photos of that most beautiful of Porsche race cars
put us in mind of the incredible rush to glory between 1964 and
1971 that saw a stunning rapid-fire procession of new racers from
Stuttgart. For this month's gallery we sort out the numbers between
904 and 917 for you in pictures--all but one from Leonard Turner's
archives. The elusive 909 we present in a photo from Porsche AG.
We refer you to the magazine for even more articles. How do you
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At Sebring in 1966, the 904 was already two years old
and had been superceded by the Carrera 6. Even so, Peter
Gregg and George Follmer drove this example at Sebring,
coming home seventh overall behind seven-liter Fords,
a GT-40 and a Ferrari.
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The 906 (Carrera 6), like the 904, became a champion
in the two-liter Production Sports Car class. This
car, transformed into a concours jewel, was displayed
at the Porsche Parade in 1983
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Though the number is out of sequence, the Porsche
910 was the successor to the 906. After running
successfully as a hillclimber, the 910 scored a
class victory at Sebring in 1967.
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The 907, unlike previous Porsche racers, was shaped
in the wind tunnel. Here Rudi Lins and Alex Soler-Roig
push their 907 to a fourth overall finish at Sebring
in 1969, behind an all-star podium group headed by
Jacky Ickx' Ford GT-40, Mario Andretti in a Ferrari
312 and the Joe Buzzetta/Rolf Stommelen 908.
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At Sebring in 1969, Jo Siffert scored
the fastest race lap at 114.7 miles per hour in the
908 he shared with Brian Redman. The 908 brought Porsche
its first World Manufacturer's Championship that year.
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The rarest of the "plastic" Porsches, the 909 was
purpose built for hillclimbing in 1969. Though its
career was short, the basics of its design lived on
in the hugely successful 908/3. .
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The archetypal 917--the Gulf-Porsche 917K with which
Pedro Rodriguez, Leo Kinnunen and Brian Redman won
the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1970. The car was restored
by Florida Porsche expert Jerry Sutterfield.
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Check out the May issue for more great Porsche reading
including Patricia Ktistes' driving report on the "50 Years
of the Spyder" special edition Boxster S, the full story
from the 12 Hours of Sebring, Bill Oursler's piece on the
904, Allan Caldwell's "Special Interest 911 Carreras," and
more.
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