A little over-produced and obviously made to promote a book, but some really high quality video here.
Porsche 917-021 - the fabulous story
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, May 24 2019 05:29 PM
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Cheater
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Posted 24 May 2019 - 05:29 PM
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Gregory Wells
Never forget that first place goes to the racer with the MOST laps, not the racer with the FASTEST lap
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Posted 24 May 2019 - 11:00 PM
"A symphony of sound and beauty"... overlay unnecessary loud music. 
You can't always get what you want...
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Posted 25 May 2019 - 09:32 AM
I agree. Too much music. Being a gearhead, my music comes out the tailpipe. By the way, they really did punch
holes in the ignition key to save weight. Odd, considering the shift knob was a machined zinc casting. And if
you put me, at 250 pounds, in the car, what's the sense. I drove a 917K from Lake Forest, IL., to Libertyville
over public roads. Not as much fun as I had thought it would be, but an experience I'll treasure none-the-less.
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Posted 25 May 2019 - 10:16 AM
Nice paint!
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I intend to live forever! So far, so good.
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Posted 25 May 2019 - 11:56 AM
I was fortunate to see this car at Road America when Bobby Rahal owned it. It has some distinctive exterior features that set it apart from other 917's.
That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.
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Posted 25 May 2019 - 11:59 AM
You also can go to the Simeone in Philly and see and hear an original paint hippie 917LH, and see it run (around a parking lot) if it is selected for a run day. P.S. -- wooden shift knob!
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Posted 26 May 2019 - 05:52 PM
I used to work in the LA Harbor. One day I walked around a firewall in the warehouse and there were 3/4 crates of 917s going to the Porsche dealer in Redondo Beach CA. It was a treat. Almost as much as the life size KIng Kong I saw later.
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