[Early_S_Man]

Curt,

I have those two 917 ads, too, and the first one is unique in that it shows Siffert's 917PA in the final chisel-nose configuration used at the very end of the '69 season, one that is very seldom seen in print! I have an old Polaroid shot of #0 on the transporter at Texas International Speedway after the race ... about to depart! He was only 3.5 seconds per lap slower than the M8B's ... about 120 hp down from the aluminum 430 Chevy's ... still finished 4th, though!

Neither Frere or Ludvigsen have a shot of that nose in their books!