Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 11665150)

I had a motel room next door to Vic Elford. I did not know that until I rode down the elevator to the talk he was to give to a group about his days of racing for the factory. He discussed driving the 917. Her said if they turned the boot to the levels the mechanics said to run it at they were 20 MPH faster down the Mulsanne Straight. If he needed to pass a few more cars to have a clear shot at the corner, he would crank up the boost, and blow past the competitors 40 MPH faster that the other cars.

They ran with a different headlight color and shape from the other cars so they could be seen in rear view mirrors. The rest of the pack learned not to pull out to pass if the 917 was coming through.
He said one time he was hurtling along at over 220 and some driver pulled out to pass a much slower car on the Mulsanne Straight and he had to go further over, with two wheels in the grass. In those days there was just grass, trees and no real barrier. He said a couple had set up a table and were drinking wine at the small table as he went past at well over 200 MPH with two wheels in the grass and just a few feet from them. He said I figured that was a bit to exciting for them because on the next lap they had moved back a lot.

Originally Posted by DaveE (Post 11665254)

First 917 I saw in person was Chuck Stoddard’s plain white car sitting amongst several street Porsches in the Stoddard showroom back in 1975-76. I can still remember how surprisingly tiny it seemed compared to the 911s and 914s of the era.

Originally Posted by svandamme (Post 11665257)

That probably was the Turbo 917 Vic talked about, And probably the story works out but it was just not at Le Mans but at another Interseries race track?

Originally Posted by javadog (Post 11665270)

That might be Chuck’s car but it’s not his 917.

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak (Post 11665263)

I think this is his car. Look at how big his head appears but it's because the car is so small.

I lived in Mentor, right next to Willoughby where his dealership was. I left plenty of window smears there on Sunday mornings planting my face on the glass to see what they had going on. That was very early 90's.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1649947709.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1649947738.jpg

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak (Post 11665280)

It's a little too 908-ish. Still tiny.

This is probably it. Thanks.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1649948759.jpg

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 11665283)

interesting, that looks like a 910 to me or maybe a '68 908 long tail.

Originally Posted by javadog (Post 11665364)

Pretty sure that’s a 907.

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 11665379)

That would explain the taillight differences between the pics and the others that I mentioned. It's not, I don't think a 906, so it's got to be 907-910. I believe you that it's a 907.

Originally Posted by pwd72s (Post 11665386)