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Originally Posted by kach22i
The air intake was a little rough on the outside lip, and very rough inside the porting. Were all original cars like this, or was this repaired after a race?
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I think Alex has done a nice job to not over-restore his 904. It has a great patina and looks pretty much like it would have 30 years ago. In general, Porsche racecars of the 60s/70s were crude when it came to most everything other than the mechanicals. Made to go fast only. Nobody cared what they looked liked. These cars are worth so much money now that they are all grossly over-restored and bear almost no resemblance to what they looked like 'in the day'.
This 917 was raced at Spa in 1971 and then parked. It has remained untouched since then. This is what they
really looked like up close:
