Driving the Last Porsche 917 to Race at Le Mans

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  • @ianchmp
    @ianchmp 7 місяців тому +35

    What a clear evolution of the 917 from the early cars to this car to the 956 and 962 that followed. Each one a legend.

    • @hakkalocken
      @hakkalocken 7 місяців тому +19

      The 956 wasn't an evolution of this particular Kremer 917 though. The 936 is the missing link as far as factory evolution is concerned.

    • @achilleconte4385
      @achilleconte4385 7 місяців тому

      ​@@hakkalocken exactly! Don't forget the Joest Racing TWR too.

    • @sirswerve2493
      @sirswerve2493 4 місяці тому

      My Favorite was the CAN-AM series cars.

  • @BCars_Garage
    @BCars_Garage 3 дні тому

    I'll never understand youtube algorithm RM Sothebys has some of the most bespoke and rare cars ever to touch the tarmac and they only have 24k subs. This car is absolutely amazing

  • @chrisrandom1404
    @chrisrandom1404 4 місяці тому +10

    Ok, hear me out...... a 917 modified to modern hypercar specs with hypercar aero. Just think about it for a minute. BTW, this car is absolutely stunning. A rolling piece of art. Awesome video.

    • @yoder903
      @yoder903 2 місяці тому

      @@chrisrandom1404 Yesir, with records that still compete today, and the I believe unbroken 1970 Daytona 45 lap victory

  • @johnmanley7859
    @johnmanley7859 3 місяці тому +2

    The sound of that flat 12. Chefs Kiss!

  • @maranello78racingdesigns74
    @maranello78racingdesigns74 7 місяців тому +10

    the sound is magic simply and absolutely beauty

  • @NeilFox-f7c
    @NeilFox-f7c 22 дні тому

    What a machine , to me Porsches finest in their history, that engine noise at 17 secs of the video just does it for me ❤❤

  • @BMW7series251
    @BMW7series251 7 місяців тому +7

    What a superb beast!! Many thanks for posting. All the best, John. (UK).

  • @TastierBackInThe80s
    @TastierBackInThe80s 7 місяців тому +4

    A superb piece of content. Very nicely produced and presented.

  • @writeStevie
    @writeStevie 7 місяців тому +5

    Lurcy Levis, great little play track!

  • @crusherbmx
    @crusherbmx 6 місяців тому +3

    I never expected a 917 to be racing at Le Mans in 1981, I never knew it did, or maybe I did know and forgot....I was 10, I had a 917 HO scale slot car that I thought was crazy cool, I had some books that mentioned the car, I knew a lot about it, I knew that it was as old as me....but I don't remember one racing at Le Mans that year.

  • @toml.1408
    @toml.1408 23 дні тому

    I remember reading about this effort in "Grand Prix International" magazine, which devoted many pages to Le Mans and other endurance races. I was hoping for a fantastic outcome but it fell just a little bit short. My favorite 917K was the Gulf-Porsche in 1970-1971.

  • @romuloamorim880
    @romuloamorim880 5 місяців тому

    Foi com muita satisfação que vi o retorno do Porsche 917 em 1981!

  • @Normally_aspirated
    @Normally_aspirated 2 місяці тому

    That is some of the best audio of the 917 I've ever heard. Anywhere.

  • @buggyante1
    @buggyante1 7 місяців тому +2

    Such an iconic machine. The 917 will always be in my heart.

  • @johncarlson8029
    @johncarlson8029 6 місяців тому +2

    There is no sound on the earth better where engines are concerned

  • @trance9158
    @trance9158 7 місяців тому +2

    The 917 is the ultimate race car... Love it. Mark Donahue is my all time favorite driver too!!

  • @yoder903
    @yoder903 2 місяці тому +1

    I wish those flat 12s weren’t soooo expensive, I would get a 917 kit and put one of those engines in it. I think the engine and transmission are like 4-5mil

  • @ChromeConnoisseur08
    @ChromeConnoisseur08 20 днів тому

    PORSCHE 917 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @aureliobrighton1871
    @aureliobrighton1871 3 дні тому

    Watching, rather listening to, this here in Munich on a dull but dry December day my impulse would be to (she's got indicators, doesn't she) roll down the Salzburg Autobahn into that Mozart town with my own 12 piece Band, stringing some major Blues in B Flat along the way for Joseph Siffert. Then enjoy a big chunk Tomaselli Special. Thanks 😊

  • @Jarek_73
    @Jarek_73 6 місяців тому +1

    Well it was more like speaking than driving! We came here to hear the motor not endless list of facts we can google any time we like.

  • @quentindd1952
    @quentindd1952 7 місяців тому +2

    😍😍

  • @Predator27007
    @Predator27007 5 місяців тому

    Does anyone know this track and where it is?

  • @homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649
    @homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649 3 місяці тому +1

    parental advisory: sound porn xD

  • @davidphilips5543
    @davidphilips5543 6 місяців тому

    Anyone know what it fetched at the auction?

    • @loonatticat
      @loonatticat 6 місяців тому +1

      $3,370,150 USD or 2,648,750 British Pound sterling

    • @davidphilips5543
      @davidphilips5543 6 місяців тому

      @@loonatticat wow, thanks.

  • @sandasturner9529
    @sandasturner9529 2 місяці тому

    I wanna see this go head to head with a Jaguar 427 V12 xjr12

  • @JimNorthBend
    @JimNorthBend 7 місяців тому +7

    It’s a Porsch-ah.

  • @charlescrites-wb9kl
    @charlescrites-wb9kl 7 місяців тому +3

    It did not win the 1969 race at LA Mans

    • @cashmoney7660
      @cashmoney7660 6 місяців тому +1

      Correct it was won by a five-year-old Ford

  • @DonAl9114
    @DonAl9114 7 місяців тому +2

    Legend , engineered and manufactured in Germany. 🙃🙃🙃

    • @jase6370
      @jase6370 7 місяців тому +2

      Made aerodynamically stable by the British at JWA

  • @brooksobrien5290
    @brooksobrien5290 7 місяців тому +10

    For the 1972 season the 917 was outlawed not 1973. And it's "Por-sha" not " porch".

    • @fernandogarcia2944
      @fernandogarcia2944 7 місяців тому +1

      Porsche is actually pronounced as he pronounced it. Porsche even did a whole video on how to pronounce it, it's 16 seconds long but explains that it's pronounced "Por-shuh", not "Por-sha". "Porch" is really close to "Por-shuh".

    • @ducedevlstear2471
      @ducedevlstear2471 7 місяців тому

      Get out boys, it's not Porscha, it's not Porshuh, it's simply Porsche.
      So don't go high on your own farts.

    • @trance9158
      @trance9158 7 місяців тому

      ​@@fernandogarcia2944 Wrong... Even Porsche states how the proper pronunciation is and it's Porschaaaaa

    • @trance9158
      @trance9158 7 місяців тому

      Look up Feli from Germany she even tells you how it's pronounced

  • @andrefranca3697
    @andrefranca3697 7 місяців тому

    This one ran in 1981. The swansong for the 917.

  • @maxhofer3223
    @maxhofer3223 7 місяців тому +1

    this car looks a little bit strange to other 917 s…….?!

    • @slowery43
      @slowery43 6 місяців тому +1

      maybe watch and pay attention to the video

  • @kaneshuppert636
    @kaneshuppert636 6 місяців тому

    first word was "driving". kinda misleading

  • @trance9158
    @trance9158 7 місяців тому

    It's Porschaaaaa

  • @fredklink4492
    @fredklink4492 7 місяців тому +6

    Poor-sha! Not "porsh". It's a family name so show them some respect and pronounce it correctly. Otherwise, great video.

    • @JohnDoesItAll
      @JohnDoesItAll 6 місяців тому

      Porsh I sez

    • @fredklink4492
      @fredklink4492 6 місяців тому

      @@JohnDoesItAll That's OK if you don't mind being wrong. Do you say Chev-row-let? Or Dahdgee? Also family names.

    • @cashmoney7660
      @cashmoney7660 6 місяців тому

      Limey pronunciation

  • @christophercole3055
    @christophercole3055 2 місяці тому

    Way too much commentary, not nearly enough aural experience.

  • @jean-marcpoirier9340
    @jean-marcpoirier9340 7 місяців тому

    Not a replica with a flat 6 🤣 or a V8 😱

  • @sleebanger
    @sleebanger 7 місяців тому +1

    price guide?

    • @jamesgilbert-e8f
      @jamesgilbert-e8f 7 місяців тому +3

      3.5 to 5 million euros

    • @MetalSimVR
      @MetalSimVR 7 місяців тому

      ​@@jamesgilbert-e8fWhy this range?