Rare ’68 Porsche 908 Works Short-Tail Featured at Monterey Auction
Incredible Porsche 908 racing machine will be a highlight of the 2018 Monterey sale in August.
RM Sotheby’s has announced a 1968 Porsche 908 Works Short-Tail Coupe will be an exciting early entry for its 2018 Southeby’s Monterey Auction on August 24 and 25 at the newly renovated Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, California. The sale will feature 100 blue-chip motor cars, and this early version of the legendary 908 model stands out as one remarkable car to watch. The 908 is indeed race-ready, and RM Sotheby’s released a video that showcases its capability and power. Listen to this bad boy roar.
“You’re feeling the chassis, you’re feeling the suspension, and you’re feeling that power of the engine just sort of pushing, pushing through you,†says Cameron Healy, the man behind the wheel. “You become one with the machine, you merge with it, which is pretty cool.â€
The Porsche 908 Works Short-Tail Coupe was one of the first iterations of the legendary 908 and one of a handful of ex-Works short-tail prototypes surviving today. The Porsche is powered by a 3-liter, flat 8-cylinder 908 engine producing 350 hp, and is one of two ‘sister’ cars (908-010 and 908-011) introduced by Porsche System Engineering as a Works entry at the 1968 Spa 1000 KM race.
The car was was entered at Spa as number six and piloted by Vic Elford and Jochen Neerpasch. Elford drove the first 32 laps, leading on multiple occasions, before Neerpasch took the wheel.
‘You’re feeling the chassis, you’re feeling the suspension & you’re feeling that power of the engine just sort of pushing through you. You become one with the machine, you merge with it, which is pretty cool.’
Unfortunately, the wet track led Neerpasch to slide off the track just two laps in, causing an accident and forcing the car to be retired from the race. 908-010 would not race again for the factory team and was sold to private hands in Switzerland where it sat in storage for more than two decades.
