A little more 'integrated' by the time the 962 was rolling around.



Which I was lucky enough to spend a little time in.

 

It was quite cool. I think it was Dave Donahue who drove it around on the Porsche weekend. It has what looks like a 1.5 seater inside...well, a small person plus a small child.

 

I found out that the 917 was small many years ago, when E-bay was just starting. I saw an item for a 917 Gulf livery decals with a starting bid of $5.00. I though, why not, maybe nobody will see it, I'll win it and hang it on the garage wall. To my amazement, I won it! Unfortunately it arrived in a small letter envelope. It was for a model car.....DOH! My wife saved it and we laugh about it when I find something good on E-bay.

 

There was a picture many years ago, I think maybe on the cover of Panorama mag, of a 910 or 907 parked directly in front of a transporter. Though I'd seen the cars in person, it was imazing how small it looked in front of a truck ...

 

At six foot tall, I did not fit in the 917/30.
The drivers of the day must have been much shorter in order to have any roll over protection.
Sorry for the scanned photos, it was 1995.
Mike

 

Mark Donohue was not a large guy ... But also the safety standards back then weren't quite what they are now. I saw the Donohue car on track at the 2001 Rennsport Reunion at Lime Rock. I think it was Roger Penske driving, who is not short, and I was impressed at how far above the roll bar his head extended.

Scott

 

we had the amalfi and almeras 962s big machines. wide. and low and WAY more safe than a 917. the nose cone area was built really nicely and you didnt auto-delete your legs if you hit something head on. the interior was really roomy, all things being equal, and i thought it possessed way more advanced technologies.



ill throw on some photos so you can seee some of the design differences particularly in the nose cone area of the 962 v 917

 

Here is a 917 engine sans turbos....

Sometimes you need 1100 HP

 

F1 cars are narrower and longer than they look on TV - and the tires look WAY smaller in person!

 

they may be small, but boy are they wide!
I got a chance to help unload and park this and other beauties at Salt Lake City Parade...

 

..

 

All I can say is anyone that had attachments large enough to race one of things must of had to remove them to have room enough to get strapped in.
Phil

 

Goodwood FoS