MatthiasAK

Hey guys. I'm not as familiar with air-cooled as I am with water-cooled and was hoping someone could help me out with some info on this picture.

Is it possible to tell what MY (between 1965-1973) they are? Also, can anyone name the colors from left to right? Any other info anyone has on this pic would be great too.



Thanks!

Trakrat

Awesome picture!!! That would be really cool as a high definition oversized print. I know a few people (And some Porsche Dealerships) that would love to frame it and hand it on a wall for display!!!

CAporsche

I'd like to know the colors as well.

NineMeister

The transporter is carrying the IROC RSR's, all colours here:

https://rennlist.com/forums/911-foru...eferences.html

MatthiasAK

Assuming they're 1973 MY, my guess would be...

top (from left to right): light green, glacier blue, gulf orange, signal yellow
bottom (from left to right): lilac, light yellow, NO IDEA, gulf blue

but I'm sure someone knows for sure

EDIT: I stand corrected. See above post

MatthiasAK

Thank you!!

MatthiasAK

I'd love to see someone recreate it. It might be my favorite Porsche picture.

Fracture

rstarga

They changed the tails out before the race. That picture must have been before delivery to the Penske shop.
Technically they were 74's, built on 73 chassis with updated bumpers, VIN tags were 74

MatthiasAK

Ahhh that makes a lot of sense now

Thanks for the help everyone!

908/3fan

Very nice!

73911

The IROC series only use Porsches for one year. The story that has been passed down (and may even be true) is that Porsche sent Roger a bill for the cars.

In 1975 he used Camaros.

I have the dash sticker form the cars installed on my dash.



Richard Newton
Historic Racing Images

cobalt

Weren't these the 74 RS's which were converted to IROC spec for the race series.

I was under the impression the RSR at least the factory 74 my friend owns has the ultra wide fenders front and rear.

73911

Joe Hoppen explained all of this to me at one time. Then I forgot the details. Here's the part I remember.

Joe had Porsche create these 911s for a US race series. About the time Porsche was completing the production run the series was cancelled.

Now Joe had a bunch of cars and no buyers. The Germans were not pleased.

At that point Joe talked Roger into creating the IROC series. Joe was off the hook. The Germans got some money and Roger was not pleased.

As with any racing story I'm not sure how much of this is, or was, true. The part where Joe created the IROC series may be a bit of a stretch. Who knows?

Richard Newton