How to make a Carrera Gt driver jealous? - Ultimate Porsche
 

Did you know Porsche build one streetlegal 917
It was made for Count Rossi exclusivly, the chief of the MArtini& Rossi Racing Team

0-62.5 mph in 2.7 seconds
Top Speed 220 mph (aprox. 352 km/h)
Some Versions 246 mph (aprox. 394 km/h)


http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9..._Rossi_k01.jpg http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9..._Rossi_k02.jpg

http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9..._Rossi_k03.jpg

One German rebuild a 917 to german roadspecifications

http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9...gm_917_02k.jpg http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9...gm_917_01k.jpg http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9...gm_917_03k.jpg http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9...e/917Gro_i.jpg http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9...ssmann_917.jpg

Holy shit thats just AMAZING! I am gonna go google to see if I can find some more information.

not all is translatet so try the argentinian site
http://www.porsche917.com.ar/

German site about 917-Strasse and the GRossman 917
http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9...7-strasse.html

Restauration of a 917
http://project917.itgo.com/index.html

Registry of the chassis numbers
http://962.com/history/917/index.htm

The 917 of Grossman is possibly convertet to racecar again (last remain is
Rearmirror)
http://www.cknet.org.uk/images/renns...pycar_side.jpg

Ah thanks for those links buddy!

One HELL of a car! Thanx 944SR!

This a CRAZY pic :shock:

http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9..._Rossi_k03.jpg

Ya really! I have seen this picture countless times! But always thought it was fake until now! :D
http://www.izdebski.de/Porsche_917/9..._Rossi_k03.jpg

lmao i want that car...look at how low and wide it is...that thing's gonna blast past any other road car ever :D ( and look at those rear wheels hahah, its jsut insane :twisted:

The picture is not a fake. The driver is count Rossi driving his 917 from Stuttgart to Paris.
His car got its registration an license lates in Alabama, with one condition, never show up there...
Porsche could not get it road legal in Germany.
But it was road legal in teh states. The car was a former testbed for a anti brake locking System ABS. Its fate is unknown to me.

The white 917 was road legal in germany, you can see the original german license plates. It was buildt up from frame resepcting german laws for roadlegalisation.
It is not easy to get a racing car through the german TüV (Technical Observation Union), but somehow he managed it.
Bye the way I saw a report about a road legal Porsche 910.

:lol: lmao, nice guys over there, weird they didnt wanna see it tho :roll:

Ah thanks alot for this information buddy! I cant tell you how amazingly interesting this cars history is! If anyone has more please tell us more! :mrgreen:

sure goes fast, but it looks like shiet.

sure goes fast, but it looks like shiet.

Definetly not my Opinion. I Think a 917 on the road will draw more attention then a Carrera GT...

there's a difference between beautiful and attention-drawing ofcourse...that orca thingy car from switzerland (google it if u dont know what im talking about) will draw LOADS of attention, but if that's a beautiful car, im santa...

The 917 was also elected for most beautiful racingcar....

for a racecar it looks pretty good, altho to be honest i think there are better-looking racecars. Still i htink the CGT looks better...but hey opinions differ...

^^^ I'm not even a Porsche guy, but I'm still loving this! The picture of Count Rossi driving it on the autobahn is amazing!! :D

Its performance is still astounding by today's standards, but imagine what it must have been like for the VW Golf driver in the pic at that time. It would have been like it was dropped on earth by some alien species!

Wow, that is one unique ride that they have. Yes it would definitely make most sports enthusiasts very very jealous......but the place where it falls short is the drop-dead-georgous looks of a CGT. Too much function, not enough form - to the passer by, that's an "ugly" car. But boy would I take it in a heartbeat!!!

Some larger pictures:
http://img75.echo.cx/img75/5080/9171129859c1lv.th.jpghttp://img75.echo.cx/img75/9114/9171129859d3cj.th.jpg

Lol there you have Strasky and Hutch in the black and white photo !!! nice find.... I think youlll be jealous driving any supercar :wink: :wink:

Sick. Simply sick :mrgreen:

:shock: wow! look at those performance figures...

look at that exhaust!

I wonder if the size of the exhaust has anything to do with those figures :)

I think, that I have two more pictures of that original road car. I will search for them and post them here. By the way, it was featured in Autocar in 2003. It was article about 100 most beautiful cars. There was only one small picture of it. And it ended on position 91.