Porsche 904 Carrera GTS '1963
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Porsche is the world's leading sports car manufacturer. Its history is a process of evolution of one idea, lasting more than half a century. This process was initiated by the Austrian engineer Ferdinand Porsche, who opened his design office in Stuttgart in 1931.
At the end of the 30s. he developed the rear-engined small car Volkswagen Beetle, and ten years later his son, Ferry Porsche, built the first sports model, the Porsche 356, on the Beetle chassis. Its small-scale production was organized in 1948 at a sawmill in the Austrian village of Gmünd. The car proved to be surprisingly popular, and in 1950 the company returned to Stuttgart, where it was awarded a contract for the supply of bodies with the local Reutter atelier. A year later, she entered the American market, which for many years became her main sales market.
Design Porsche 904 Carrera GTS
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In 1962, Porsche abandoned Formula 1 and began preparing a new model for racing sports cars in the GT class. To obtain homologation, the FIA rules required the release of at least 100 production cars.
Design Porsche 904 Carrera GTS
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Ferry Porsche realized that it would be difficult to do this, but decided to take the risk and develop a central-engine racing coupe with a fiberglass body - the Porsche 904. He entrusted the design of the design to his eldest son, also Ferdinand Porsche, and entrusted the production of fiberglass panels to the aviation company Heinkel.
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A two-seater body with a drag coefficient of 0.34 was installed on a steel ladder frame with a wheelbase of 2300 mm. For the first time in the history of Porsche, the suspension of a sports car was not on torsion bars, but on double wishbones and coil springs. All wheels were equipped with disc brakes.
Design Porsche 904 Carrera GTS
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The Porsche 904 was originally supposed to be powered by a flat-six from the Porsche 911, but this was not yet completed, and was replaced by a Fürmann 4-cylinder boxer engine with two overhead camshafts (DOHC), hemispherical combustion chambers, dry sump and two carburettors. Weber. As in the serial Porsche 356C 2000 GS Carrera 2, its volume was 1966 cm3, but the power reached 180 hp. Behind the power unit was a 5-speed manual gearbox in one block with the driving rear axle.
Interior Porsche 904 Carrera GTS
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The Porsche 904 is the in-house model number, and it was marketed as the Porsche Carrera GTS because the three-digit numbering system with a zero in the middle belonged to Peugeot. Enough orders were made for the Porsche 904 in a year to meet the homologation requirements, despite the car's price tag of an impressive $ 7,245.In its first race at Sebring in 1964, the car finished 9th overall and 1st in the prototype category.
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It was the beginning of a successful racing career, marked by such achievements as victory in the Targa Florio (1964), 3rd place at the Nurburgring (1964) and 1st place in the class up to 2000cc at Le Mans (1964 and 1965), Spa (1964 and 1965), Reimse (1964), Monza (1965) and Daytona (1965). In addition, the Porsche 904 dominated its class in many rally races, and in 1965 finished 2nd in the Monte Carlo Rally.
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In just two years, 120 examples of the Porsche 904 Carrera GTS were built. This number included prototypes 904/6 and 904/8, equipped respectively with opposed 6 (1991 cm3) and 8-cylinder (1962 cm3) engines. In 1965, the Porsche 904 was replaced by the racing Porsche 906, which was no longer available for sale.
Porsche 904 Carrera GTS '1963
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