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On April 28, 1975, the specially modified 917 chassis 30 left the Weissach development center and made an extraordinary journey to Paris, marking the start of a new kind of Porsche adventure.
Porsche put the 917 in storage when it no longer needed it ... His goal wasn’t to park chassis number 30 in a warehouse and admire it while sipping vermouth; he wanted to legally drive it ...
While the story about the 917 chassis #30 and Count Rossi is fascinating, what’s perhaps even more interesting is Porsche hinting that, half a century later, it might do the same with its ...
The Porsche 917 Chassis 30 was sold to Count Rossi and was driven on public roadways. This could be an elaborate way to tease a road-legal version of Porsche’s current 963 LMDh prototype.
On April 28, 1975, a special Porsche 917 left Weissach. However, it was not headed to Daytona or Le Mans, it was headed to ...
so when he commissioned Porsche to build him a street-legal 917, the company wasn't going to say no. Once its life as a race car was over, 917 chassis 030 was brought back to the Porsche factory ...
Porsche built some 65 examples of the 917 race car during its racing years. One of those cars, the first of only two ever configured for street use, 917 chassis 30, was modified for street use.
The Porsche 917 made history as the first street-legal race car, with chassis 030 receiving modifications to meet road regulations. Originally, the 917 was a pure race car. Porsche never intended for ...
Porsche just released a video that appears ... Count Gregorio Rossi di Montelera. That car, chassis 917-030, was outfitted with minimal road-going equipment—mirrors, mufflers, indicators ...
The car – 917 chassis 30 – which was originally raced ... “Count Rossi”, a renowned powerboat racer, bobsledder and Porsche enthusiast. Finished in Martini Silver, the car featured ...
just a shadowy teaser at the end of a video commemorating 50 years since Porsche 917 chassis no.30 was converted for road use by the factory itself, at the behest of Italian business and heir to ...