John Starkey, Author at Stuttcars

Motorsport & Racing Porsche 935 Featured Notable Chassis

The 1976 Prototype Works 935

After bodywork testing with the prototype 934, 930 670 0001, the Porsche factory built its first 935 to actually race at the end of 1975. This was known internally as 935-001, or R15. The Chassis number was 930 670 0002. The engine had a bore and stroke of 92.8 x...

Motorsport & Racing Porsche 934 Featured Notable Chassis

Notable 1976 Porsche 934s

Porsche 934 ahead of other cars during race

1976 saw 31 customer 934 cars built. Chassis numbers run from 930 670 0151 to 0180 (plus 930 670 0540). The Porsche 934, first introduced in 1976, was the Group 4 GT race version of the Typ 930 Turbo road car. Group 4 in 1976 rules insisted that four hundred...

Porsche 911 Motorsport & Racing Featured Notable Chassis

1972 Porsche RSR 911 360 0019/20

When the idea came up of producing a series of race cars for the mainly-amateur racers who drove such GT vehicles in the early 1970s, the factory management was skeptical as to whether it would prove to be a profitable venture. After all, the factory had been in this line...

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Finding the Porsche RSR “Ratt”

When I’m not helping to sell the occasional old race car, or visiting old race car meetings, I’ve usually got my head down, researching various projects for clients, usually to do with Porsches—although Lola T70s and the like often pass my way too. Probably the most interesting project that I’ve...

Porsche History Model In Depth Porsche Race Cars Featured Notable Chassis

1974 Porsche RS 3.0 Carrera #911 460 9029

Chassis No: 911 460 9029 Engine No: 684 0053 Prod. No: 104 2302 G/box No: 716 1222 (15/1) Colour: White/Gold First delivered to: Sonauto Dealership , Paris, France Aluminum roll bar fitted First registered as: 556 ACR 75 Awaiting the start of the 1974 edition of the Tour de France...

Porsche 911 Porsche Life My Porsche Story Featured Notable Chassis

My First 1973/4 Porsche RS/R

My first “real” racing car was a Porsche RS/R, which I bought in the mid-1980s. Previously, I had done quite a lot of Hillclimbs in England with, first of all, a variety of Jaguar XK120s and then a 1974 Porsche RS 3.0, (911 460 9034), which was followed up by...

Model In Depth Porsche Race Cars Porsche 935 Featured Notable Chassis

A Brief History of JLP-4

JLP-4 Porsche 935 in Miller High Life livery on pavement

There are 935s, and then there are 935s… Although almost a hundred Porsche 935s were built between 1975 and 1984, with the factory building some forty two cars and customers building the remainder, JLP-4 was by far the most radical of the Group 5 breed. Access to the full article...

Porsche History Model In Depth Porsche Race Cars Featured Notable Chassis

1974 Porsche RS 3.0 Carrera (Chassis Number 911 460 9034)

Front view of 1974 Porsche RS 3.0 Carrera 911 460 9034

When I first started writing my book, “R to RSR: The Racing Porsche 911s” in 1987, whilst living in England, I had little or no idea which RS/RSR cars had been raced in France. This was despite the fact that France was only 21 miles away across the Channel. The...

Porsche 911 Porsche History Model In Depth Porsche 911 (F-Series)Featured Notable Chassis

In-Depth: The 1972 Porsche RS/RSR 911 360 0001 Prototype

Frontal aspect of Porsche 911 230 0769 before rally in 1972

This story covers the development of the Porsche 911 RS/RSR prototype in the middle of 1972. Surprisingly, the very first Porsche RS/RSR, chassis number 911 360 0001 started life as a rally car—a factory built ST, 911 230 0769, which the factory itself re-numbered after the car had been returned...

Porsche Race Cars Porsche 934 Yesteryear People & Profiles Featured Notable Chassis

The Story of 1976 Porsche 934, 930 670 0161

Photo from 1976 of two men standing in front of yellow Porsche 934 in the Netherlands

There are 934s, and there are 934s… The Porsche 934 has long lived in the shadow of its more powerful sibling, the Porsche 935. This is a shame. Not only was the 934 faster than the Carrera RSR that it supplanted (naturally!), but many 934s went on to have very...

Motorsport & Racing Kremer Porsche Race Cars Featured Notable Chassis

Blast to the Past: The 1979 Kremer-Porsche K3 Prototype 009 0002

Development of the 1979 Kremer-Porsche K3 Kremer Racing, headed up by the two brothers Erwin and Manfred, from Cologne, Germany, had been heavily involved in racing 911s since 1965 for their customers. They used various factory racing 911s, such as ST, and RSRs as a starting point and they started...

Porsche 911 Motorsport & Racing Featured Notable Chassis

1975 Le Mans GT Winner: The 1974 Porsche RSR 911 460 9065

John Fitzpatrick in Porsche RSR Carrera at Le Mans in 1975

Ed note: The history of specific chassis used in notable races decades ago can be hard to verify but are significant to fans of Porsche and vintage racing enthusiasts. Information presented are the thoughts, data, and opinions of the author. Enjoy! This is the story of what happened to a...

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