I love this stuff! Don't imagine their return in 2014 will include a resurrection of the 917... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRDQi1YVg-c]Porsche in Le Mans - The Early Years - YouTube[/ame]
When I saw LeMans in the theatre at the tender age of 13 it set the stage for my lusting of the 917. It is a fantastic car.
I didn't even know about the movie but I was a huge sports car fan a few years older than that (and seriously lusting after the 930 Turbo Carrera) when I read The Making of a Winner: The Porsche 917. It was like a biography of Porsche from before it even existed in terms of everything that lead up to the 917 and its success at Le Mans and beyond. I was hooked (brainwashed?) and for about a decade I had a tough time looking at any non-Porsche sports car without disdain.
One of the many reasons the marquee is on my next vehicular buy list. Just hoping to be able to put a "T" in it.
Love it! Looks like that was filmed at Moroso down in South Florida. My old home track. Derek Bell is one of the good guys in motorsports. I have several things signed by him, not the least of which is a Porsche Factory poster he signed for me on the wing of the Lowenbrau car at the Palm Beach GP. Another cool one is the start of Le Mans where he is cutting off the Ferrari in a 917. What an era in racing. It is a shame so many died, for it was the era of beautiful cars...
Le Mans documentary in four parts: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boLCAdPjs2k]Le Mans- 100 Years of Passion Part 1 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NHGB1uPHaY]Le Mans- 100 Years of Passion Part 2 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WjiJ1MXF4A]Le Mans- 100 Years of Passion Part 3 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqyysm-bW7k]Le Mans- 100 Years of Passion Part 4 - YouTube[/ame]
A lot of gorgeous cars in this one. I wish I could name more than just a few of them. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4L6_cQp09c]Le Mans Classic - Group 5 - Incredible Sound - YouTube[/ame]
Porsche in Le Mans - The 70s: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK6KqpI_eRU]Porsche in Le Mans - The 70s - YouTube[/ame]
Porsche in Le Mans - The 80s: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAwpYIcUcLU]Porsche in Le Mans - The 80s - YouTube[/ame]