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Chassis:
A works car, this chassis was fitted with a two-litre version of the flat four engine and first pressed into service during the 1961 season. It was driven to class victories in the Targa Florio by Dan Gurney and Jo Bonnier and at Le Mans by Bob Holbert and Masten Gregory. For the 1962 season, it was fitted with a two-litre version of the flat eight engine that had originally been developed for Le Mans. Now dubbed the 718 W-RS, it was loaned to Count Volpi's Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia for the Targa Florio and the Nürburgring 1000 km. Entered for works drivers Dan Gurney and Jo Bonnier, it crashed out of the former. For the Nürburgring, it was entrusted to Hans Herrmann and Graham Hill, who finished third overall and first in class. It was then raced for the works team by all of its leading drivers on both sides of the Atlantic through to 1964 and with great success. It scored class and outright victories in events ranging from the Nassau speed week on the Bahamas to hill climb races in Germany and France. The 718 W-RS helped secure Porsche the coveted European Hill Climb Championship in 1963 and 1964. Due to the car's unusually long career, it was christened 'Grandmother' by the Porsche mechanics. Retained by Porsche, it is today part of the Porsche Museum collection and also regularly shown and demonstrated at events around the world. Ahead of the launch of the new 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman in 2016, it was carefully restored.
| Chassis details |
| Manufactured in |
1961 |
| First owner |
Porsche System |
| License plate |
S-MC 147 |
| Last known location |
Porsche Museum |
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