The execution
The one-off aerodynamic study — wide as a K, slippery as an LH — painted as a butcher’s diagram for Le Mans 1971. It ran as high as third before brake failure ended its only race.
A Porsche/SERA compromise study ordered by Piëch, internally “Dicke Berta”. Anatole Lapine’s studio painted it pink and chalked the butcher’s cuts on the panels — “Der Trüffeljäger von Zuffenhausen”. Reinhold Joest was aboard when the brakes failed at Le Mans 1971; it never raced again and has lived in the Porsche Museum since. Never sold, never priced.
On the record
- One built, one race — Le Mans 1971, DNF from the top three
- Livery by Anatole Lapine’s studio — every panel a butcher’s cut
- In the Porsche Museum ever since; effectively priceless
As separated
- Years
- 1971
- Built
- 1
- Engine
- 4.9L flat-12
- Power
- ~600 PS
Against the 917 K
- Years
- 1971 · 917 K 1969–1971
- Built
- 1 · 917 K 36
- Engine
- 4.9L flat-12 · 917 K 4.5–5.0L flat-12 · Type 912
- Power
- ~600 PS · 917 K 580–630 PS
The documents
