--- title: Porsche 917/20 (1971) · HICONIUM description: "Porsche 917/20 (1971). 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." canonical_url: https://hiconium.com/vehicles/porsche/917/t20 --- > HICONIUM · Index: https://hiconium.com/llms.txt · Every page: append `.md` or send `Accept: text/markdown`. > Path: [Home](https://hiconium.com/) › [Vehicles](https://hiconium.com/vehicles) › [Porsche](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/porsche) › [917](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/porsche/917) › Porsche 917/20 (1971) [Porsche 917 — the model file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/porsche/917) # 917/20 1971 · Unique · 1 built ![The Porsche 917/20 “Pink Pig” at the Porsche Museum](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/cars/porsche-917/art/pink.jpg.w1920.q75.webp) 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 ![The 917/20 “Pink Pig” in the Porsche Museum](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/cars/porsche-917/pink-pig.jpg.w1920.q75.webp) [All 917 executions](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/porsche/917#variants)