Porsche Sports Racers Ultimate Portfolio 1952-1968

Porsche Sports Racers Ultimate Portfolio 1952-1968 Review

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Porsche Sports Racers Ultimate Portfolio 1952-1968 Feature

The Porsche type 550 appeared in 1953. Designed for competition purposes, it featured a complex flat four that produced 110 bhp from just 1.5 litres. Quite a feat for 1953 - more than half a century ago! Not only was it light, it was very quick and soon became a class winner in major long distance races. It also became quite a collector's piece. A new era was ushered in with the release of the stunning Type 904 that was shown to the media in 1963 and entered competition the following year. It had a fibreglass body of exquisite beauty, and a totally new chassis with coil spring suspension. It was to have a long and successful racing career and spawned more great racing Porsches over the next decade beginning with the fabulous Carrera 6, the first Porsche to be powered by a flat six engine. Thankfully, many of the small numbers of these cars that were built have survived and are often seen in classic events around the world. They still look and sound great.

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White Racers from Zuffenhausen: Porsche 904, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910 (Ludvigsen Library Series)

White Racers from Zuffenhausen: Porsche 904, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910 (Ludvigsen Library Series) Review

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White Racers from Zuffenhausen: Porsche 904, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910 (Ludvigsen Library Series) Feature

It was no small leap for Porsche from its giant-killing Spyders to the powerful Type 917 that swept all before it. The gap was bridged by its 900-series sports-racing cars, here depicted in rare original photography from the Ludvigsen Library. Karl Ludvigsen has personally selected both dramatic action images and intimate technical details of the 904, 906, 907, 908 and 910, which with their air-cooled flat-six and flat-eight engines brought Porsche to the fore in both international sports-car racing and the European Hillclimb Championship, which Porsche won in 1966 and 1968. These were the years of spare-no-expense building of fresh cars for every race, funded secretly by Volkswagen, with exotic titanium and beryllium components. Led technically by the thrusting Ferdinand Piëch, Porsche built the ultra-light 908/03 expressly to win both the Targa Florio and Nürburgring — which it did. Porsche expert Karl Ludvigsen introduces this must-have pictorial panorama for all fans of the white racers from Zuffenhausen.

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Porsche 956 & 962: Immortal Endurance Racers 1982-1994 (Ludvigsen Library)

Porsche 956 & 962: Immortal Endurance Racers 1982-1994 (Ludvigsen Library) Review

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Porsche 956 & 962: Immortal Endurance Racers 1982-1994 (Ludvigsen Library) Feature

Powered by a tubocharged flat six, the 956/962 had Porsche’s first full monocoque structure and was the first car its engineers designed to produce aerodynamic downforce. Raced both by the factory and by private teams, these were turn-key cars: just turn the key…and win. These are among the world’s most respected racing cars. In these pages an expert on Porsche, Karl Ludvigsen, shares rare images from his personal archive and describes the highs and more highs of these great Porsches.

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