1967 Porsche 910 racing car sold for a record $2.5 million (39 photos)

Rare racing car sold at Bring a Trailer online auction car without the right to road access - Porsche 910 sample 1967. A total of 29 such cars were assembled to participate in racing, but this particular copy to the factory sports team had no relationship.





This Porsche 910 was used by the factory team for about year and with the help of him the Germans were able to achieve victory, taking in 1967 four first places in the Nürburgring endurance race. instance, put up for sale, Porsche's sporting success was influenced only by indirectly, as it served as a kind of running test bench to test new developments.

However, the car has racing experience. By appointment the sports prototype was used by private owners: the company got rid of cars in 1971. Over the next years, the car installed various types of engines (structurally, the chassis is allows), and it is put up for sale with a six-cylinder "opposite" volume of 2.0 liters. The company itself used engines of this type. Porsche.

In addition, another motor is attached to the lot - also boxer, but already eight-cylinder 2.2 liters. It is stated that he was installed as a rarity between 1985 and 1991. Engine with the factory designation Type 771 was installed on the Porsche 910 at the factory, but in a smaller two-liter version.