917-0546

This has a clean Oklahoma Title and is titled as a 1964 VW, which is the donor chassis used to complete this replica. It has a 1600 4cyl. Engine with 4 speed Transmission. I bought this car 5 years ago, and have spent the last 5 years restoring it. I started with a very clean original 1964 VW with good floor pans, and a upgraded 1600 engine. I drove this car for a few weeks to make sure all was good. The 917 Body was solid but had no shine. I striped the old gel coat off, & had a water base primer sealer applied, then acrylic paint. This paint is now 3 years old and does have some rock chips and a couple of scuffs from tailoring the car to have it professionally wired. Not bad but need to let you know. I have included a couple of pictures of the scuffs they are on the pass-side down low just behind the front tire. This car runs and drives just as will as any 1964 Bug would. The most current pictures are from a car show in Tulsa the - Darryl Starbird 43rd. annual car show. http://www.darrylstarbird.com/showtime.htm If you have any question please E-Mail or call me. Itsasign409@sbcglobal.net 918-808-4344 Just a little info on the real 917's (this was copied of the enternet). The Porsche 917 made its first appearance in 1969. It was powered by a Flat-12 engine. To begin with, the 917's chassis was from the 908, but strengthened and enlarged for the 12 cylinger engine. Its exact displacement came to 4494cc. In 1970, Gulf-Wyer took the reigns as the forefront 917 team, even though Porsche still had its own racer, as well as Martini's first 917 team. They took LeMans by storm, sweeping the field 1-2-3. It won every race in 1970 except for 3; Sebring, the Targa, and Nurburgring. By 1971, it was just too out of reach for anyone, and the 917's won every race held. Porsche stepped up the displacement to the 5.0L limit! with 630 bhp, the 917 was just creeping farther and farther out of reach. 1971 marked the end to the Group 4 racing, as 5.0 Liter cars would not be eligible in 1972. Porsche took out the 5.0 Liter engine and further fortified it with a big turbocharger which boosted to 20psi. Now called the 917/10, it unleashed 1000 horsepower in the competitors' faces. Mark Donohue became the top driver for it. The 917/10 sported a stiffer chassis, new gearbox, better cooling, and huge brakes. Donohue and Porsche developed the body to where it created tremendous downforce at speed, to where the car stuck like glue no matter how fast you went. The 917/10 blew McLaren and everyone else away in 1972. For 1973, the 917 came out of the garage with a new 5.4 Liter turbocharged powerplant, which at mild boost developed 1,100 bhp, and at full boost sprung 1,560 bhp, it was now called the 917/30. The 917 was in fact virtually unbeatable, anywhere, at anytime in the world. It becam so unfair, such an all-out rout on the track, that the 917 was banned for competition in 1974. The "authorities" re-wrote the rule books to effectively bar turbochargers completely from yet another series. With the 917 having no where else it could race, it retired.