PORSCHE 911 GT1 EMMANUEL COLLARD / JURGEN VON GARTEN 1997 FIA GT

 Emmanuel Collard fresh from winning the 1996 Porsche Supercup led the show.

Entered under JB Racing stable in 1997 FIA GT Championship

 

PORSCHE 911 GT1 STUCK BOUTSEN WOLLEK 1996 LE MANS

Hans-Joachim Stuck piloted one of new Porsche 911 GT1 racing cars at Le Mans with Thierry Boutsen and Bob Wollek. 

 They went on to win GT1 class and finished second overall behind TWR-Porsche World Sports Car.

 

I brought this model up as I plan to convert it into this one

PORSCHE 917/20.001 WHITE PIG 1971 LE MANS TEST WEEKEND

I was really intrigued by the shape of this machine, it certainly will instill fear for its shear brute if it happens to appear in my rear view mirror.

The Porsche 917/20, which was re-dressed in 1971 Le Mans as The Pink Pig made its debut at the test weekend in April 1971. Driven by Willi Kauhsen and Gijs van Lennep underneath Magnesium frame.

But the manner it ended the race that day is still ambiguous. Some says Lennep overlooked signals to pit which lead the car to run out of fuel. Some says it was an electrical fault.

Whatever it was, this pig paved the way for futher refinement of speed and power of its predesasor, 917K. 917K hit the fastest speed ever recorded at Mulsanne straight and I think until today hold the fastest lap in Le Mans circuit.

By its stocky and squatty look, wide and short frame, it was instantly dubbed as a pig

What we normally see in the market is The Pink Pig. In fact, there was abundance of High Speed's Pink Pig last time around.

 
I actually managed to pick couple of them up and strip them out. Then, I made use of 917 # 22 Lennep's 1971 Winner decal, the easiest to get, for its Porsche markings. Add CIBIE and startnumber 20, it was all done.

Who would believe the one inside Minichamps box is actually a High Speed. Now that's not sugarcoating but just want to put it where it supposed to be....

PORSCHE 911 BELGA SC RS Gr B DROOGMANS 1984 RALLY HASPENGOUW . ..

With help from a friend who provide me some customized decals, I manage to make a good use of this ordinary 911 model. Still not 100% complete as there are few things I need to finish off like black headlamp casing, front signals etc