VEHICLE SPOTLIGHT | 1968 PORSCHE 907

1968 PORSCHE 907

ENGINE: 2.0-liter flat-8
TOP SPEED: N/A
HORSEPOWER: 278

The 907 was a critical step in Porsche’s evolution from a sports car manufacturer to a builder of dominant race cars. This example, chassis 024, perfectly illustrates Miles Collier's restoration philosophy. The car's body was covered in an extra layer of fiberglass that took almost 3,000 hours to chisel off. Collier's goal was not to restore the car to its pristine original condition but to recreate its state from a moment in time. “You can never get back to absolute originality. In this case, we made the decision to go back to the car’s most important event, the [1968] win at Sebring,” Collier says. The result is a fascinating racing time capsule.

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