917s were, but 917 turbos, at least the real ones, were open cars.
On Jul 15, 2006, at 10:33 AM, Gary wrote:
> Chris:
>
> The 917 was also a coupe as raced at LeMans and in the Steve
> McQueen movie "LeMans". This same website had two other short
> videos featuring a 917 in the blue/orange Gulf color scheme so
> perhaps the in-car video was taken in the that car.
>
> Gary
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <triumph_marx@freenet.de>
> To: <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [FOT] in car videos: nice idea for FOT racers perhaps?
>
>
>> Is that really a Porsche 917?
>> I am asking because there is a turbo bypass valve noise when he is
>> shifting or going off the accelerator.
>>
>> Could be a later model. When I look at the dashboard it could be a
>> 956 form 1982 or later.
>>
>> The 917 turbo model was a open spyder version.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Drews" <tony@tonydrews.com>
>> To: <Guyots3@wmconnect.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 4:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [FOT] in car videos: nice idea for FOT racers perhaps?
>>
>>
>>> Nice!
>>>
>>> I particularly liked the in-car from a Porsche 917 at
>>> http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=1364173336824248734
>>>
>>> - Tony
>>>
>>> At 11:04 PM 7/14/2006, Guyots3@wmconnect.com wrote:
>>> >Look at this, and other videos, nicely made:
>>> >
>>> ><A
>>> >HREF="http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?
>>> docid=-1536433470404300035">http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?
>>> docid=-1536433470404300035</A>
>>> >
>>> >Regards
>>> >
>>> >Leon
>>> >
>>> ><A
>>> >HREF="http://community.webshots.com/user/vitesse1963";>http://
>>> community.webshots.com/user/vitesse1963</A>
>>>
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