1967 PORSCHE 910 for sale

Overview of this 1967 PORSCHE 910 used for sale

A purpose-built racing car, the Porsche Carrera 10, or 910, was designed specifically for international endurance racing with Ferdinand Piëch as its main driving force and Hans Mezger as the head engineer.

Based heavily on the Porsche 906, the 910 was produced and entered in 1966 and 1967. With the 910 considered to be the next sequence in the 906 line, the factory name for the 910 was the 906/10. The 910 differed from the original 906 with its use of 13-inch Magnesium wheels and tires like in Formula One, and it was shorter and lighter which made it good competition for the more powerful GT40 and Ferrari prototypes. The 910 also featured a single large central nut rather than the 5 lugs in the 904 and 906’s, which saved time at pitstops. Powering the 910 was either the dependable 2000cc 6-cylinder that produced 200 hp or a 2200cc flat 8-cylinder with up to 270 hp.

The factory raced the 910 for about a year from 1966 to 1967 during which it was very successful. The 910’s main class rival was Ferrari Dino 206P which was quickly beaten. In 1967 at the 1000 km Nürburgring a fleet of 6 factory cars were entered in an effort by Porsche to score the first overall win in Porsche’s home event. Though two of the three 8-cylinder engines broke down, the remaining one finished 4th place and the three 6-cylinders won 1-2-3 giving Porsche their first outright win in a major event of the World Sportscar Championship.

It was one of 27 910s built by Porsche in 1967 and served as a test and development car. It was built with the reinforced chassis designed to receive the larger 8-cylinder engine. The 910 remains one of the racing Porsches most fondly remembered by the team drivers, especially for its excellent handling.

At that time, it was completely works overhauled and fitted with a new 220 bhp fuel injected 6-cylinder engine.

The car later competed in SCCA B Sports Racing at many West Coast events, including Laguna Seca, where it was driven for Abate by Milt Minter in mid-1973. It was during this time that Abate had Vasek Polak install 275 bhp Type 771 8-cylinder engine, identical to the works preferred 1967 configuration.

Sam regularly competed at many significant historic racing events, and won the 1995 SVRA Paine Webber Endurance Championship for Historic Prototypes.