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We shared a PorscheGB Carrera GT last week - one of only two in the classifieds. But now we've had a Saved Search alert - and this one is UK registered... 💰
The Carrera GT's roots can be firmly traced back to its predecessors, the 911 GT1 and LMP1-98 racing cars. In 1998 Porsche planned on a new Le Mans prototype for 1999. The car was initially intended to use a turbocharged flat-6, but was later redesigned to use a new V10 engine, pushing the project back to planned completion in 2000. The V10 was a unit secretly built by Porsche for the Footwork Formula One team in 1992 but had been shelved.
Elements pointing to the car's stillborn Le Mans routes are abundant throughout the car. Attached to this gearbox is a Beechwood gear knob which pays homage to the wooden gear knob used in the Porsche 917 Le Mans racers. In typical Porsche fashion, the ignition is to the left of the steering wheel. This placement dates back to the early days of Le Mans racing when drivers were required to make a running start, hop into their cars, start them and begin the race.
Retained by its first keeper until 2014; the car had been stored unregistered and undriven until 2008, subsequently being used ever so sparingly, DK imported the car and sold the car to its second owner. The car remained in our secure storage facility and benefitted from a comprehensive major service at Porsche Reading in 2017, including new coils, clutch and rear main oil seal. In 2018, we sold the car to its third and current owner.
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