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Type no. 901-20 1,991cc Twin Plug Flat 6-Cylinder Engine 2 Weber Carburetors 210bhp @ 8000 rpm 5-Speed Manual Transmission 4-Wheel Independent Suspension 4-Wheel Disc Brakes *Well-researched example with clear history *Owned and raced by a major figure in Porsche history *The first of the Piech era of fiberglass prototypes *Affordable entry into the club of the Porsche prototypes *Eligible for events like Le Mans Classic, Tour Auto, Monterey Reunion The Porsche 906 The classic 906 was produced for the 1966 season of World Championship of Makes racing. It was designed to meet the requirements of the FIA's new Group 4 regulations, while modified variants of the model – using larger engines or cut-down Spyder bodywork – could be accepted for Group 6 Sports-Prototype competition. The 906 became the last street-legal racing car to be produced by Porsche. It replaced the steel pontoon-chassised Typ 904 model and was the first substantial product of Technical Director Ferdinand Piech's new design regime at the Zuffenhausen factory. Where the complicated and costly Porsche 904 had derived structural rigidity from its bonded-on molded fiberglass bodywork, the new 906 featured a racing-bred multi-tubular spaceframe chassis, clothed by unstressed molded fiberglass body paneling. As a result, the initial batch of 50 Porsche 906 – or Carrera 6 – Coupe cars that then emerged offered competitive light weight - some 1,300 lb (580 kg) which represented a weight savings of around 250 lb (113 kg) compared to the similarly-engined 904/6. The Porsche 901/20 6-cylinder lightweight racing engine was standard equipment, offering 220bhp on carburetors. A handful of factory-entered works cars were alternatively powered either by fuel-injected versions of the 6-cylinder engine, or were adapted to accept flat-8 cylinder power units, all – of course – air cooled. The Carrera 6 model was notable for its external envelope shape dictated by extensive wind tunnel testing. This research and development work endowed the model with a top speed as high as 170mph (280km/h) at Le Mans, which for a 2-liter car was immensely respectable. The new cars made their international racing debut in the 1966 Daytona 24 Hours, one example finishing 6th overall and beating the Ferrari Dino 206 in its 2-liter category. Its drivers on that occasion were Hans Herrmann/Herbie Linge, and at the subsequent 12 Hours of Sebring, Herrmann won the category again in a new Carrera 6, co-driving it this time with Gerhard Mitter and Joe Buzzetta, and finishing fourth overall. The Monza 1,000kms also saw 906s dominate the 2-liter class, this time with Herrmann/Mitter in a works entry leading home the private customer version of Charles Vogele/Jo Siffert, these two cars placing fourth and fifth overall behind the victorious Ferrari 330P3 and a pair of Ford GT40s. The Targa Florio in Sicily was the next World Championship race that year, and there the Carrera 6 won outright, Willy Mairesse/Herbert Muller co-driving the Swiss Ecurie Filipinetti-entered car. The Dutch racing brothers, Gijs and David van Lennep, then won the Sports 2-liter class in the less-prominent Spa 1,000kms – co-driving their bright orange-liveried Racing Team Holland Porsche 906 - and in the ADAC 1,000kms classic at the Nürburgring the Dutch pairing won again, from Swedish private owner Sten Axelsson and Bo Johansson in the former's sister car. The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans then saw works-entered prototype category Porsche 906LE Coupes finishing 4-5-6-7 behind the leading trio of 7-liter engined Ford GT Mark IIs, outlasting all of the previously dominant V12-engined sports-prototype Ferraris, while the 2-liter Sports class was again dominated by a standard 906 – co-driven in this instance by Gunther Klass/Rolf Stommelen. Completing that memorable season of endurance racing achievement, the Hockenheim 500kms was utterly dominated by Porsche 906s, which filled the first six places – works drivers Mitter, Klass and Herrmann pla