{"id":3652,"date":"2018-10-27T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=3652"},"modified":"2019-12-11T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T18:51:12","slug":"porsche-914-6-gt-40-minichamps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-914-6-gt-40-minichamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 914\/6 GT #40 &#8211; Minichamps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_914_40_03.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1970 Porsche 914\/6 GT #40<\/strong> <br>Pilots: C. Ballot-L\u00e9na, G. Chasseuil <br>Team: <em>Etablissement Sonauto<\/em> <br>Race: 6th GC (1st GT 2.0 class) at Le Mans in 1970 <br>Minichamps - 400706540 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-right has-small-font-size has-medium-gray-color\">Published 10\/27\/18 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">When Porsche was founded, the new company had a contract to handle part of the developmental work for Volkswagen. In the late 1960s, both Porsche and VW needed a new entry level sportscar. So to honor the old development contract, Porsche would develop cars for both. The 914\/4, with a flat-4 engine would be for VW and the 914\/6, with a flat-6, would be for Porsche. However, VW backed out of the deal, and Porsche inherited both projects and went ahead with the production of both. The 914\/6 was a lot more expensive than the 914\/4, with a price close to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-911s-1970-schuco\/\" target=\"_blank\">911S<\/a>. Because of the poor sales, Porsche discontinued the 914\/6 with just 3351 units produced. The 914\/4, on the other hand, was produced from 1969 to 1976, with over 118000 units sold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_914_40_02.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>The weirdest Porsche ever?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, Porsche was already very serious about racing. So when the 914 came out, a racing version of the car would be necessary. Working with a 914\/6, the engineering department created the 914\/6 GT, the racing version of the 914. The 914\/6 GT used the street version\u2019s flat-6 with 1991 cm\u00b3 and SOHC, producing around 200 hp. But it also got a stiffer chassis, upgraded brakes and lighter body, everything necessary for endurance racing. The Sonauto team, with Porsche factory support, enrolled chassis #914 043 1020 for the <em>24 Heures du Mans<\/em> of 1970. Amazingly, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/76\/c8\/56\/76c8567606671f83912649526e0884d7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">car #40<\/a> finished 6th overall and first in class, only preceded by prototypes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_914_40_01.jpg\" alt=\"914\/6 GT\"\/><figcaption>If you&#8217;re gonna have ONE Yucky, this is it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to admit I always <em>hated <\/em>the 914. In my opinion it\u2019s the most ugly car to ever sport the Porsche badge. The <strong>Yucky<\/strong> &#8211; that\u2019s how I usually refer to it. But to come in 6th place at La Sarthe means that the car can\u2019t be <em>that <\/em>bad&#8230; I won\u2019t go as far as saying that now I like the thing, but I will say it\u2019s interesting. That change of heart is partially because of Minichamps, that made a VERY nice model in 1:43. So if you\u2019re gonna have only one Yucky in your collection, this is the one to get. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1970 Porsche 914\/6 GT #40 Pilots: C. Ballot-L\u00e9na, G. Chasseuil Team: Etablissement Sonauto Race: 6th GC (1st GT 2.0 class) at Le Mans in 1970 Minichamps &#8211; 400706540 (diecast) Published 10\/27\/18 When Porsche was founded, the new company had a contract to handle part of the developmental work for Volkswagen. In the late 1960s, both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-914-6-gt-40-minichamps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Porsche 914\/6 GT #40 &#8211; Minichamps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3652","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3652"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8449,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3652\/revisions\/8449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}