{"id":7300,"date":"2019-11-29T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=7300"},"modified":"2021-09-21T12:31:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T15:31:24","slug":"porsche-907-test-car-ebbro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-907-test-car-ebbro\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 907 test car – Ebbro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1967 Porsche 907 test car<\/strong>\nEbbro - 44299 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 11\/29\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starting in the early 1960\u2019s, Porsche began to release a succession of race cars. The interesting bit about this was that they introduced the new model while the older one was still competitive. Thus, the cars had a lot in common. The 907<\/a> was one of these models. It was released in early 1967, right after it\u2019s \u201cpredecessor\u201d, the 910<\/a>. So the 907 used the same tubular chassis and running gear of the 910. However, it sported a longer fiberglass body, specifically tailored to endurance racing. The engine was a boxer-6 with 1991 cm\u00b3, with SOHC and 12 valves. Power output was over 200 hp, and for a  600 kg car it was enough. And if we\u2019re talking about endurance racing, we\u2019re talking about Le Mans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Talk about loooooong tails…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The test session for the 1967 Le Mans race occured on April 4th. Porsche\u2019s factory team had two cars in the test session, #907-001<\/a> (#40) and #907-002 (#41). Piloting 907 #40 were the German duo Gerhard Mitter and Herbert Linge (yes, that <\/em>Linge<\/a>), both factory pilots. The Le Mans test session was a sort of shakedown session for the car, and by the end Porsche was happy. However, though 907 #40 managed a 20th place in the test session, it did not race in June. Instead, on the start line were #907-003 and #907-004, that respectively DNF and finished in fifth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A fantastic model by Ebbro, no doubt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
This was a total chance buy. I wasn\u2019t looking for this model – being honest, I wasn’t even aware of it. But out of the blue I found it locally for a good price. Since I don\u2019t have no 907 in the W-143 Garage, and it\u2019s a test car, what the hey\u2026 Even though it\u2019s race history is very limited, it\u2019s a fine model by Ebbro. In fact, Ebbro also offers the other 907 used that day (#41 – #907-002). So if you\u2019re a huge fan of the 907 you can have them both. For me, at least, just one is enough. Though I do need a race version\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PS: I almost forgot to comment. To my surprise, contrary to all my other Ebbro models, this is a resin <\/em>model, not diecast. For me that\u2019s not good nor bad, what counts is the model per se<\/em>. Even so, this is a VERY nice model – and I mean 917K test car-nice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1967 Porsche 907 test car Ebbro – 44299 (resin) Published 11\/29\/19 Starting in the early 1960\u2019s, Porsche began to release a succession of race cars. The interesting bit about this was that they introduced the new model while the older one was still competitive. Thus, the cars had a lot in common. The 907 was … Continue reading “Porsche 907 test car – Ebbro”<\/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-7300","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\/7300","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=7300"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12721,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7300\/revisions\/12721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}