{"id":773,"date":"2018-06-17T15:33:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T18:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=773"},"modified":"2022-09-02T08:33:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T11:33:41","slug":"porsche-917-20-pink-pig-23-minichamps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-917-20-pink-pig-23-minichamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 917\/20 \u201cPink Pig\u201d #23 – Minichamps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1971 Porsche 917\/20 \u201cPink Pig\u201d<\/strong> \nPilots: R. Joest, W. Kauhsen \nTeam: Martini Racing Team<\/em> \nRace: DNF (S 5.0 class) at Le Mans in 1971 <\/strong>\nMinichamps - 430716923 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 09\/19\/18 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By 1971, the Porsche 917 had proved itself. Even so the engineering department at Stuttgart had a few more ideas for the car. In late 1970 they asked SERA, a French aerospace consultancy agency, to design a new 917. They wanted a car that combined the down force and stability generated by the 917K bodywork and a drag figure that was close to what the 917LH offered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Ugly, no doubt, but too cool for school. In fact, that’s art car cool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The result of that combination was the 917\/20<\/strong>. However, with it\u2019s bloated form it was a far cry from the slim & elegant 917K . Well, it looked like a fat pig. As legend goes, Martini Team\u2019s management found it so ugly that they refused to race it in the traditional Martini colors. They even disallowed any mention to Martini in the whole car. Because of that, Porsche designer Anatole Lapine, just for giggles, had an idea. He decided to paint it pink as a pig and label body parts according to butcher-style cuts of a pig. That day the world met the famous Pink Pig (aka \u201cle Cochon Rose\u201d<\/em> or “Der Tr\u00fcffelj\u00e4ger von Zuffenhausen”<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Pork cuts, just like you would see in a German butcher’s shop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Designed specifically for La Sarthe, the Pink Pig only raced there once. And it was so wide that it didn\u2019t fit in Porsche\u2019s current transporters, the Mercedes MB O317<\/a>. So to get to France a regular flatbed truck (rumors say it was an Army truck) hauled it. The engine was Porsche\u2019s new flat-12 with 4907 cm\u00b3, DOHC and 24 valves that produced 600 hp. Though the car was REALLY fast, with an official top speed of 368 km\/h at the Mulsanne, it wasn\u2019t lucky. The \u201cenhanced\u201d aerodynamics, unbeknownst to the pit crews, over-stressed the breaks. With that, around 11 hours into the race, while in 5th position, it crashed out at Arnage and retired. <\/p>\n\n\n
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Yes, it does look bloated…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
The Pink Pig is painfully ugly and did half of only one race in it\u2019s entire career. Still, the Pink Pig is MUCH more notorious than the sleek 917K<\/a> that won that race. It\u2019s so iconic that even regular motorsports fans recognize it. To me it\u2019s one of those idiosyncratic stories that make Le Mans so great and interesting. So without a doubt it\u2019s a grail model for my collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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It comes in a fancy presentation box.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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At first I would have preferred the more high-end Spark version of the car. Unfortunately though, it appears they’re made out of unobtanium. But from the few pics I\u2019ve seen, the only difference is that it\u2019s the \u201crace version\u201d. On Spark’s model there is black tape around the door (the car didn\u2019t have that at the start). Minichamps did a fantastic job, though as you can see, it\u2019s the pre-start version. Still, I couldn\u2019t be more pleased with it. I think it\u2019s a must buy for any Le Mans or racing Porsche collector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
09\/02\/22: The W-143 Garage now has a better version of this model.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1971 Porsche 917\/20 \u201cPink Pig\u201d Pilots: R. Joest, W. Kauhsen Team: Martini Racing Team Race: DNF (S 5.0 class) at Le Mans in 1971 Minichamps – 430716923 (diecast) Published 09\/19\/18 By 1971, the Porsche 917 had proved itself. Even so the engineering department at Stuttgart had a few more ideas for the car. In late … Continue reading “Porsche 917\/20 \u201cPink Pig\u201d #23 – Minichamps”<\/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-773","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\/773","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=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14568,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/773\/revisions\/14568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}