718 RSK RS60 RS61

[jacques]

Hi Alan
so it does looks like 041 was not at the 61 Targa but how could Steve show 044 at VIR the same day? and what happened to 042 after the 60 Le mans?
j

[alan hall]

Hi Jacques,
If you check out the info on page 14 of the Carrera book comments topic, I also show photos of the cars Moss drove in the '61 Targa and '61 Nurburgring. -044 in the Targa has the built in driving lights that were added for LeMans, and -041 in the Nurburgring does not. I also have copies of the factory Nurburgring setup sheets somewhere if you would like me to dig them out. As far as other possibilities there were only four cars with the narrow oil cooler opening, -041, -042, -043 and -044.

Alan (I used to own -041 many years ago).

[jacques]

Hi Alan thank you but i am not convinced since Sebring 25 Mar 61 the book shows 044 in the USA. Also the 1000k Nurburing 28 May 1961 shows 041 with Moss the pilot presumably the same car that he drove at the Targa. Maybe a "practice car" was the one actually entered in the 61 Targa and 041 was not available for the Targa in 61. The book does not show how 044 came into possession of Holbert subsequent to 61 Targa as postulated by the 2015 auction write up.
j

[Rickie]

Plus, Stirling's car had a big yellow hand painted identifier ball painted (mostly) on the hood. I was able to tell Warren about the color after I unearthed a color pic in an old copy of the great Automobile Year annual. He promptly had a litho he had commissioned from Randy Owens revised to suit...

[alan hall]

Jacques, See page 14 of the Carrera book comments topic, has copies of the factory setup sheets for the '61 Targa. 044 was the car Moss was driving.
Alan

[jacques]

Hi Porschinelle
maybe you can help me with this.
718-044 an ex Warren Eads vehicle sold back in 2015 with the providence of it being the car that Sterling Moss was driving when it almost won the 1961 Targa Florio. Some of the web sites seem to confirm that. However the Carrera book shows in red 041 as the car and that 044 was being campaigned by Holbert in the Americas concurrently. Also both 041 and maybe 044 were said to be equipped with a 2.0 4 cylinder engine which taxed the gearbox is there any record of an engine no?
Merci Beaucoup
jacques

[Porschinelle]

Hans Hermann driving 718 RS 60-043

Hans Hermann also drove the winning car 718 RS 60-041 from the 4th to the Th laps
The winning car cover the 10 laps of the race (447.388 miles) in 7 hours 33 mn and 08 seconds

[Porschinelle]

A 6th Porsche a standard 356 B T5 1660 driven by Lloyd Cassner finish 22nd out of 28th finishing cars


Some more pics of the winning car

First Jo Bonnier


The winning car crossing the finish line with Jo Bonnier waving his hand

[Porschinelle]

44th Targa Florio 1960 classification


A paddock pic


In the far back 2 cars entered by Paul Ernst Strahle
A 356 Abarth carrera GT (presumly 02) car race number 116 who finish 6th overall and a 356 Carrera GT who finish 8th ov erall
These 2 cars were driven in alternance by Paul Ernstand Herbert Linge helped by Dieter Lissmann as co-pilot on nboth car
Note the registration
WN V 1 for the Abarth
WN V 2 for the Carrera

[Porschinelle]

718 RS 60-042 car race number 160 was driven by Edgar Barth sharing the wheel with Carel Godin de Beaufort and Graham Hill finish 5th overall

[Porschinelle]

718RS60-043 car race number 176 driven by Olivier Gendebien/Hans Hermann finish 3rd overall
On the below pic the formula 1 pilot Graham Hill is at the wheel during the practice
Indeed he did not race the Sunday May 8th (may be for insurance reasons) Olivier Gendebien shared the wheel with Hans Hermann who was also Jo Bonnier

co-pilot on the winning 718 RS60-041

718 RS60-042 ca

[Porschinelle]

May 8th 1960 Porsche enter 3 off 718 RS 60 (718RS60_041/042 and 043) in the 44th edition of the Targa Florio
T18RS60-041 driven by the team Jo Bonnier/Hans Hermann car race number 184 finish 1st overall

[Porschinelle]

hope to have it right this time


www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y25dYXbr5M

[Porschinelle]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y25dyXbr5M

[Porschinelle]

Interesting video issued by Porsche at the occasion of the lauch of the new 4 cylinders turbo 718 Boxster, staring the English pilot Derek Bell, 5 times Le Mans winner, adriving 718 RS60-041 on the Sicilian roads utilised for the Targa Florio race from 1906 to the last 1977 edition

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y25dyXbr5M