718 RSK RS60 RS61

[Rickie]

Nice posting on the RSK from Havana. Wonderful and comprehensive detail. While I cannot remember exactly what the heavily modified rear body work looked like, it reminds me a great deal of an RSK owned by Bob Fergus and raced by his wife Barbara in major vintage races in the mid-eighties. I will look for more information in my library...

[356]

Angola 1964

[Type550]

Christian Goethals...

[Porschinelle]

718 RSK 001 driven by Umberto Maglioli/Edgar Barth at the 1957 Le Mans 24 hours race (June 22nd/June 23rd)
Bright new ready to race

Not so attractive a few hours later

[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

[Porschinelle]

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

[Porschinelle]

hope to have it right this time


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

[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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[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

[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