Equipment
LHD. 1991/200hp with dual three-choke Weber carbs, 5-speed, alloy wheels, Dunlop Racing tires, woodrim steering wheel, spares, tools.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
One of 108 built. Won the Rheinland-Pfalz Trophy at the Nu¨rburgring and finished second overall at the Grand Prix de Paris. Also raced at Spa and in the Angola Grand Prix, where it took first in class and third overall behind a pair of Ferrari 250 LMs. Its next owner had further success with a win at Zolder, third at Trier, and then first in class and third overall at the punishing 82-hour Marathon de la Route at the Nurburgring. After selling to the U.S., it raced in the SCCA until 1969. Consistently maintained and serviced but never fully taken apart and restored. Some paint blemishes and cracks on the front and several huge cracks on the tail. Some light surface rust on the inner edges of the wheels. Good interior. A real-deal 904 with good history.
Market commentary
The first of the so-called “plastic Porsches,” thanks to its fiberglass shell, the 904 was a big development for Porsche’s sports-car racing efforts, after the brand departed from F1 in 1962. As with many such race cars, 904 values depend on history, and this one's established competition use and success helped it to a strong result well above Gooding's $1.8M high estimate. Only a handful of other 904s have crested the $2M mark.