Product Description
1/18 CMC 2017 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS #42 Pebble Beach Auction Diecast Car Model
A masterpiece of the art of modelling:
When the Porsche 904 was first presented at Solitude Castle in Stuttgart in 1963 to compete in the GT class of the sports car championship, the initial plan was to build the minimum number of 100 vehicles required by the FIA for successful homologation and to offer them not only as racing cars but also with road approval in order to achieve this number of units.
Equipment features:
- Exhaust system: Megaphone
- Color: Red/Silver
CMC model car details:
- Hand-assembled metal precision model made from 1015 to 1073 parts
- Limited edition: 1,500
- Authentic reproduction of the entire vehicle
- Bonnet can be swivelled open to the rear with faithful reproduction of the opening kinematics
- Opening oil filler neck
- Opening doors with movable sliding windows
- Opening front bonnet, including petrol tank and spare wheel
- Fuel filler neck with opening cap
- Prototypically designed wheel rims
- Highly detailed four-cylinder engine (‘Fuhrmann engine’) with many add-on units and complete cable routing / wiring
- Prototypical design of the vehicle interior with racing equipment, seats with genuine velour upholstery
- Intricately designed windscreen wipers with real rubber wiper blade
- True-to-original dashboard with all display instruments and controls
- Exact replica of the chassis and floor panelling including front and rear suspension, oil tank, dry sump lubrication system and petrol tank, as well as an impressive tailpipe design for the racing exhaust system.
Description of the original vehicle:
According to the birth certificate of the vehicle with chassis number 904-042, it was manufactured in March 1964 in silver metallic with blue velour upholstery. This vehicle was one of 24 exported to the USA that year. It was originally sold to Riviere Motors by Knute Qvale in Portland, Oregon.
The new 904 GTS was used for racing with Mike Eyerly or Gary Wright at the wheel. Throughout the 1964 racing season, they drove 904-042 to several victories and podium finishes.
They achieved the following successes in 1964:
USRRC-GT Kent: 5th overall, 1st in class; Westwood Players' Pacific: 3rd overall, 2nd in class; Portland International Raceway GT race: 1st place; Portland International Raceway Rose Cup: 1st place; June 1964 SCCA Regional Oregon Production: 1st place; July 1964 SCCA Regional Oregon Production: 1st place; SCCA Regional Oregon Modified: 2nd place; SCCA Divisional Kent: 2nd place; and October 1954 SCCA Regional Oregon Production: 3rd place.
After its successful debut season, 904-042 was given a racing update kit for 1965. This package included a new 587/3 engine (number 99156) with a special camshaft, megaphone exhaust and an extremely fast and powerful engine oil bypass system to Le Mans specification.
Mike Eyerly successfully raced 904-042 until July 1965, when the car was sold to Pacific Northwest racer Wade Carter. With 904-042, Carter finished 5th in the 1965 SCCA Pacific Coast Championship and won both the Oregon and Northwest SCCA Production Championships in 1966. He even continued to drive the car through 1967, winning two races in Kent.
After Wade Carter put 904-042 up for sale in 1967, the car changed hands several times before Jeffrey Keiner of Orlando, Florida, acquired it around 1983. An active classic car racer, Keiner was also a serious collector with an impressive Porsche collection. After a complete restoration and repainting of the car in the red and silver color that still exists today, Keiner took part in numerous classic car races and concours events in the USA with this 904.
Keiner comments: “904-042 is absolutely authentic in its current form. The car has often been exhibited at historic concours and is very well known on the classic car racing circuit. Not only is the car prepared for racing, it is in perfect condition in every way and has won many shows and awards, including the Montique Thomas Tieneer's Award for its perfect engineering, the Peter Gregg Memorial Trophy, First in Class at the Meadow Brook Concours d'EIegance, First in Class three times in a row at the Chicago Historic Races Concours, winner of the Chesrown Concours Award at the Mid-Ohio Historic Races and has also been First in Class at many vintage and historic racing events.”
904-042 is an impressive contemporary competition car and is highly regarded by marque specialists.
