PORSCHE CARRERA 6 [Vendu]

Vends Porsche Carrera 6 de 1966.

Cette Porsche Carrera 6 fair partie des 2 qui ont été importées par Porsche GB en 1966. Elles ont été toutes deux acquises par un pilote privé Michael Grace De Udy.

En 1966 il utilisera les 2 châssis, mais par la suite cèdera 906-101, pour ne conserver que l’actuelle #906-129, et ce jusqu’en 1969.

Entre 1966 et 1969, il engagera sa Carrera 6 dans de nombreuses épreuves européennes telles que la Targa Florio, es 500 Km de Zeltweg, ou encore le Trophée des dunes de Zandvoort…

Cette Carrera a été initialement livrée avec le moteur N°906-122. Ce moteur a été cassé durant une séance d’entraînement, certainement due à la qualité de l’huile fournie par son sponsor BP. Il demandera alors à son mécanicien de se procurer directement à l’usine Porsche un nouveau moteur, ce qui fut fait. Le nouveau moteur N°906-156 arrivera début juin 1967, et fait important, ile est le dernier moteur aimanté par des carburateur de la série à être construit. Le #157 , est le premier à utiliser l’injection sur cette base.

Cette Porsche Carrera 6 bénéficie d’un historique sans faille. Elle est parfaitement restaurée , et est éligible aux plus grands évènements.


Porsche Cars GB imported two Porsche Carrera 6s in 1966, sold by AFN Ltd. Both cars, chassis numbers 906-101 and 906-129, were owned and raced in 1966 by a well-known privateer racer, Michael Grace De Udy. A racer in his own right, Mike de Udy is the car’s first and most prominent owner.

De Udy raced both 906-101 and 906-129 in 1966, but then only kept 906-129 until 1969. De Udy was fairly new to the racing scene in 1966.

A class of 1962 graduate of the Jim Russell racing school, he turned to sports cars racing in 1964. Driving a Porsche 904 Carrera GTS for the better part of the 1964 and 1965 seasons, he teamed up with experienced drivers, including fellow Brit David Piper.

In late 1965 he went to South Africa and entered the Springbok Series, a remarkably challenging event where he partnered with local racer Peter de Klerk. Upon his return to Europe in early 1966, he started racing his 906s all over Europe, taking 906-129 to Italy for the Targa Florio, Austria for the Zeltweg 500 km or Zandvoort during the Trophy of the Dunes. Peter de Klerk had flown to the U.K. to share the wheel.

Originally delivered with engine 906-122, De Udy had to replace it rapidly after it suffers extensive damage during a test at Silverstone. De Udy blamed the oil supplier, BP, as the cause of the engine failure. BP was his sponsor in 1966 but it appears their oil was of lesser quality than the other main supplier, Shell.

After the engine 906-122 failed to replace engine, De Udy asked his mechanic, Bob Ridgard, to source an engine. In 1967, he bought an engine directly from the Porsche factory; identified by Jerry Pantis as 906-156.

As it turns out, the engine 906-156 is one of the most important Typ 901/20 engines of the production run; being the last originally built carbed engine (906-157 was the first “E” fuel-injected engine), it also gained a prestigious racing history from its time with the Porsche works team.

Carrera 6 906-156 was completed on June 1st, 1967, as per Jürgen Barth’s reference book. Its first race came rapidly after its completion, as 906-156 was entered in the 1967 24 Heures du Mans on June 9-10th.

Having a full chain of owners know, and fully restored to concours standard the car has since been race many times at Le Mans Classic, Tour Auto to name a few, and is the perfect entrant for any porsche collection.