The Porsche 904 is an automobile which was produced by Porsche in Germany in 1964 and 1965. It was officially called Porsche Carrera GTS due to the same naming rights problem that required renaming the Porsche 901 to Porsche 911 . History Porsche 904-6 An extremely rare 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS that has been tucked away in a Southern California garage for decades just hit the market for $2.45 million. The sports car — which was dug up.
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The Porsche 904 is an automobile which was produced by Porsche in Germany in 1963 and 1965. It was officially called Porsche Carrera GTS due to the same naming rights problem that required renaming the Porsche 901 to Porsche 911. After having withdrawn from Formula One at the end of the 1962 season, Porsche focused again on sports-car racing. 1964 Porsche 904 GTS for sale at RM Sotheby's Paris Auctions Upcoming Vehicles Available Automobilia Available Results Register to Bid Private Sales Motor Vehicles Available Recently Sold Discreet Sourcing About Sell Why Sell With RM Sotheby's Collections & Estates Start Selling Services Financing Valuations RM Auto Restoration Porsche 904 Carrera GTS: The Fiber Glass Body And The Pressed Steel Chassis Via: Porsche To comply with FIA demands for class homologation, Porsche had to build at least 100 units of the road-going 904 variants, so it assembled 105 four-cylinder 904s, according to the Porsche Club of America. 904 Carrera GTS Tech Specs 1966cc twin overhead camshaft flat-four, air-cooled engine mounted midship, 180 hp at 7000 rpm Year 1964 Serial No 904 018 Wheelbase 90 inches Weight 1435 pounds View All Before/After 1964 Porsche About the 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS
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The 904 is a racing car built to satisfy the FIA's definition of a GT car. Concept Expertise gained while racing and developing the 550 and RSK Porsches laid the foundation for the 904. It was the familiar mid-engine layout which gave these early Porsches a distinct advantage. Entered by the legendary Otto Zipper of Beverly Hills and driven by Scooter Patrick, the unruly wee Porsche 904 GTS was two-thirds the size of the Corvettes, with half their gonzo horsepower, yet we all pointed at it immediately, as if not to miss it. Click here to watch the video on this 904 Specifications Make: Array Model: 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS Engine/Motor: flat-4 Horsepower: 180 @ 7200 Torque: 144 @ 5000 Transmission: 5-speed manual [do not use] Vehicle Model: Array. Porsche 904 Carrera GTS The Porsche 904 with its small frontal area of only 1.4 square metres, designed by F.A. Porsche, is the first Porsche with a fibre glass-reinforced plastic body. It is created in collaboration with Heinkel Flugzeugbau, an aircraft manufacturing company.
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1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS. Watch on. Porsche 904s took on Ford, Ferrari and Abarth at the Targa and finished one-two in the GT Class. At Le Mans, while five of a dozen Ferraris retired, Porsche's record with the 904 was five entries, five finishers in the top twelve. Among races in which the display car competed in 1964 were Bad Nerrenahr. Porsche 904 Carrera GTS Years 1963 - 1964 Production 106 units Engine 2L Type 587/3 Flat 4 Power 180 bhp @ 7200 rpm Torque 144.5 ft lbs @ 5000 rpm 0 - 60 mph 5.50 seconds Top Speed 163 mph More Research Specifications Pictures News & Updates More Porsche 904 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS (1963 - 1964)
In 1965, the 904's second and final production year, some examples received a version of the 911's 2.0-liter flat-six. This version was dubbed the 904/6 and was focused on the factory works effort by Porsche. Six of these cars were so equipped and used a chassis number of 906-0xx. Porsche built a total of six similar 904/6 Works team cars with the following chassis number assignments: 906. The Porsche 904 chassis could be fitted with 4, 6 and 8-cylinder engines. In fact, three factory race cars were fitted with a flat eight-cylinder power plant derived from the 1962 804 F1 car, the 225 hp (168 kW) 1,962 cc (119.7 cu in) Type 771, which used 42 mm (1.7 in)-throat downdraft Weber carburetors. The Type 771s, however, suffered a "disturbing habit" of making their flywheels explode.
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The 49th of only 126 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS examples produced Delivered new to Sonauto (France), tested and entered for the 1964 Le Mans 24hr Restored in 1996/1997 by Porsche Client Services and. The Porsche Type 904, was officially called the Carrera GTS because Porsche and Peugeot were in dispute over numeric designations with "0" in them. The 904 (as it soon became popularly known) was also the last full-competition Porsche that could be readily driven on the street.
