BEAUTY IN SPEED

With its sights firmly set on the FIA’s GT class, Porsche developed its 904 racing coupe for the 1964 season. Powered by an improved version of the four-cam flat-four, the new arrival was low, sleek and an absolute masterwork of design by Ferdinand ‘Butzi’ Porsche…

Words Karl Ludvigsen

Make no mistake, it was far and away his prized Porsche. “It was my favourite because I designed it alone and I wasn’t under pressure to change it or make it ‘newer’. It was simply designed and finished. Time was very short. I didn’t have a free hand, but it had to appear as such soon after the clay model was complete. There was really no time for interference.” So said Ferdinand Alexander ‘Butzi’ Porsche, author of the sensuous form of the 1964 Carrera GTS, better known to all the world as the Type 904, a Porsche born to battle heightened competition among two-litre production GT cars and arguably the most beautiful Porsche racing machine ever assembled. For the 1963 season, Abarth was building his Abarth Simca 2000, a potent…

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Classic Porsche (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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