Gooding offers a rare Porsche 907 Longtail in Amelia Island

TEXTJanuary 21, 2014 · 3 min

Bruno von Rotz, automatically translated

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Porsche 907 Longtail (1968) - the winning car of Daytona - offered at the Gooding & Co auction in Amelia Island on March 7, 2014

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Porsche 907/6 Longtail Coupé (1968) - Porsche achieved a triple victory in Daytona on February 3-4, 1968 with the Type 907 at the 24 Hours of Daytona

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24 Hours of Daytona 1968 - Porsche celebrates the triple victory of the Porsche 907 with additional laps of honor in formation

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The Swiss Squadra Tartaruga Porsche 907 Langheck at Le Mans 1968 - Sensational second place overall with Swiss drivers Rico Steinemann and Dieter Spoerry

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The Scottsdale auction week is barely over before Gooding & Company announces the next highlight.

A Porsche 907 from 1968 in long-tail configuration will be offered at the Amelia Island auction.

Only seven long 907s were built for the 1968 season, the car on offer has chassis number 005 and is said to be worth USD 3.5 to 5 million.

Porsche 907/6 Longtail Coupé (1968) - Porsche achieved a triple victory in Daytona on February 3-4, 1968 with the Type 907 at the 24 Hours of Daytona

Drivers of the sports prototype on offer, which also won the 24 Hours of Daytona, included Vic Elford, Hans Hermann, Jo Siffert, Rolf Stommelen and Jochen Neerpasch.

The Swiss Squadra Tartaruga Porsche 907 Langheck at Le Mans 1968 - Sensational second place overall with Swiss drivers Rico Steinemann and Dieter Spoerry

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The 907 on offer has been completely restored and has the correct eight-cylinder engine in front of the center axle. In 2011, it was voted the most historically important racing car at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.

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