- Hand-assembled metal precision model composed of 971 parts
- Precisely-scaled car body with superb paintwork
- Front/rear bumpers of solid metal, with bumper guards chromed to a gloss finish
- Hinged engine and trunk hoods
- Highly detailed 6-cylinder boxer engine, complete with piping and cables
- Engine ventilation louver and grid made in precise replication
- Expertly-crafted metal wheels with a detachable five-nut connection
- Removable hub caps (magnetic stick) and dis-mountable wheels
- Authentically-replicated metal wipers, fitted with wiper blades of rubber
- Seats upholstered in a combination of leather and textile
- True-to-the-original interior and dashboard of instruments and control gadgets
- Detachable tank cap
- Foldaway antenna
- Removable spare wheel in the trunk
- Exact replication of the under-body with an embossed zinc-alloy plate
- Functional front and rear single wheel-suspension, mounted on
transverse control arms/longitudinal control arms. Both made of metal
- Exact-detailed trunk interior with finely-replicated fuel tank
- Removable carpet-inlet in the trunk
Description of the Original Vehicle:
By the end of the 50s, Porsche had started the development of a
successor to the Type 356. The goal was to create a sports car that was
superior in all aspects but held on to the typical Porsche design.
Porsche's son Ferdinand Alexander (also referred to as "Butzi") was
responsible for most of the development endeavor, and his idea
eventually revealed. As a result, the new Type 901 was born. This
elegant sports coupé was bigger than the Type 356. The window was
extended to allow for much wider circumferential visibility, as well.
The interior was modified to cater to the taste of the 60s. Beside the
various benefits of modern engineering, the six-cylinder boxer engine
was the most significant feature of this new type. The two-liter engine
created an output of 96 kw/130 hp at 6,100 rmp. The air-cooling engine
with dry-sump lubrication had a deep-throttling voice that would become
typical of all the forthcoming "nine elevens" during the next decades.
On the 12th of September in 1963, Porsche introduced the Type 901 as the
successor of the Porsche 356 at the IAA in Frankfurt. Just one year
later, with the 901 poised to go into series-production, it was
presented to the public eye again at the Parisian Autosalon.
Peugeot intervened, because they owned the copyright for all 3-digit
model designations with a "0" in the middle. But before Porsche was able
to make the amends, production of the Type 901 had already got off the
ground on September 14, 1964, and a total of 82 units were delivered by
the factory. All of them carried the type designation "901".
Subsequently, the 901 became the 911, a legendary 3-digit designation
that still raises the heartbeat of every sports car enthusiast.
CMC presents this "forbearer" of the 911 as an impressive high-end
precision model. Discover the richness of details that this model has to
offer.
Technical data of the original vehicle:
- 6-cylinder boxer engine with air cooling
- Bore x stroke: 80x66 mm
- Displacement: 1.991 ccm
- Maximum output: 96 kW / 130 hp at 6,100 rmp
- Top speed: 210 km/h
- Total length: 4,163 mm
- Wheel base: 2,211 mm
- Two doors; 2+2 seater, self-supporting coupé body of sheet steel
- Production period/quantity of Type 901: 1964 (82 serial units)
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