Porsche 904 Carrera GTS Bonhams Scottsdale auction 2017 1:18 CMC

The model was produced in the usual CMC high-quality and reflects back the original as possible. Made from resin.

Model features:

• Authentic cockpit replica
• Turning front wheels
• Limited edition
• Opening bonnet, doors and boot

A masterpiece of the art of model making:

When the Porsche 904 was first presented at Solitude Castle in Stuttgart in 1963 to compete in the GT class of the sports car championship, the initial plan was to build the minimum number of 100 vehicles required by the FIA for successful homologation and to offer them not only as a racing car but also with road approval in order to achieve this number of units at all.

Equipment features:

• Exhaust system: Sebring

This strikingly original 904 has enjoyed 48 years of careful care and only sporadic use by its long-time owners.

According to the factory data card, 904-098 was produced with a 587/3 Carrera engine, painted in a light ivory colour and fitted with a blue interior with fabric seats. The car was delivered on Dunlop tyres.

This 904-098 was originally purchased by J.L. Brundage and later sold to Ted Tidwell of Jacksonville. Tidwell began a short but successful racing career, finishing second in the modified E class at the SCCA event in Bainbridge, Georgia, in September 1964. Around the same time, the car finished first in the Chimney Rock hill climb, where it is believed to have set a new record. In 1965, 904-098 finished 9th overall and second in the 2-litre GT class at the USRRC event in Pensacola and finished first in the production-based Class A event at Savannah Effingham at the end of the year

904-098 was offered for sale in November 1965 and subsequently went to two dealers. One sold the original engine to a buyer in Ohio and the other installed a Type 547/4 Carrera engine instead, originally from a 550 Spyder. Presumably this dealer also painted the car in the current dark blue colour with a white racing stripe and starting number circles.

Bruce Herrington from Virginia took over the car as the new owner in November 1968 and received a licence from the local authorities in Virginia in April 1969. Although he owned the car for almost 20 years, he rarely drove it, only using it once at a PVA event at Marlboro Raceway.

In 1989, 904-098 came into the hands of Werner Schoch and Heinz Heinrichs, both 904 experts. By chance, a Porsche collector from Denmark was looking for an original 904 and the car was then sold there via a third party.

In 1992, the Danish owner acquired the original 4-camshaft engine, engine no. 99090, which had come into the possession of ex-racing driver Warren Eads and had been modified by his mechanic, the respected Carrera expert and former driver Al Cadrobi.