Description
The Porsche 904 Carrera GTS is one of the most celebrated race cars in Porsche’s history. Launched late in 1963 for the 1964 season and styled by Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche, it was the first Porsche with a fiberglass body, bonded to a steel ladder frame and built with the help of the Heinkel aircraft company. Porsche built about 106 four-cylinder cars so it could homologate the 904 for FIA GT racing, and it is officially called the Carrera GTS because of a naming dispute with Peugeot over three-digit numbers with a zero in the middle.
Power came from the 2.0 litre, four-cam, air-cooled flat-four “Fuhrmann” engine mounted behind the driver, producing around 180 horsepower and giving the light, low car a top speed of about 160 mph. It was an immediate success. In 1964 a works 904 driven by Antonio Pucci and Colin Davis won the Targa Florio outright, beating much more powerful Ferraris and Cobras, and the 904 also took a class win at Le Mans and the 2-liter GT category of the World Championship in 1964 and 1965.
Hot Wheels features the 904 Carrera GTS in its HW Race Day series, numbered 3 of 10. The casting, designed by Fraser Campbell, is finished in a pale Yellow with a black hood, the number “63”, Porsche lettering, Type 7 logos and “Carrera GTS” badging on the rear at 1:64 scale, capturing the car’s low nose, sleek roofline and fastback tail.
Why You Should Own It?
- Represents the Porsche 904 Carrera GTS, Porsche’s first fiberglass-bodied race car
- Part of the HW Race Day series, numbered 3 of 10
- Classic pale Yellow livery with a black hood and the number 63
- Represents a real 1960s giant-killer that won the 1964 Targa Florio
- Great pickup for Porsche, vintage racing and 1960s sports car collections
- Durable die cast metal build with authentic Hot Wheels detailing
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