{"id":493738,"date":"2014-04-01T00:12:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T00:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=12230"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:46:57","slug":"targa-florio-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/targa-florio-1970\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Art &#8211; \u201cTarga Florio 1970\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1970 Targa Florio Artwork<\/h2>\n<p>This 1970 Targa Florio-winning Porsche 908\/03 was piloted by Brian Redman and Jo Siffert, used by the John Wyer-led Porsche works team instead of the factory\u2019s mighty 917 because its light weight and shorter wheelbase were better suited to the intricate demands of the 44-mile Sicilian circuit. For artist Cook, that the car was painted in the classic Gulf livery of orange over pale blue made it even more memorable, especially the two huge orange arrows that he thought looked incredibly cool. He made this piece specifically to get it signed by Redman during an event at Sebring, and the autographed picture is prominently displayed on his office wall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1970-Targa-Florio-Artwork.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-598241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1970-Targa-Florio-Artwork.jpeg\" alt=\"1970 Targa Florio Artwork\" width=\"1080\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1970-Targa-Florio-Artwork.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1970-Targa-Florio-Artwork-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1970-Targa-Florio-Artwork-1024x537.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1970-Targa-Florio-Artwork-100x52.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1970-Targa-Florio-Artwork-770x404.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1970-Targa-Florio-Artwork-293x154.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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For artist Cook, that the car was painted in the classic Gulf livery of orange over pale blue made it even more memorable, especially the two huge orange arrows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":598241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11296,263,11272,16906],"tags":[16904,17152,89,20710,3914,22586,3799,22567,11480,22929],"class_list":["post-493738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-history","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-porsche","tag-automotive-art","tag-car-culture","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-featured","tag-porsche-908","tag-porsche-908-featured","tag-porsche-race-cars","tag-porsche-race-cars-featured","tag-targa-florio","tag-race-cars-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Automotive Art - \u201cTarga Florio 1970\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cTarga Florio 1970\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/targa-florio-1970\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Automotive Art - \u201cTarga Florio 1970\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cTarga Florio 1970\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/targa-florio-1970\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-01T00:12:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-06T00:46:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1970-Targa-Florio-Artwork.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"566\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/targa-florio-1970\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/targa-florio-1970\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Automotive Art &#8211; 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