{"id":499048,"date":"2020-11-17T14:56:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T22:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=112791"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:26:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:26:35","slug":"wreck-to-racer-1973-porsche-carrera-rs-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wreck-to-racer-1973-porsche-carrera-rs-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Wreck to Racer &#8211; 1973 Porsche Carrera RS Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/001-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-756892 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/001-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/001-2.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/001-2-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/001-2-83x100.jpg 83w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/001-2-293x352.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a>The book \u201cGreat Marques \u2013 Porsche\u201d starts with this paragraph by Dr. \u2013 Ing. h.c. Ferdinand (Ferry) Porsche in the Foreword:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the beginning of car manufacture, people have wanted to own and drive sports and racing cars above all. Car enthusiasts delight more in the sporting success of \u2018their\u2019 make of car than in the numbers sold. On the other hand, a smaller firm is in a much better position to act and react with flexibility, for instance when it comes to developing a new model successfully or putting an improved version on the road. For this reason, Porsche will never become a mass producer and will preserve the exclusivity of the sports cars from Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.\u201d<\/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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On the other hand, a smaller firm is in a much better position to act and react with flexibility, for instance when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":756891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,16906,18207],"tags":[17140,89,20710,18837,22692,22694,21650,17143],"class_list":["post-499048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-porsche","category-special-feature","tag-members-only","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-featured","tag-porsche-911","tag-porsche-911-f-series","tag-porsche-911-f-series-featured","tag-porsche-911-carrera-rs","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wreck to Racer - 1973 Porsche Carrera RS Tribute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Hemsley takes a deep dive into the history of Porsche when he examines one racer&#039;s tribute to the famed 1973 Porsche Carrera RS.\" \/>\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\/wreck-to-racer-1973-porsche-carrera-rs-tribute\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wreck-to-racer-1973-porsche-carrera-rs-tribute\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wreck to Racer - 1973 Porsche Carrera RS Tribute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Hemsley takes a deep dive into the history of Porsche when he examines one racer&#039;s tribute to the famed 1973 Porsche Carrera RS.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wreck-to-racer-1973-porsche-carrera-rs-tribute\/\" \/>\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:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-17T22:56:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-13T14:26:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6570-e1605650025610-770x389-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"389\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"J. 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