{"id":501251,"date":"2023-01-10T11:17:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=497255"},"modified":"2024-12-16T03:49:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T03:49:43","slug":"car-of-the-day-1978-porsche-935-78-moby-dick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/car-of-the-day-1978-porsche-935-78-moby-dick\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Of The Day: 1978 Porsche 935\/78 Moby Dick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuttcars.com\/porsche-935-78-moby-dick\/\">935\/78<\/a> was the ultimate expression of the 911 factory race car before Porsche officially withdrew from motor sport. Raced under the Group 5 silhouette series, great liberties were taken with the design and the result was nicknamed \u2018Moby Dick\u2019 for its large size and huge overhangs. Only one 935\/78 was built, wearing chassis number 935006, and used by the Martini sponsored Porsche factory racing team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_497257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-497257\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-497257 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1978-Porsche-935-78-Moby-Dick-003-1440.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-497257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1978 Porsche 935\/78 Moby Dick | \u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsupercars.com\/wallpapers\/endurance-racing\/1978-porsche-935-78-moby-dick\/\">WSupercars<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the 935\/78 was first shown, it didn\u2019t look exactly as it would once it was ready for racing. The prototype had very wide doors, a shape in the side that looked like a supersized NACA duct and a different rear wing.\u00a0The prototype was nicknamed \u201cMoby Dick\u201d after the big white whale in the famous Herman Melville novel and the name stuck with the car although it was never raced in full white.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_497258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-497258\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-497258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1978-Porsche-935-78-Moby-Dick-001-1440.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-497258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1978 Porsche 935\/78 Moby Dick | \u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsupercars.com\/wallpapers\/endurance-racing\/1978-porsche-935-78-moby-dick\/\">WSupercars<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 935\/78 was the ultimate expression of the 911 factory race car before Porsche officially withdrew from motor sport. Raced under the Group 5 silhouette series, great liberties were taken with the design and the result was nicknamed \u2018Moby Dick\u2019 for its large size and huge overhangs. Only one 935\/78 was built, wearing chassis number 935006, and used by the Martini sponsored Porsche factory racing team. When the 935\/78 was first shown, it didn\u2019t look exactly as it would once [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":827764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9494,16906],"tags":[9495,89,2093,22599,3799],"class_list":["post-501251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-of-the-day","category-porsche","tag-car-of-the-day","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-935","tag-porsche-935-featured","tag-porsche-race-cars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Car Of The Day: 1978 Porsche 935\/78 Moby Dick<\/title>\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\/car-of-the-day-1978-porsche-935-78-moby-dick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Car Of The Day: 1978 Porsche 935\/78 Moby Dick\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 935\/78 was the ultimate expression of the 911 factory race car before Porsche officially withdrew from motor sport. 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