{"id":501256,"date":"2023-01-12T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=497356"},"modified":"2024-12-08T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T14:28:08","slug":"car-of-the-day-1970-porsche-917-langheck-long-tail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/car-of-the-day-1970-porsche-917-langheck-long-tail\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Of The Day: 1970 Porsche 917 ‘Langheck’ (Long Tail)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to the aerodynamic instability of the 917 in the 1969, two separate configurations were used in 1970. These were the short-tail Kurzheck<\/em> version and the less common Langheck<\/em> or long-tail. Most of the 917\u2019s accolades were achieved by the 917 Kurzheck, leaving the Langheck a less utilized, but ultimately just as potent contender.<\/p>\n

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1970 Porsche 917 ‘Langheck’ (Long Tail) | \u00a9 Favcars.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The long tail version of the 917 was specially built for high speeds of Le Mans and only used there. Four new cars were made for 1970 \u2013 chassis 917-040, 041, 042 and 043. The first one, the 917-040 was lost on April 6, 1970, when Kurt Ahrens jr. crashed it at a high speed test on wet tarmac at the Ehra-Lessien test track. Despite the car desintegrating, Ahrens survived in good condition (19 days later he would race at the Monza 1000 km).<\/p>\n

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Due to the aerodynamic instability of the 917 in the 1969, two separate configurations were used in 1970. These were the short-tail Kurzheck version and the less common Langheck or long-tail. Most of the 917\u2019s accolades were achieved by the 917 Kurzheck, leaving the Langheck a less utilized, but ultimately just as potent contender. The long tail version of the 917 was specially built for high speeds of Le Mans and only used there. 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