Porsche restores Walter Röhrl’s 924 Carrera GTS rally car to celebrate his 74th birthday

Eshan Joshi · 26th May 2021, 11:51

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To celebrate Walter Röhrl’s 74th birthday recently, Porsche surprised the great man with his 924 Carrera GTS rally car, which the folk at the historic motorsport department in Weissach had meticulously restored.

This particular GTS actually started life as one of the nine prototypes that Porsche built, and as such its 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo engine was never given a serial number. Despite the fact it was a prototype (and that it had almost 6,500 miles of rallying on the clock, and that it’d been sat for almost 40 years) the engine and connected KKK 26 turbocharger were inspected and found to be in tip top condition.

The restoration then involved rebuilding a number of parts and replacing others, but the focus was always to keep the GTS Rally’s patina and original rallying features.

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An amazing job by Porsche. What a fantastic birthday gift for an amazing driver.

ToThePoint · 26th May 2021, 12:26

What a way to pay tribute to one of the greatest rally drivers of all time!!! Kudos to Porsche...the restored car looks fantastic!

CrAzY dRiVeR · 27th May 2021, 09:32

Nice video on the car, from Porsche -

https://youtu.be/eC-GeytFzFI

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