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Car of the Day : July 5, 2014; Kyosho '98 Porsche 911 GT1
Topic Started: Jul 4 2014, 10:50 PM (544 Views)
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Kyosho's 1998 Porsche 911 GT1 #26 LM winner from Firehawk73 is today's car.

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The Porsche 911 GT1 was a car designed for competition in the GT1 class of sportscar racing, which also required a street legal version for homologation purposes. The limited-production street-legal version was labeled the 911 GT1 Straßenversion (Street version).


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For the 1998 season Porsche developed an all-new car, the 911 GT1-98. Designed to match the also new Toyota GT-One and Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR, the 911 GT1-98 featured bodywork which bore more of a resemblance to traditional sports-prototypes than the previous 2 models while a new sequential gearbox was installed. As per the regulations a street-legal version of the 911 GT1-98 was spawned, but it is believed that only one variant was produced which was still sufficient to satisfy the regulations.

During the 1998 FIA International GT season the 911 GT1-98 struggled to match the pace of the Mercedes, which also were improved, with the main reason being down to the air-restrictor rules being which were regarded as unfavorable to the turbo engine (the Merecedes being naturally aspirated). The Michelin tires of the factory team and especially the Pirelli of the private Zakspeed team were also considered inferior to the Bridgestone of Mercedes.

The 911 GT1-98, despite being slower than the Toyota or the Mercedes, fulfilled Porsche's slim hopes, taking both first and second place overall thanks to reliability, giving Porsche its record-breaking 16th overall win at Le Mans, more than any other manufacturer in history.


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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
The graphics hurt my eyes!! Actually, this looks like a high quality casting and production!
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250 TR
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Ding, Ding. I think we have a winner for this week! I recently added the same car (well, the #25 version at least) myself and as to be expected of Kyosho Beads it is a step above in quality and detail, but even compared to other Beads cars this one is about as good as it gets. The race car graphics might not appeal as much to those that prefer street cars but they are perfectly executed. The extra touches like the windshield wiper and radio antenna are wonderful touches too. Great pictures too!
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pjedsel
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Sweet! Hard to believe that is a small scale die cast model - it is so well detailed!
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fredtowyou
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The wiper and antenna caught my eye too. What scale is this car?
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craftymore
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fredtowyou
Jul 6 2014, 03:51 AM
The wiper and antenna caught my eye too. What scale is this car?
It's true 1/64. :thumbup:
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69Stang
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Outstanding!!! Mine just arrived yesterday, it looks wonderful in hand as well.
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Ooh! I have always liked the 911 GT1, and to this day the Speed Machines Porsche 911 GT1 is the only Hot Wheels I happily own. :toy:

Great photos, and true 1:64 to boot!
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Awesome! Purely awesome!
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