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Car of the Day : August 8, 2014; Guisval '85 Porsche 962 C
Topic Started: Aug 8 2014, 02:50 AM (690 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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Today's car of the day is Guisval's 1985 Porsche 962 C.


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The Porsche 962 (also known as the 962C in its Group C form) is a sports-prototype racing car built by Porsche as a replacement for the 956 and designed mainly to comply with IMSA's GTP regulations, although it would later compete in the European Group C formula as the 956 had. The 962 was introduced at the end of 1984, from which it quickly became successful through private owners while having a remarkably long-lived career, with some examples still proving competitive into the mid-1990s.



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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Porsche 962


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I've never been very familiar with this type of race car, but I can surely appreciate the toy versions.


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In total, Porsche would produce 91 962s between 1984 and 1991. 16 were officially used by the factory team, while 75 were sold to customers. Some 956s were rebuilt as 962s, with two being previously written off and four others simply rebuilt. Three 962s that were badly damaged were also rebuilt had been given a new chassis number due to the extensive reconstruction. Due to the high demand for 962 parts, some aluminum chassis were built by Fabcar in the United States before being shipped to Germany for completion. Derek Bell, a 5-time Le Mans winner, drove the 962 to 21 victories between 1984 and 1987, remarked that it was "a fabulous car, but considering how thorough (Norbert) Singer (the designer of the 962 and head of Porsche's motorsport division at the time) and the team were, it was really quite easy to drive."



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pjedsel
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A nice looking race car - Guisval has made many nice race cars over the years and this is a winner from them.
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Firehawk73
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I like this!
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juantoo3
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:thumbup:
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cody6268
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Looks great.

One question I have is why Gusival uses wheels that are copied from everyone else, like these Tomica wheels, and those weird Ultra Hots Hot Wheels wheels.
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jedimario
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RAWR
I can dig it!
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
You can't say the color scheme is boring! Makes your eyes pop open.
Nice car, but the wheels sure do let the entire effort down.
WHEELS, they can make a bad car look good, or a good car look bad.
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69Stang
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Very nice casting of a car so seldom replicated...love it!
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