Looking for a Porsche 906 chassis number

[Brickyard]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find out the chassis number of a Porche 906 that raced here in Portugal from 1969 to 1972.

Facts:

1) It was used by Jeff Edmonds in 1968 in some UK Sport Cars Championship races and at the Brands Hatch and Spa 1000kms.

2) In 1969 it was used by Nick Gold in the UK Championship and some international events including our Vila Real race where Gold shared the wheel with Filipe Nogueira who damaged the car and bought it from Gold after the race.

3) It was then used by Nogueira until 1971 and was then sold to Americo Nunes who became 1972 National Champion on it. Early 1973 Nunes went to Angola and after one race he sold the car to Hercualno Areias who drove the car for some races.

Any ideas?

BTW, it wasn't "906 130" or "906 126" which were used by other portuguese drivers in those years.

Thank you all
Regards
Luis Mateus

[chunterer]

Anyone able to help?

Brickyard you may also find some help in the Sportscar section of Ten-Tenths.

[chunterer]

So any further developments Brickyard?

I had hoped that you might have had somehelp from us by now!

[Brickyard]

Sorry not to mention this before but yes I found it. It was chassis "906 133" as stated in this book: "Porsche 906" by Jurgen Barth & Ulrich Trispel.

Motorbuch Verlag 2008
448 pages, 627 b&w photos, 493 colour photos
230 x 265 mm, bound
ISBN: 978-3-613-02961-3
69.90 EUR

"133 was delivered on April 6 1966 to POAC Teanack (NY). Motor Car GTS then sold it to Schröder Import in Miami for whom Charlie Kolb drove in 1966. Fred Baker (boss of Tonka) bought the car for 1967b but hardly raced it. Alain de Cadenet and Geoffrey Edmonds brought the car to Europe in 1968 and raced it primarily in the UK. A year later the car was sold to Nicholas Gold. In the 1969 Villa Real race co-driver Nogueira crashed it and bought the car from Gold who went on to buy and repair a crashed 910, while Nogueira repaired the 906 and sold it to Americo Nunes. The now yellow-green car was raced in Portugal until 1972 before it was sold to Herculano Areias in Angola (after the Mocamedes race there). It was only once raced by Areias (in the Beguela 500 km). It then got lost before it appeared again in 1985, when Phil Bagley brought it back to the US where it was restored by Kevin Jeanette for new owner Tom Shelton, who painted it red (not knowing much of its history). Shelton sold the car to Ed Mettleman. Since then it has been sold 4 times and put back into its original red/brown metallic color. Now owned by Cyril Rocher of Switzerland. In 2000 a replica 906/133 was offered for sale at race-cars.com"

Regards
Luis Mateus

[chunterer]

Oh well done Luis, that's great to hear!!

Hope you continue to continue to use the forum for other things.

[Brickyard]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Oh well done Luis, that's great to hear!!

Hope you continue to continue to use the forum for other things.

Thank you Chunterer. I surelly will!

Regards
Luis