Porsche 917k Recreation
Porsche 917k Recreation
Porsche 917k Recreation
Porsche 917k Recreation
Porsche 917k Recreation
Porsche 917k Recreation
 
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Porsche 917k outside the Hotel De France. David is shaking the hand of Derek Bell

ICON 917K:  An authentic road-going recreation of the Porsche 917K 

Meeting the one and only Derek Bell at the Hotel de France

 

 

 

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ICON Engineering pays homage to one of the most significant sports racing cars of all time, the legendary Le Mans-winning Porsche 917.

Following extensive product development, we are now able to manufacture to order a limited quantity of highly authentic and dimensionally-correct recreations of the car for road and track…the ICON 917K.

ICON founders Dave Eaton and John Hartland are specialist automotive engineers with a combined experience spanning over 80 years, focused on global brands including Ferrari, Ford, Lamborghini and McLaren. Their combined experience, high-technology skills and hand-building craftsmanship have led to this unique, bespoke, reverse-engineered Porsche 917 recreation.

 

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ICON 917K: In brief

True to the Le Mans-winning Porsche 917, the ICON 917K features a 100% round tube spaceframe chassis. The GRP bodyshell is equally authentic, taken from moulds of the original 1969 Porsche 917 (Chassis 010) raced by David Piper.

The ICON 917K is engineered to take any Porsche drivetrain, from a normally-aspirated and turbocharged flat-six through to the 5-litre flat 12, with Porsche transmission.  

Its kerb weight of 910kg wet is within 5 to 10% of the original Le Mans-winning Porsche 917, providing electrifying performance for road and track from even a blueprinted 3.6 litre flat six engine.

All suspension, braking and major components replicate the original Porsche 917, together with ancillaries, and the car features an authentic interior layout and specification.

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ICON 917K: In the spotlight

 

We are immensely proud that towards the end of its development, the prototype ICON 917K was requested for the central Porsche display at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Following the Goodwood display,  extensive testing was completed and passed the UK IVA (Individual Vehicle Registration) test in July 23rd 2019, and has subsequently been widely reported and praised by influential media including Octane, Petrolicious, Pistonheads, 911 & Porsche World, and GT Porsche

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Is this the ultimate (and only road legal) Porsche 917 recreation project? Think of 917s and you might think of Steve McQueen in the Le Mans film... Gulf livery, flimsy, but fast as hell and a car which was basically outlawed in the 24hr for being too good. Well, this car has been built to the exact spec of a 1969/70 917K and put through the IVA (independent vehicle approval) to obtain road registration. That means stuff like a glass windscreen (heated), wipers that work, mirrors that work and brakes/steering that mimic the original 917. There were only 25 short tail 917s made and none of those were road legal. Dave, from Icon Engineering, has designed this car to be more rigid, safer and significantly better made than an original.

 

 

 

GT Porsche Icon 917K Article

How Goodwood built the 2018 Porsche FOS Central
Feature with our Icon 917K displayed 35m
up in the sky! (goodwood.com) 

Icon 917k on petrolicious.com 

Octane Article 

911 & Porsche World Article 

Porsche 917k Recreation in and

 
 
 
Dear John and Dave

Thanks for your time this morning – your Icon 917 sounds a pretty special car.

As I said, the Duke of Richmond has personally asked me to touch base with you to see whether you'd kindly allow Goodwood and the Porsche Factory to place your car on the Porsche Central Feature at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. He specifically chose your car as the best of all the options he was shown.

Of course they will provide hospitality in return for your generosity.

Please let me know your thoughts as Goodwood are very keen to tie up the final design.

Look forward to hearing.

Best wishes

Jack

 

 

 

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Orders are now being taken for partial builds, starting at rolling chassis to complete turn-key builds of the ICON 917K, featuring a Porsche powertrain of your choice.

 

 

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