LETTERS

BRIAN JOSCELYNE’S RACE PHOTOS [RACING BACK IN TIME, JANUARY] WERE MAGIC. The shots of the Nürburgring, Montjuích and the Swiss hillclimb show the glories (and dangers) of the past. With my anorak on it may be of interest to your readers to know that the 917 at Montjuïch is chassis 013. It came second, due to a misfire as a result of the Spanish petrol it had to use. The next event was Montlhéry where it won. Except for Montjuïch it won every race it entered in 1971.

Chassis 013 has been a member of the Finburgh family since it was rescued from the back yard of Porsche Stuttgart in 1973. Some readers may have seen the car at various Goodwood Festivals of Speed and even a Members’ Meeting, and it might well have gone to Le Mans this year among other European venues. Now it will not: as from this year the car cannot be taken out of the country