SOLIDO (174) Porsche 908L n° 64 Le Mans 1969 cream

The Porsche 908 was presented in 1968 updating the model 907 and using the new 3-liter engine with 8 cylinders. The Porsche 908 cars of 1969 were completely new with a frame of aluminum tubes and an 8-cylinder engine of 2,997 cm³ that developed 350 hp. The long tail version (LH = Langheck) weighed 650 kg and was equipped with a long tail with two vertical fins connected by a spoiler. The car reproduced by Solido is the one that finished 2nd at Le Mans 24 Hours in 1969 (having travelled 4997.80 kilometers at an average speed of 208,245 kph) with crew Hans Herrmann-Gérard Larrousse that battled in the final of the race with several overtakings against the Ford GT40 of Ickx that preceded the Porsche at the finish line for 8/10 of a second (equivalent to 120 metres).
The model Solido had planned to produce was the 908 long tail No. 12 that had participated in the 1,000 km of Paris of 1968 and had red tail fins (and this is shown on both the box and the catalogue of 1969) but in the end the version realized is that of Le Mans 1969 which curiously preserves the red fins although actually they were white on the car of Le Mans. On the model are introduced for the first time the nylon rings on the wheels to improve their sliding (system called super-vitesse). There are no variations on this model except the window-box type 7 (yellow and red with celluloid on 2 sides, black and white drawings and reference on the tabs) with a pasted label with the words "super-vitesse".
Unique producted color: cream.