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Claudio Roddaro Porsche 917 Road Legal Authorities told Roddaro that if he could make his 917 identical to the 917 that was made street legal in the 1970s, he could register it. And so Roddaro did, eventually completing the car—made of 95 percent Porsche parts and certified by Porsche as the 37th, and final 917 ever built—into something that could roam Monaco. How was Rossi able to register his though in the first place? In the 1974, Count Rossi, part of the Martini & Rossi company that sponsored plenty of Porsche racecars, bought a used 917 from the company. With minor modifications like adding mufflers, he was somehow able to convince the DMV in Alabama to allow the car for road use, according to Historic Motorsport Central. He was then able to use that paperwork to make the vehicle legal for European street use. Credits: @porsche / @tomwheatley.eu
