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Claudio Roddaro Porsche 917 Road Legal There were only 37 Porsche 917s ever built, with the car reaching new heights for Porsche by winning Le Mans in 1970 and 1971, doing exactly what it was designed to do. Something it wasn’t designed to do? Hit the streets. But that didn’t stop Claudio Roddaro from making his 917 street legal in 2016. There were actually two street legal 917s before Roddaro’s, according to Porsche, with one of those providing a pathway for Roddaro to make his street legal. Here’s Porsche on that specific car: The other the famous no. 030 car, owned almost from new by the late Count Rossi, the Italian nobleman who masterminded Martini’s famous sponsorship tie-in with Porsche. Via a highly suspect loophole, this all-silver, leather-trimmed Behemoth has remained road-legal ever since it was retired from racing duties in the early 1970s. Credits: @porsche / @tomwheatley.eu
