Focus of the book: The technical construction of the Porsche 917.

Compared to all other books about the Porsche 917, this one has been written by one of the engineers that designed and constructed the well known racer. As a result the whole book is focusing on the construction of it and provides by far the richest details about the car on 580 pages! The large scale drawings are certainly one of the most impressive parts of the book.
Additionally the book is based on Porsche archive materials only and also includes photographs that have never been shown to the public so far.

The book is also very well structured, beautifully designed and of very good quality. To get an impression, see my snapshots below.

To be honest, this book is heavily in competition with the other three I already have about the 917. So there is a chance I would not buy again the one by Födisch because the one by Glen Smale would cover the same and more information but in a much smaller format… So both are actually better for a fan ! ;-)

The book starts with many drawings, I really like these…. :

Each chassis is listed in detail regarding its construction and its races:

Many full-page photos are documenting the construction, here one of the Porsche factory in 1969…

Official documents have been digitalized and made available throughout the book:

The “Pink Pig” (die “Sau”) is of course also described in the book, on 10 pages in total…

Many great pictures that I have not seen so far:

As the book is available for 60 Euros only, I think this is a must-have for every race enthusiast!

Photos I made at the Porsche Museum in 2008: