Porsche 956 – Le Mans 1983 Marlboro #8 Group C

Speed Champions series

350PCS Building Blocks Pack + Stickers+Description, figures not included

In 1983 Bob Wollek drove with the Joest privateer Porsche 956 together with Klaus Ludwig and Stefan Johansson the 24h of Le Mans.

They started with a low tail Porsche 956

but during his stint Herr Luwdig crashed the car

but did made it to the pits where they started to fix the car.
Because they had no spare cover, due to the fact that a cover, in 1983, costed a little as 10.000 pound and that was a lot of money for a privateer, they asked if they could borrow one from the Rothmans team that had a trunk load of spare parts.
After a little time trying to fix it they noticed that it wasn’t going to fit (the 956ers were almost build by hand, so it didn’t fit as easy as they thought) so they used the spare high tail engine cover and drove of to become 6th overall at La Sarthe.

Here reproduced in 8stud, minifig scale, the Marlboro / Joest Team Porsche 956C #8 in 1983 Le Mans livery. Drivers Bob Wollek, Klaus Ludwing and Stefan Johansson. The car can fit one minifig.