1964 Porsche 904 GTS

The ex-Peter Gregg / Brumos Porsche
1964 Porsche 904 GTS

Chassis #904 068
Signicant USA Race History
Multi-year restoration by Gunnar Racing
2009 Amelia Island Concours dElegance Best Race Car - Winner
2011 Tour Auto / Spa 6 Hours participant
Fully race prepared with current F.I.A. Historic Technical Passport
EU taxes paid and road registered
Documented history and restoration le

The Harrison Porsche Collection
The 904 GTS was launched in 1964 as a
successor to the 1957-introduced type 718
model, which had been previously been
campaigned by both the factory and
privateers worldwide, essentially as an
aluminium-bodied open-cockpit sports-
racing spyder, constructed on a tubular
space frame. The new 904 GTS - a mid-
engined two-seater coupe - would have
neither a tubular space-frame nor an
aluminium body and represented a
completely new design phase. In an effort to
reduce production costs and build a
minimum of 100 cars in order to homologate
the 904 into the Grand Touring Class, the
904 was constructed from a box-section steel
chassis and a breglass body, realised by the
Heinkel Fleugzeugbau aircraft company who
had spare capacity at the time. One hundred
and sixteen cars were built, mostly powered
by a 180hp 2.0 litre 4-cylinder four-cam
engine originally designed by Ernst
Fuhmann in the 1950s. Towards the end of
904 production, however, a small batch of
cars were also homologated and tted with a
6-cylinder (2.0 911-derived) engine with
twin triple-choke Weber carburettors and
twin-plug ignition, thus raising the power
output to nearer 210hp. The race prepared
904 GTS weighed just 655 kgs and through
1964-65 achieved considerable international
competition success at everything from hill
climbs and the Monte Carlo Rally right up to
the World Sporstcar Championship and long
distance 24-hour endurance races.
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Chassis 904 068
A well-known Porsche 904 which raced in the Americas during the mid-1960s. This beautifully re-built and
well-documented 904 GTS was supplied new in June 1964 via Brumos in Jacksonville/Florida, USA to
Bruce Jones Jr. of Macon, Georgia nished in Silbermetallic with Blau Velour interior. Bruce Jones Jr.
covered just 5788kms before the car was returned to Brumos to be prepared for future, famed Porsche racer
Peter Gregg to drive. Gregg would become the owner of Brumos Porsche in August 1965 and began to race
068 extensively in the US and Bahamas between 1964-66. Latterly teaming up with co-driver George
Drolsom in 1966, the pair nished 3
rd
in class with 068 in the 1966 Daytona 24 Hour race.
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904 068 - Competition history with Brumos Porsche:
Sep 1964 Daytona (National Race) Peter Gregg
Nov 1964 Nassau Tourist Trophy Peter Gregg 12
th
Dec 1964 Nassau Governors Trophy Peter Gregg 12
th
Feb 1965 Daytona Continental 2000 kms Peter Gregg / George Barber 8
th
(2
nd
in class)
Apr 1965 Pensacola USRRC Peter Gregg DNF
May 1965 Bridgehampton Vanderbilt Cup Peter Gregg DNF
Jun 1965 Osceola (Florida) SCCA Peter Gregg 1
st
Sep 1965 Daytona SCCA National Peter Gregg 2
nd
Sep 1965 Daytona - Paul Whiteman Trophy Peter Gregg DNF
Nov 1965 Nassau Tourist Trophy Peter Gregg 2
nd
(1
st
in class)
Dec 1965 Nassau Trophy Peter Gregg 11
th
(2
nd
in class)
Feb 1966 Daytona 24 hrs Peter Gregg/ George Drolsom 10
th
(3
rd
in class)
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Following the 1966 Daytona 24hrs, Brumos
sold 068 to the father of a young, amateur
racer from Jacksonville named Bill Hall.
Soon after, however, Hall unfortunately had
a tragic accident racing the 904 at an SCCA
race in Savannah, Georgia and the car was
split in half. The wreck was returned to
Brumos where it remained un-repaired.
In 1971 the remains were sold on to fellow
Porsche racer and US Porsche Distributor,
Vasek Polak. In 1972, it is known that parts
of the suspension were removed and used
by Dieter Inzenhofer, Polaks chief
mechanic, to rebuild 904-064, but the rest of
068 was untouched and remained in
storage in Polaks warehouse for the next 25
years.
By the late nineties, Polak had started to
discuss rebuilding the car and sent it to US
Porsche restoration specialist Kevin Jeanette
of Gunnar Racing, Florida but passed away
in 1997 just before the project started.
However, through Jeanette in 2000, 068 was
sold to Michael Robottom of Jersey who
commissioned Jeanette to completely rebuild
the car as Polak had intended.
A lengthy, multi-year restoration followed
with meticulous attention paid to every
detail before 068 was nally completed in
2009 and tted with a newly-built (2.0 litre 6-
cylinder twin-plug) engine and type-901
gearbox. Upon completion, the car was
exhibited at the 2009 Amelia Island
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Concours dElegance and won the trophy for Best Race Car
In 2010, 068 was shipped and imported into the UK by Michael
Robottom, whereupon it was UK road-registered and import duties paid.
It was then acquired, via ourselves, by the Harrison collection and fully
prepared for historic competition use by our sister company, Maxted-Page
& Prill Ltd.
The car was entered and raced by Gerald and Chloe Harrison in the
competition category of the 2011 Tour Auto and is also accepted to race in
the forthcoming 2011 Spa 6 hours race.
We are delighted to once again offer for sale this fabulously rebuilt,
historic Porsche 904, which comes fully race-prepared, complete with a set
of spare wheels, FIA HTP paperwork, Monaco road registration and a
comprehensively documented history le.
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The ex-Peter Gregg / Brumos Porsche

1964 Porsche 904 GTS

Signicant USA Race History

Multi-year restoration by Gunnar Racing

2009 Amelia Island Concours dElegance Best Race Car - Winner

2011 Tour Auto / Spa 6 Hours participant

Fully race prepared with current F.I.A. Historic Technical Passport

EU taxes paid and road registered

Documented history and restoration le

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