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- Racing Car Diecast Museum
- 1F Le Mans 24 Hours
- 1978 Porsche 935/78 #43 (LM24)
1978 Porsche 935/78 #43 (LM24)
Para64 1/64
PA-55801 (2024)
Car: Porsche 935/78 #43
Series: 1978 Le Mans 24 Hours
Class: Gr.5+2.0
Team: Martini Racing Porsche System
Drivers: Manfred Schurti, Rolf Stommelen
Result: 8th overall, 3rd in Gr.5+2.0
What I like about Para64 is that most of the time, they do castings that no other diecast manufacturer are currently doing. This Porsche 935/78 is one example. Although Hot Wheels has already released this car, they aren't exactly what you would consider a "premium" car even with their rubber tires. Para64 released this car in 2 liveries: this No. 43 Martini car from the 1978 Le Mans 24 Hours and a Momo-liveried one based on an IMSA participant from I think 1981.
This No. 43 car qualified 3rd in the 1978 Le Mans 24 Hours, actually beating out some of the prototype cars from Alpine and Porsche. It spent most of the early part of the race I believe in the top 6, mostly playing a supporting role to the Porsche 936 cars that were fighting the Alpines. Unfortunately, the car would face problems that I believe lost them a lot of time and dropped them down the order. They eventually finished 8th overall and 3rd in class but they were around 10 laps behind the class winner and more than 40 laps behind the overall winner.
