Porsche 935 K3 n° 41 Winner 24h Le Mans 1979 Kremer Racing 1/18 Solido S1807201

Porsche 935 K3 n° 41 Kremer Racing

Winner 24h Le Mans 1979 

Drivers Klaus Ludwig / Don Whittington / Bill Whittington

Scale 1/18

Manufacturer Solido 

Article ID S1807201

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Founded in 1962 in Cologne, brothers Manfred and Erwin Kremers' team rapidly specialized in the development/adaptation of Porsches for competition. Thanks to their Porsche 911, 914-6 and 934, they began to accumulate successes, until the arrival of the Porsche 935 in 1976. That was a real revelation, an 'affair of the heart' for the two brothers, who from 1977 developed their own versions of the car: K1, K2 and K3. The latter, an optimization of the official Porsche Moby Dick, proved to be as reliable as it was powerful, and enabled the Kremer Racing Team to win the 1979 edition of the Le Mans 24 hours. The factory driver, Klaus Ludwig, won the first of his three Le Mans victories in driving rain. The car, sold to the Whittington brothers just a few hours before the start of the race, was considerably lighter in weight and had a power output of 740 to 800 horsepower thanks to a 3.2-liter twin-turbocharged flat 6. The Kremer brothers' modifications were later marketed as a kit that allowed many teams to develop their own versions of the Porsche 935, with considerable successes on circuits around the world. The Kremer brothers made a huge contribution to the Porsche 935 history, one of the most successful racing cars in the history of the automobile, boasting an outstanding longevity.