Alan Hamilton’s mid-engined Porsche 911, was Alan Hamilton and his team in Melbourne the first to build a mid-engined 911
With the growth of interest in Sports Sedans in the early seventies the Porsche racer/importer wanted his marque at the front of the grids. He therefore conceived a clever mix of light weight, mid-engined 2.1 litre Group 4, 470bhp turbo-charged, SOHC flat-six and ‘racing car’ type suspension, said car to be driven by Jim McKeown.
Hamilton drew simple spaceframe or subframe structures front and rear to pick up the engine and suspension componentry from the 908 parts bin. By mounting the engine in front of the rear axle the car would have better weight distribution than the standard 911 layout and therefore better handling. All up weight was about 680 kg.
With the growth of interest in Sports Sedans in the early seventies the Porsche racer/importer wanted his marque at the front of the grids. He therefore conceived a clever mix of light weight, mid-engined 2.1 litre Group 4, 470bhp turbo-charged, SOHC flat-six and ‘racing car’ type suspension, said car to be driven by Jim McKeown.
Hamilton drew simple spaceframe or subframe structures front and rear to pick up the engine and suspension componentry from the 908 parts bin. By mounting the engine in front of the rear axle the car would have better weight distribution than the standard 911 layout and therefore better handling. All up weight was about 680 kg.
