1964 904 Carrera GTS 1:18 Scale Model by Norev

1964 904 Carrera GTS 1:18 Scale Model by Norev

This model is hand painted and polished to a beautiful finish and has a sealed body. Resin models are exceptionally accurate of scale, shape and detail. Each model is created using a variety of production processes, to achieve this precision. They are produced using a composite material referred to in the industry as “resin”. 

A Brief History on the
1964 904 Carrera GTS of the Miles Collier Collections
Displayed at Revs Institute in Naples, Florida

The 904 was produced because Porsche needed a new instrument to continue winning two-liter Grand Touring Championship races for the 1964 season. Regulations now dictated a 100 unit minimum production. This worried Porsche since never before had the factory sold more than 35 or so of any single race car. So the 904 was designed to be streetable too.

Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche III – Ferry’s eldest son who, at 28, was heading Porsche’s new styling department – designed a fiberglass (GRP) body that was bonded directly to the sheet metal chassis’ side rails. Given the size of the production run, the body/frame assembly was contracted out to aircraft builder Heinkel. Unfortunately, the “spray and chopper gun” manufacturing system gave inadequate control over body panel thickness. Thus a 904 was usually vastly heavier (from 100-200 pounds) than its homologated weight—which tended to irritate purchasers. Height of the 904 was a mere 42.0 inches, which made getting into it difficult for a sizable driver. Yet, despite all, the car was a winner.