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Old 06-12-2012, 03:27 PM   #360 (permalink)
some_other_dave
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If you look at the right-rear quarter shot, you can see "SERA" on the base of the right tail fin. SERA is or was a wind tunnel in France (near Paris?) that, among other companies, Porsche used to refine designs for a number of their race car bodies. One of the later iterations of the 917LH (langheck, "long tail") was sometimes referred to as the "SERA body".

Been re-reading "Excellence was Expected" recently.

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