1966 Porsche 906 “Carrera 6”

By Miles Collier

The Mighty Porsche Carrera 6

I’ve had my 1966 Porsche Carrera 6 (906-125) in restoration for the last four or five years. It’s hard to remember such things across a gulf of time so fantastic. But, as inevitably as the Himalayas will finally erode into foothills, restoration projects ultimately come to completion. And so it is with 906-125. The car is a half-century-old, miraculously preserved competition machine, a rare survivor from a specialized and restricted area of human activity, motor racing. While a physical remnant from a bygone time, 906-125 is itself inert. It requires the intervention of people in the present to give the car its voice. Often that voice is recreated through acts of resurrection and restoration.