Someone Has Used The Famous 'Pink Pig' Livery On A Porsche 918

A wealthy fan of the well-known but ill-fated 917 Le Mans racer dubbed the 'Pink Pig' has resurrected the livery as a wrap for their 918 Spyder
Someone Has Used The Famous 'Pink Pig' Livery On A Porsche 918

Of all the wonderful old racing-inspired liveries you could specify on the Porsche 918 Spyder, the pink ‘butcher’s diagram’ one showing the various cuts of meat across the body of a pig somehow didn’t feature. That hasn’t stopped one determined owner, though.

This surprisingly awesome (if a little shocking at first) design is a rework of the paint job that graced the experimental Porsche 917/20 that tried to combine the aerodynamic benefits of short- and long-tail designs at the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

The bulbous experimental 917
The bulbous experimental 917

As it happened, it didn’t work. Nor did the brakes, for long; they expired during the night and the car failed to finish, but the livery went down in history. Designed as a bit of fun to mock the bulbous bodywork that made it seem a bit porky next to the other cars in the field, car number 23 went full pig. It was nicknamed the Truffle-Hunter of Zuffenhausen.

Awesomely, this reinterpretation of its shell on the 918 Spyder is designed in a ‘dirty’ state, as the 4.9-litre flat-12 original might have looked as it was dragged unceremoniously away from the track. At least it eventually made it into the loving arms of Porsche’s museum.

Someone Has Used The Famous 'Pink Pig' Livery On A Porsche 918

The patina across the wrap is pretty convincing from a distance, with the black-on-white ‘23’ looking as though it’s worn through in places and a general layer of black race track grime and torment across the leading edges of the bodywork. It really is a crackling job. Ahem.

The distress stops at the panels. The wheels, brakes and headlights, not to mention the interior, look as fresh and crisp as a little-used 918’s should. We can’t help but think a set of anthracite wheels would look even better beneath the pink.

Someone Has Used The Famous 'Pink Pig' Livery On A Porsche 918

Other classic liveries that were officially offered as options for the 918 included those inspired by Martini and Gulf colours. The Martini one certainly had a few takers, for good reason, but there’s still something brilliant about the Pink Pig v2.0…

Source: CarScoops

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Comments

Rahul 1

Gotta admit…Looks great, just the like the olden days. #likefatherlikeson

05/30/2018 - 13:12 |
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slevo beavo

Looks awesome. However I would love to see the brakes and wheels painted to make it look like it’s halfway through a lemans race

05/30/2018 - 13:14 |
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Harry 15

Now thats how You wrap a car cough archie hamilton. You can get plenty of attention and have some reason for it

05/30/2018 - 13:25 |
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Sudip Suresh

tbh the wheels and especially the callipers dont look right. Everything else looks hella fine imo

05/30/2018 - 13:36 |
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Anonymous

Now we just need someone to put the ‘Psychedelic’ scheme on one!

05/30/2018 - 13:50 |
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GeVoly

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

well..

05/31/2018 - 12:23 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

This looks way cooler than the Martini livery tbh

05/30/2018 - 14:09 |
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Ewan23 (The Scottish guy)

I approve of the number

05/30/2018 - 14:36 |
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Nissan does as well

05/30/2018 - 17:41 |
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Logan Watterson

It would incredibly ironic if that car caught fire and…. cooked.

05/30/2018 - 15:08 |
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redflamexfire(R32 squad)

Bacon…Yum.

05/30/2018 - 16:15 |
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Tseisi Itani

Paris Hilton Intensifies

05/30/2018 - 19:19 |
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