A special kindness, posted here the memories of Guilherme Ary Leber about the last appearance of th

A special kindness, posted here the memories of Guilherme Ary Leber about the last appearance of the prototype fitti-Porsche with its original engine. 1,000 KM OF BRASILIA 1969.
The "Fittipaldi Vehicles and Equipment" was not only sports steering wheels, but also sold equipment, preparing cars and engines. And Wilson wants to advertise it, so decided to put a VW engine 1600cc well prepared by mechanical Darci de Medeiros in fitti-Porsche. Bet the resistance of the motor and the street race in Brasilia, birthday celebrations the city, it was time to do this. The car was almost done, and how Emerson rdj was already in England, rdj Luis Fernando rdj earth-Smith would have to double to Wilson. rdj But missing two days for the departure of the team, "Tigger" was looking a long time for the car with the engine already assembled and finally rdj said: "I can not imagine this car with as little motor"
I think it goes without saying that everyone stopped and stared at him with the face of interrogation and agreeing too, after all it was the Brazilian race car that everyone wanted to see walking a lot. The engine and gearbox were changed rapidly over a series of changes rdj was made at the last minute and everything was ready:. Pick-up orange with large 9-inch wheels, a lot of loading up, including 600 liters of aviation gasoline to feed their horses the Porsche. And the wagon with Porsche fitti-up left for Brasilia, the Earth-Smith driving along with mechanical, Darci and Deusdedith. The rest of the team would then. And that's when the problems started: it was a heavy load, the tires were fed up and began to blow on the way, after 1200 kilometers were not very good roads.
At the time the budget was too short. Wilson was driving with Suzy, but it was a two-seater rdj Porsche. So I and the "English" got a ride with two guys who were going to do the timing BMW Team. They went in the DKW Jan Balder, was the car that had won the race in El Pinar in Uruguay, and the only modifications rdj were the installation of a rear seat and a silencer in the exhaust. rdj It had ground covers, and rubbers on the doors was short rates. On the road could reach 109 km / h, it was a hard journey, even had an engine flooding at the end of the morning and in the middle of nowhere in Goiás after replacing the candles we managed to Brasilia, as Freaks that almost entered the Palace Plateau. Me and "English" could not berth hotels crowded rdj because of the parties birthday of the city. We went after Alex Dias Ribeiro in Camber and was crazy over there. Iam running with the "Ugly Duckling" and he offered us the apartment of his parents who looked more like a hostel so we camped. rdj Well, we were accommodated and without resting went to the VW dealership that was going to support. The car had been assembled, but no testing was done, so we only had one training session available to the correct answers. We took the car to the circuit and gave no other: problem! The clutch was engaged and the engine warmed up too. Back to shop, and I adapted a greater Deusdedith in front oil (Ferrari) and "English" with Darci got the radiator and engine exchange. More or less around here I started to lose track of time. We cut, we prepared new hoses, and worse, there was no equipment to lift the heavy engine and needed to access the clutch. The defect rdj was too wide collar that caused the crash "Chinese Hat". It was necessary to remove the engine in the arm, tied a rope and raised and spent a rafter, it was too heavy, the Darci went in search of a lathe to give a pass on the bearing carrier. rdj At some point the Wilson arrived with food, brought some roast chicken, rdj cola, bread and the result was a tremendous rdj diarrhea in Deusdedith.
It was dark when we finished, missing minutes to the start and there was not enough time for anything. Then Wilson made a madness even started the car and was playing for the start, the streets and avenues of Brasilia. I do not know if because of the problem of clutch in training, or if for any other reason, the car lost first gear right at the start. And the march was used in the curve uphill just after the pits. The relationship was to reach 110 km / h with it, and still had to exit the pits after refueling. It was necessary to strongly push the car to have enough speed and out in second gear. It was getting hard, the engine temperature had normalized, but the radiator which had been adapted showed a small crack and a thin jet of hot oil went straight to the windshield was almost impossible to see and it was night. Replenishment and exchange pilot, when the Earth-Smith took over, Wilson came down from