1969 Porsche 917 shakedown at Canepa

[@Mainsail333]

Just a normal day in Scotts Valley, Oh look is that a 917 making a left turn.

[@ajs3994]

Most people wouldn't know what a 917 is. I would freak out.

[@Mainsail333]

@@ajs3994 Lol, If I was in the car with my wife I'd be screaming like a little kid "917! 917!"

[@rodgraff1782]

I don’t know how Bruce gets away with driving race cars on public streets and Highways. Scott’s Valley police gives tickets in store parking lots. Guess he gets a free pass.

[@pc8134]

Scotts Valley is in Ca not Oh.

[@BiffTannenBTTF]

This has to be one of the nicest sounding engines of all time. Just magical.

[@UKBUILT]

100%

[@doriangray2020]

Eh, my Lamborghini sounds better and can out perform this relic.

[@minutepapillon5060]

​@@doriangray2020 ta Lamborghini n'a jamais été titré au Mans ni ailleurs .. contrairement à cette Porsche 😊

[@ajs3994]

@@minutepapillon5060 Exactly, Le Mans is what I think when I see this Porsche.

[@iNSANEcOOkieMONstEr]

Bruce coming into the garage, "SHUT THE DOOR! ..SHUT THE DOOR!!!!"

[@sickjohnson]

🤣No doubt!

[@scotth7686]

Haha

[@MrJdubbya36]

How the hell does Canepa have less than 10k subscribers?!? That is a badass car right there. Iconic even.

[@ZondaF355]

This is the kind of activity that legends find themselves taking part in. Simply spectacular and would I think the car world would love to see some of the shakedowns that Bruce does in high quality. You could have quite a large audience I believe. Canepa has the opportunity to make some of the world's finest automotive content with the knowledge and caliber of machinery.

[@johanliden5114]

Those gear shifts after 1m01s send shivers down my spine… Who cares about modern cars when you get to hear this?? Absolutely lovely. 😊

[@pervertt]

They remind me of gear shifts on an air cooled 911 - a throaty build up of revs, then a pause, then another build up of revs, followed by another pause.

[@matthewday1242]

This is the best video I've seen in a bit. Bravo Bruce 👏

[@estelja]

Are the local cops on the payroll or are they just gearheads also?

[@anshuthecoolkid6078]

I know a Former Scotts valley cop that works for him so the department treats him well

[@scotth7686]

Bruce has a great relationship with the local cops. He’s a big supporter. $$$$

[@sickjohnson]

917 shake down...Bruce leaving us shook! 😯 Whoa!

[@vlgp2931]

Yeah ! What the noise !!!! Exceptional and driving this legendary car on the road without a helmet, a dream (but for your eardrums). Thank you so much for these first version of the phenomenal 917 !! Love it.

[@mccanlessdesign]

always loved the sound of the shifts; back hard on the throttle

[@donaldscaglione8983]

I think I would shit my pants if I saw that in my rear view mirror

[@mizake01]

"WTF!!!?? Time-warped into 1960s Le Mans!!!!!????" Terrifying AND dream come true.

[@davids9960]

Please keep these updates coming along!

[@robkauffman1]

good thing it has turn signals!🤣🤣🤣

[@scotth7686]

Lol

[@killacam197.]

Cops are gonna be like “Who do you think you are!! Bruce Canepa?!!”

[@r.p.3192]

I am sooo sorry officer but I couldn’t read the speedo due to that vibration…

[@christopherjones2557]

That engine sound……. Orgasmic! Just pure music!

[@farminglol]

In my country, you'd go to jail for 5.000 years for driving this legendary piece of awesomeness on the road.

[@jtirello3_111]

Yeah, I hear North Korea can be rough like that.

[@righn3494]

That was just awesome! like music to my ears! I would be thinking the whole time I'm going to jail, I am definitely going to jail .👍👍👍

[@jkyontz]

Dang, Bruce had the pedal to the metal 😊

[@scotth7686]

Instantly one of my favorite videos of all time. Sent chills down my spine

[@walkthnyt2000]

I met Bruce at Monterey years ago. Hell of a nice guy. That dude has every cool car you can think of.

[@Statimtek]

Agreed. I went on a organized drive a couple of weeks ago, and we toured his facility. We happened to meet him coming in as we were leaving, and he spent quite a while standing in the parking lot talking with us. He told all kinds of great stories and took us across the street and showed us his other showroom, and spent even more time chatting with us, super laid back, and very nice. It was a highlight of the drive.

[@leonardwalton6668]

It looks better than what’s on the road today😎

[@jayberham]

That is the smallest windshield wiper I have ever seen 💀

[@erniearambula3525]

As the revs climb the engine really comes alive.

[@UKBUILT]

Looks fantastic 😍 I'm building my dream V12 supercar with the OG zonda engine 😎

[@josemariadacostacoelhofilh3083]

No words to describe how good it is! 👏👏👏👍👍👍💪💪💪👊👊👊

[@rickguerrero2282]

Absolutely amazing!!!! I can only imagine the looks you got when you drove by cars 1/3 your size!!! Has the CHP ever stopped you??? Now THAT would be an interesting conversation!

[@frosthoe]

The fact that I knew folks in the 80's that would pay you to take one of these "Old broken cars" out of their garage to the scrapyard makes my heart cry. I worked in a scrapyard that we lived near by in the rural Chicago suburbs. Just for cash and parts, an schtuff...Id go along on a pickup to Inverness, Barrington hills, or even downtown in a storage place once. And wed be looking at cars I had not the foggiest notion about. All I knew was rich people cold only buy them. And when we took them apart we could NOT SCRATCH ANYTHING..!!!. Thats the owner crying at me. Lol, did my best. But we salvaged so many cars i remember many now when I see them listed. And at sooo much$. I'm like Hey I remember we took apart a car like that's interior UPSIDE DOWN! In the winter, because it was wrecked and the contents of someones cranium were still pooled in the roof/headliner hair, bone, stuff lil tiny things here and there that were of a deceased human. So the boss always made me be serious there and not crack jokes. I understand now why he was somber. A fine Italian car had died!

[@KEKEMS001]

magic the most beautiful set up the original...

[@vandalorianvandalorian4769]

A 917 on Hwy 17 is very gear head’s dream!

[@Jondoe.36]

The exhaust note 🏎️🎶🎼🤤

[@chadbarbaro]

how it's done

[@mariodesmo]

Too much fun, this day... 😂

[@ChrisZang]

Is there a 2 hour version of this clip somewhere?

[@dhartley231]

No misses.

[@duncanbleak3819]

Wow. Simply wow!!

[@jeannaiplus5413]

very good, thank you

[@niosanfrancisco]

The Bruce , love ❤️ it

[@mizake01]

But how many cupholders init? Seriously, amazing how it rolled over sharp-looking bumps entering garage at the end. Same dampeners as original (rebuilt) or new Ohlins, WP, etc.? Cheers!

[@edmatthews9235]

Well thank you that made my day. I prob would have crashed if I saw that coming up behind me on the freeway. Please do more cars on that Freeway shifting anf hammering it. Please a 935. 934 906 908 910 RSR hell 427 cobra etc

[@FigiFigaro]

got to be my favorite version of the 917

[@johnbarnes7716]

Yeah Buddy!

[@fernandes5986]

So beautiful.

[@dmn23]

Sensational

[@scottcollins8041]

Omg, that is awesome! Love it.

[@larrysmith4918]

Just Wow Sir

[@SteveKiernan-zb5dq]

Amazing

[@jones7299]

A little slice of heaven cool thanks

[@nitramsonjack4741]

AWESOME!!!!

[@craigthescott5074]

What’s with the windshield wiper?

[@jpvdw1961]

A 917 on Hwy 17.....

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Fantastic 👍🏆

[@vlgp2931]

It's a shame, though, the camera doesn't seem to like or tolerate the engine revs! Crazy sounds.

[@Roddy_Zeh]

Yes. Yes, I'd daily drive this thing, no matter how not practical, difficult and troublesome it might be. 👌🏻🗿

[@mrjoe2227]

Santa Cruz Autobahn 🎉

[@silviocorte6884]

Não e problema com os guardas???😊

[@Grenadeo617]

imagine being on that road, and you just see a 917 casually driving about. i would lose my mind. also that f12 is one of the best sounding engines ever.

[@JOHNBEA]

What is the s/n of this fabulous 917 please?

[@mpetry912]

the thing comes across the parking lot, it is so LOW, like a UFO. Great sound on 17.

[@Aleksander651]

Отличный звук!❤

[@calsurflance5598]

I can not confirm or deny; I may have just soiled myself!😳

[@jl1912]

Absolutely amazing footage. One of my favorite cars. How did you get away with doing that on a public road? Why not taker it to a race track? Surely that would be safer....

[@msosmers5311]

I can't imaging driving on a freeway and passed by a Porsche 917

[@silviocorte6884]

E permitido anda com esse avião???

[@dennismiga1596]

Very cool!

[@voltairegoethe]

talk about a moment....

[@tangerinedream7211]

Is this a fantastic replica, or a genuine first 25 chassis numbers car. Strange to put it as #30, as that was the number on one of the Spa entries in 1969, it did not have the long tail extension for that race. Be interesting to know the chassis number. Thanks for the upload.

[@TinyBearTim]

Isn’t the long and short tail just a conversion kit ? It probably got changed later

[@tangerinedream7211]

@TinyBearTim the first 25 cars for homologation were were all shown as short tails with the additional bolt on tail extension. The cars ran without the extension at Spa, Nurburgring and Austria. After running at the Ring ,Frank Gardner said the handling was terrific, a mixture of Terrible and Horrific, Gardner and David Piper were called in to drive the single car, as the regular Porsche drivers preferred the 908 Spyder. But for the clutch failure , Elford/Atwood very nearly won Le Mans in 1969 with the 917 Langheck.. A fabulous car, Bruce is a very lucky man.

[@cabanford]

The only race car sound that should ever be listened to. Like a tortured dinosaur.

[@a_random_jonny6424]

Is this a genuine 917 or a continuation? If real I guess it was converted back from a 917K?

[@jimcollier7869]

Oh, hell yes!!!

[@ronbelanger4113]

Rolling art.

[@GrandeCapo_PallaPesante]

What a car.

[@fw1421]

How do you get away with driving a 917 on the street?🙀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@stewartsmith1947]

love it

[@ChromeConnoisseur08]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO YEEAAHHHHHHH

[@vincentdf9498]

Superbe ligne

[@mschrappe]

One word: more!

[@sandyvalentin3072]

Sick …OMG

[@augustosposaro713]

La máquina.

[@brucebarnes9638]

Ditch the Mercedes. This is the perfect ride to commute to work in!!!

[@aquatecpoolservice4547]

My turn!

[@kevinbarrett9615]

Imagine seeing that in your rear view mirror ! Oh wait you wouldn’t it’s too low 😁

[@Southskyflyer]

-Darling, I'm going out to buy some cigarettes and I'll be back soon... (maybe) 😁

[@7stiano123]

Is it a replica ?

[@kurtwomack6473]

Is it legal to make everyone drool with stage 5 jelly?

[@vincentdf9498]

La classe

[@dancingtrout6719]

at Lemans in1971 a 917 went 3400 miles in 24 hours , if it was traveling at 100 mph that would be 3,400 miles in 34 hours.. any ways the average speed it went was 139 mph

[@capitan280]

The faster car ever in le mans

[@rider65]

Camera shake mate...🙄🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@mrseaweed5587]

Good Lord.

[@irritablearchitect]

Not that I care, but this is CA...is this sort of thing even legal there?

[@PhilippePEYREFICHE]

Un. Bijou xxxx.la 917.pfff

[@cesarefiderio1634]

IL GIOCATTOLINO A 12 CILINDRI!!!!!!!

[@vincentdf9498]

Évidemment je ne parle pas du moteur

[@sofalugger]

Surely ILLEGAL??!?!? (on public rds)..Mind you I,ve done it with race bikes...

[@bernardbeauvais2292]

Et vous voulez interdir ça ? 😅

[@spookydog6959]

m❔

[@SoniaInternational]

TF?

[@BiffTannenBTTF]

This has to be one of the nicest sounding engines of all time. Just magical.