The first ever example of the legendary Porsche 917 Can-Am racecar is set to go under the gavel at RM Sotheby’s Paris sale early next month and could fetch nearly $6-million. The prototype ...

Can-Am’s no-holds-barred heyday ran from 1966 ... “It has to be the Shadow or the Porsche 917,” says Oliver, who won the 1969 Le Mans 24 Hours with Jacky Ickx in a JW Automotive Ford GT40.

Porsche’s iconic flat-twelve-powered 917 protype won the 24 Hours of Le ... While it certainly isn’t as fast as the all-conquering turbocharged Can Am monsters of the early 1970s, with the ...

The engine would be loosely derived from the Can-Am V12, but narrower ... this and an unfounded fear that Porsche was about to put a 16-cylinder engine in the 917 for 1971, he turned the 512M ...

Jerry Seinfeld turned down the high bid at auction for his Porsche 917, but he now confirms it has been sold for roughly the same amount.