Who designed the Porsche 917L Martini “hippie” car?

2009-08-11 01:58:52

This Porsche raced at Le Mans in 1970 and cap­tured my imag­i­na­tion as a boy like no other race car.? Beyond being a mem­ber of the ultra-gnarly 917 fam­ily of Porsches, this car sports a paintscheme like no other.? Cam­paigned under the brand umbrella of Mar­tini, those iris swirls were as arrest­ing then as they are now, and are what lended this par­tic­u­lar car the sobri­quet of “hip­pie”.? It’s a beau­ti­ful design that’s stood the test of time, and I’d wager it is a flex­i­ble one, too; if this pat­tern were printed on the side of resuable shop­ping bag from Whole Foods, none of us would bat an eye.

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Who designed the Porsche 917L Mar­tini “hip­pie” car?