Prints and paint, but no photoshop. The founder of the excellent formfreu.de, Markus Haub, transforms vintage racing pictures into the coolest car art we've seen all year.

Even if you can't go back in time to 1969, you can watch this excellent "Found on Youtube" 4 part movie highlighting Le Mans that year. Hearing the sounds, entertaining the prospect of Ford GT40s battling with Porsche 917s and dreaming about hitting 240+ MPH on the Mulsanne straight—what more could you ask for from…

Everything about this Porsche 917 seems right. Painted in classic Gulf livery, the car is shown on the race track, where it belongs. These flat 12 equipped beasts brought Porsche back to back overall wins at the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1970 and 1971. 40 years later, the 917 looks (and sounds) even better with…

The Porsche 917 is what happens when Ze Germans focus all their energy on global domination... in a good way.

The BRE Datsun 240Z a few weeks ago reminded me how much I love old-school slide film. This is a 1972 Porsche 917/10 that I shot on Kodachrome in 2006. Could anyone else stare at this all day?

Rallying, Le Mans, a Le Mans start, skinny-tired spins, a Rothmans 959, mud, French police, Daytona, hairy-chested flat sixes, the Nürburgring, and more, all crammed into ninety-five seconds. If you don't want a P-car after this, your brain is broken.

Get your fix of 1:32 wind-up Porsches at A Time To Get, where Nick Maggio has even dug up an old 917. In Gulf livery, of course. [A Time To Get]

Fantasies of beating Ferrari at Le Mans without leaving your dining room shall now be addressed by Torgny Fjeldskaar’s Ch.air Motorsports carbon fiber chair, based on the Gulf-liveried Porsche 917 race car.

The biggest, baddest, meanest Porsche ever made turns 40 today. Happy birthday, Porsche 917.

Photo: Lothar Spurzem.