The Legend of 7707KW – Polskie Porsche

This render shows the Polish Porsche at the Costa Brava 1973 rally from the perspective of one of its participants.

The hero car of this render is the vehicle that Mr. Sobiesław Zasada raced in the driver's seat, with Mr. Ryszard Żyszkowski (who passed away in 2020) as his co-driver. I created this render as a tribute to them. Many rallies around the world have been won in this setup, but it is also interesting that during that period (which was a very difficult period for Poland), thanks to Mr. Sobiesław Zasada, who became a main Porsche factory driver, he managed to introduce Porsche into the world of rallies, something Ferdinand Porsche himself was initially skeptical about.

Interestingly enough, this car was found in 2018 transformed into a home-made Porsche 911 Turbo (930) lookalike, in a deplorable condition. Polish automotive journalist Patryk Mikiciuk bought this car for restoration, not really knowing its full history. Initially, when restoring it, the ABcar Oldtimers team planned to use the 911 Carrera RS 2.7 model as a benchmark—the legendary version of the 911 built for homologation purposes of the racing version. However, during restoration, it turned out to be a real rally car and it had exactly the same assembly marks and signs of damage as seen in the photos from old rally chronicles. The entire restoration process of this vehicle has been practically completed, and I encourage you to read more about it under the hashtag #polskieporsche.

As there are not many photos from this rally, and this vehicle has already finished its rally life as it enters a well-deserved retirement, I decided to visualize what it could have looked like 50 years ago.

Project created in 3ds Max, rendered in Corona Renderer, with tyFlow used for scattering and simulating elements of the environment flying from under the car's wheels. Rendered directly from the frame buffer.

This artwork is taking part in the annual Hum3D Car Render Competition: https://hum3d.com/challenges/the-legend-of-7707kw-polskie-porsche/