1973 Carrera RS Cars for Sale

[Tour de Corse]

Here is an example of an early shell , I have better photo examples but no access now . This will have to suffice.

See any differance ?

earlier shell (red)


later shell below (black)

From my observations , the wider opening was around by early 1974. Yet some early 74's can still have the narrower opening (they can be either way). The later shell (with wider grill opening) has another detail difference , but the width of the opening is the main difference. What I have been trying to ascertain is if any wide opening versions were actually used in 1973 MY production. I have seen some on a few cars , but none known to be original to car. Mostly restored cars.

[John Binion]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...-rs-touring-4/

[911MRP]

vin 0660 has sold $747,500 USD. So anbout middle of estimate range:US$700,000 - $800,000. I’m not sure if that figure includes buyer premium but probably does ?

If not staying in Canada a friend pointed out there might be further costs even if just going to USA ?



https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/dd24/lots/r0095-1973-porsche-911-carrera-rs-27-touring/

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Got the M stamp which has been discussed in the forum in past
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Steve

[72targa]

^^^^ search reference - 9113600660

[DB68]

1288 for sale in the UK (it’s failed to sell at least once on Collecting Cars in the last year)

https://canfordclassics.co.uk/collec...-911s-lhd-copy


Thread previously on it here

https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...highlight=1288

[72targa]

^^^^ Search reference 9113601288

[BOYER73S]

1288 for sale in the UK (it’s failed to sell at least once on Collecting Cars in the last year)

https://canfordclassics.co.uk/collec...-911s-lhd-copy


Thread previously on it here

https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...highlight=1288

and the original claim that all RHD RS cars had steel fuel tanks is wrong too all the 6 Aussie ones got the plastic tank, like many of the E and S cars of the same year.

[DOUGS73E]

1973 Porsche 2.7L 911 Carrera RS Lightweight
VIN: 9113600966

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1973 Porsche 2.7L 911Carrera RS Lightweight 0966 - GP White 2.jpg

- Believed to be one of only 200 examples produced for 1973 in factory “Lightweight” configuration
- Italian-market example benefitting from 30 years of loving ownership in Germany with its first caretaker
- Finished in factory-correct Light Ivory over Black with numbers-matching 2.7-liter engine
- A wonderful example of one of the most consequential models in Porsche history

Counter to the 911 RS 2.7’s notoriety among collectors, this beautifully presented example has led an unassuming life—though still remarkable in its own way for having spent 30 uninterrupted years with its first owner, who initially used it as a company car, of all things. Believed to have been delivered new to Autogerma Italia in Verona, Italy on 9 April 1973, the Porsche made its way to WMR Autowerkaufs GmbH in Neustadt, Germany after the original Italian purchaser backed out. Following a month of driving past the showroom where the Light Ivory 911 RS 2.7 beckoned, the first owner acquiesced to the inevitable and traded in his then-new 911 E in July of 1973.

He would employ the 911 RS as a company car during summers, enjoying its capabilities on stints between local cinemas that he managed. “I had glorious fun driving the car in those days, when the Autobahn was often quite clear,” he recalled in correspondence on file. “I had a regular run up to Frankfurt, and there were several stretches of road there where I could really extend the car—260 km/h was my target.” Though he did not drive it in competition, he once attended a high-performance driving school at Hockenheimring in the late Seventies.

Soon after acquiring the car, he would enlist two former Porsche Motorsport technicians to look after it and make modifications to his taste. After thoroughly enjoying it for four years as his company car, he settled into using the 911 RS 2.7 on weekends and holidays curtail excess mileage. In 1977, he had low-profile 50-series Pirelli P7 tires installed, with German TUV authorities insisting that a later speedometer be retrofitted at the time to account for the smaller overall wheel diameter.

By the mid-1980s enthusiasm for the 911 RS 2.7 had grown considerably, prompting the owner to restore it largely back to stock specification, reversing some modifications previously made—namely, swapping a previously installed “whale tail” rear spoiler from a later 911 with a correct-type RS 2.7 “ducktail” spoiler. Starting in 1985, the owner formally recorded with the German TUV that the car was being taken off the road for winters.

In 1990, as a birthday gift, the owner’s son organized a road test with Motor Klassik magazine. In the multi-page spread, his 911 RS 2.7 was pitted against its period archrival, the BMW 3.0 CSL. A digital copy of the article is on file. Four years later, the owner is said to have had the same former Porsche Motorsport technicians who had been caring for the car all these years to recommission the paintwork and engine, after which it went into storage and saw increasingly less use until finally being sold in 2003. Thus marked the conclusion of an impressive three decades with its original caretaker.

Acquired by the consignor in summer of 2016 after the car had changed hands multiple times throughout Europe, it is now offered from an extensive collection of important Porsches. Fully restored and with numbers-matching engine, this rare Carrera RS Lightweight will surely find many eager buyers, particularly those interested in vintage racing events or in augmenting a collection with one of the most desirable and impactful Porsche 911 models ever produced.

[911MRP]

…. 15,891 Kilometers? Really?
https://www.mecum.com/lots/1121980/1...7-lightweight/

Steve

[MountainRoads]

…. 15,891 Kilometers? Really?
https://www.mecum.com/lots/1121980/1...7-lightweight/

Steve

From the mecum advert: "Odometer reads 15,891 kilometers"

- MR