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FS: @RM | Sotheby's London - '73 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight
RM | Sotheby's Auction, Battersea Evolution, London, UK
Held in partnership with the Concours of Elegance, Windsor Castle - Offered on: Wednesday, September 7, 2016
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight, Lot 133
VIN: 9113601418
Engine: -
Trans: -
Color: Lt Yellow/Black
Mileage: 62,162 km (indicated)
Auction Estimate: £450,000 - £550,000/~US$600,000-$725,000
Sold for: £224,000 / ~US$333,603
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Auction Description:
- Offered from a private collection of exceptional Porsches
- One of just 200 M471 lightweight “Sport” versions
- Regularly serviced and maintained by Porsche
- Porsche Certificate of Authenticity
The lightweight RS 2.7 offered here was sold new to its first owner, Josef Pütz, in June 1973. The Porsche was then acquired by Dr Reinhard Wolfgang Jacobi on 23 August 1984. At the time, the car is noted as having been driven 38,000 kilometres. He then proceeded to restore the car, beginning in the following May of 1985. It is believed that the original engine and gearbox were replaced during restoration, as the RS currently sports an unstamped engine block and replacement transmission. Though it is unclear when the restoration was completed, Dr Jacobi reregistered the Porsche 10 years later in January 1995.
In 2000, the Carrera RS was acquired by the current owner, an avid collector of limited-production Porsches. It has since been properly maintained in his collection and regularly serviced by Porsche Zentrum Flughafen Stuttgart, receipts for which are included on file. Recently driven by an RM Sotheby’s car specialist, he notes that the Porsche drives and handles exceptionally well, as nicely as any RS 2.7 he has had the pleasure of driving.
ADDENDUM
Please note that this car is a 1973 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight, though it has been rebodied.