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    FS: @Gooding&Company - '71ST Rally Coupe

    Gooding & Company, Geared Online Auction, August 3-7, 2020
    1971 Porsche 911ST Rally Coupe
    VIN: 9111300647
    Engine: -
    Trans: -
    Color: White/Black
    Mileage: 01,590 (indicated)
    Auction Estimate: US$950,000 - $1,250,000
    Sold for: NO SALE (Highest bid: US$610,000 as of 08-07-2020)
    Post Auction Price: US$775,000 obo

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    Auction Description:

    - One of Five Works 911 ST Rally Cars Built for the 1971 East African Safari Rally
    -Restored by Gary Kempton and Documented by Model Authority Hugh Hodges
    - Displayed at Rennsport Reunion and the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
    - Faithfully Presented in Original Livery Complete with Period Rally Equipment
    - A Road Registered, Event Eligible, and Utterly Unique Works Racing Porsche

    Between 1970 and 1972, Porsche built a limited number of sport-purpose 911s that are now commonly referred to as STs – referring to a 911 S in the lightweight trim of a T. Following the tradition established by the 911 R, these 911 STs were purpose-built competition machines developed at the pinnacle of Porsche’s endurance racing program and equipped with state-of-the-art components. Constructed in Porsche’s Werk I race shop, STs were campaigned by privateers and the factory team in a wide range of events – from endurance races to punishing, off-road rallies.

    This 911 ST presented here, chassis 9111300647, is one of five rally cars that Porsche constructed for their works racing team’s assault on the 1971 East African Safari Rally.

    Held in various forms since 1953, the East African Safari Rally was, and remains, one of the world’s most challenging motor sports events. A 4,000-mile, multi-stage competition that traversed Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, the 1971 running of the Safari Rally attracted factory entries from Nissan, Ford, Lancia, and Saab. Porsche also committed to a full factory effort, sending five ST rally cars, eight service vehicles, and a reconnaissance plane to Kenya in spring 1971.

    The five-car Porsche team consisted of three race cars and two trainingwagens, or practice cars: one green, one white. The car offered here was the white practice car, which wore the German registration “S-AA 3129.”

    The unique configuration for these ST rally cars, or STRs, included strengthened body shells with extra structural reinforcements and wide rear fender flares. Powered by a twin-plug engine, the Safari cars were equipped with revised gear ratios, a 40% locking differential, and increased oil capacity. Designed to handle any terrain, the STRs were raised to give 10″ of ground clearance and outfitted with a roll bar, CB radio, skid plates, dual spares, auxiliary lighting, timing equipment, and any accessories deemed necessary. As Porsche’s factory effort was sponsored by Sears, all five cars were fitted with the brand’s distinctive white-stripe tires.

    Just 32 of the 100-plus cars entered finished the 1971 Safari Rally. Included among the survivors was one of the works 911 STRs, which placed 5th Overall.

    Following this event, this car was reportedly sold to a Swedish customer and later relocated to Germany, where it was repainted blue and converted to circuit specification. After its acquisition by an American collector, the ST was sent to Porsche specialist Gary Kempton in 2007 for a show-quality restoration. Several telltale features were immediately uncovered including the reinforced jack points and the letters “STR” stenciled in chalk inside the rear wheel arch. The historic 911 was then completely restored to its original works rally specification, but finished in the more famous green livery of the no. 33/Waldegard car.

    The consignor, a prominent American Porsche collector, purchased 0647 from Karl-Heinz Feustel in 2011 and has since exhibited it at Rennsport Reunion IV and the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. More recently, the research of ST authority Hugh Hodges confirmed that this car is the white trainingwagen from 1971, leading the consignor to commission Ed Palmer of Kundensport of Oxnard, California to repaint the ST in its historically accurate Light Ivory livery.

    Today, this extraordinary 911 is presented just as it looked when it left the Porsche factory in 1971. No detail has been overlooked, from its white-stripe tires to the Sears brand locks on the hood. Contained in the car’s history file are copies of important factory records, period photographs, registration documents, and magazine articles including 000’s recent survey of STs, which includes 0647 among the 16 “works team or semi-works team” chassis in the list of “Likely 911 ST Cars.”

    One of only four East African Safari Rally STs known to survive, this car is a captivating piece of Porsche racing history. It stands as a fantastic tribute to the extraordinary versatility of the 911 and, as a genuine works team car, is worthy of an important place in the most discerning Porsche collections.
    Last edited by DOUGS73E; 08-09-2020 at 10:50 AM. Reason: Added sold for price.
    Doug Dill

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    This one is awesome.
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    It’s livery is great.

    But as with any ST you need to see photos of it pre restoration; many of these didn’t fare well/ aren’t that original given their tough race lives.

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    Looks a great car,door interior trim looks interesting.
    Look to see what it achieves

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    i guess to keep it period correction you'd have to run those Sears Radial Tires, ie sponsor's? Before I'd consider a car like this a deep due diligence dive would be required, agree w @rower. Pretty to look at though.

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    Yes the white practice car has finally had its identity reestablished and been restored in its correct livery after 20 years of being portrayed as being the #33 green Waldegaard car S AA 4825
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    Quote Originally Posted by HughH View Post
    Yes the white practice car has finally had its identity reestablished and been restored in its correct livery after 20 years of being portrayed as being the #33 green Waldegaard car S AA 4825
    When we had it prior to selling to Gary it was blue, he had it repainted in the Waldegaard green in like 2 weeks after he picked it up!
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    1971ST Rallye Coupe

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    At RRIII Daytona in 2007 ...last pic with Björn Waldegård and Gary K...
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    Cole It may have been blue then (and had been for some time) but since at least 22 November 2000 it had been (wrongly) "identified" as S-AA 4825 the Waldegaard/ Helmer #33 car in at least 2 separate pieces of written correspondence (that I have copies of) from Porsche, including a COA type letter dated 29 January 2001 that stated it was Condor Green rather than Light Ivory. That documentation had been used numerous times to "support" its identity when put up for sale at Auction. The factory Werkauftrag documentation dated February 1971, that now goes with it, clearly shows its vin and production number and that it is a "Weiss" car. Incidentally the production number for this car is two numbers away from the real Waldegaard car #33 911 130 0589.

    Quote Originally Posted by cscrogham View Post
    When we had it prior to selling to Gary it was blue, he had it repainted in the Waldegaard green in like 2 weeks after he picked it up!
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