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    $300,000 - $400,000 for a 74 RS??!!!!

    Wow, cruising the RM Auction web site checking on the cars coming up for sale at their Monterey auction next month. They have a 74 RS with privateer history at Le Mans with an estimate of $300k - $400k!

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    "Est. 250hp three liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine with mechanical fuel injection, five-speed manual gearbox, four-wheel competition independent suspension and four-wheel ventilated disc brakes. Wheelbase: 90"

    Oops. Guess they left off a couple of cylinders during the rebuild.

    Too bad I am not going to the Monty Historics this summer. I would like to check this one out for fun. Maybe someone else can take some photos of it for us to drool over.
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    having owned one - i'll know what to look at and take lotsa pics. This car is being detailed out right now on the east coast for this auction
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    not yer basic '74 RS...

    but a Carrera RS 3.0. Very rare and special beast. #29 out of 50 or so cars made.

    This is the car from the Hershey Parade. # 41
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    Does anyone know the paint code for the gold fuchs in Jens' picture?

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    Gold paint?

    Dennis Frick did the restoration of this one from the Hershey Parade (not my photo). His shop is Europa Machina, just south of Harrisburg, PA. The paint looks right...the wheels' finish doesn't. Too shiney!
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    This is one of my favorite cars. Originally fitted with the ducktail at the factory as were the IROC cars.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jens
    Dennis Frick did the restoration of this one from the Hershey Parade (not my photo). His shop is Europa Machina, just south of Harrisburg, PA. The paint looks right...the wheels' finish doesn't. Too shiney!
    I don't know... if you look at the factory press fotos the wheels do look slightly polished.

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    I think so Carl. But then again, the factory didn't always fallow their own guidelines for "correctness" either. I have the opinion that a polished finish is not right.

    Is that a factory promo shot, or is it a car from the collection of the British lord with all the other incredible cars? Remember the photos of 6 or 7 cars in a semi-circle in front of his manor? Maybe the same as those featured in Victory by Design" (?).

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    Red face

    Carl, I just dug out the "Paul Frere's Diary" installment in the August 10, '74 MOTORweek. His car appears to have polished <choke, gasp> wheels with the painted centers. So, maybe the SHINEY treatment is not all that wrong. <sigh>

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