RM Sotheby's Auction, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 17 September 2021
1973 Porsche 2.7L 911 Carrera RS
VIN: 9113600983
Engine: 6630970
Trans: -
Color: Grand Prix White/Black Leatherette
Mileage: 01,843 km (indicated)
Auction Estimate: CHF450,000 - CHF550,000/~US$492,000 - $601,000
Sold for: CHF511,250 / ~US$549,962
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Auction Description:
- One of just 1,580 Carrera RS 2.7 examples constructed between 1973 and 1974
- Original German-market car, supplied to Hahn Porsche of Fellbach, near Stuttgart
- Numbers-matching type 911/83 engine
- Presented in original colours of Grand Prix white with red detailing
- Immaculately restored in 2010–2011 by Roock Sportsysteme, with only minimal use since
As one of just 1,308 M472 Touring variants believed to have been constructed, this particular example was delivered to original dealer Hahn Porsche of Fellbach, located only a short distance from Porsche’s Stuttgart factory, on 1 April 1973. Specified in the classic RS colour combination of Grand Prix White with corresponding red lettering and black interior, chassis 0983 was generously optioned with leatherette and corduroy sports seats, driver and passenger seat headrests, fog lights, a retractable radio aerial, loudspeakers, and three-point safety belts.
After spending its early life in Germany, the car was exported to Japan in July 1979, where it would remain for the next three decades. During this time, its original engine was evidently removed and replaced with another period correct item; the former being placed in long term storage. In 2009, the car was discovered and purchased in Japan by noted Porsche authority, Manfred Freisinger, who repatriated it to Germany.
Freisinger promptly sold 0983 to contemporary GT and Le Mans team Roock Sportsysteme of Leverkusen, Germany, who carried out a full restoration of the car between 2010 and 2011; a Porsche factory certificate being issued on 28 October 2011. Fortuitously, the numbers-matching engine (as confirmed by this chassis' 2.7 RS Registry entry) was located and purchased at auction in 2015 and, once also rebuilt by Roock Racing, was reinstalled in the car in 2016 prior to its sale to the incumbent owner in May 2017.
In the context of Porsche history, it is almost impossible to overstate the importance of the Carrera RS; it is a car which heralded the 911’s transition from plucky class-winner to Endurance Classic victor, while simultaneously offering genuine 150-mph performance from a Porsche for the first time. Consequently, the availability of such a fine example—immaculately restored by a Le Mans class-winning team, presented in its original factory colours and retaining its original engine and gearbox—represents an extremely rare opportunity indeed, and one which is surely worthy of further consideration by any committed Porsche or sports car enthusiast.
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