1973 Carrera RS Cars for Sale

[Oliviero]

Hello, does anybody have seen the RS With VIN 9113600064 as an offering in the past? Does anybody know details about the history? Apparently there is more than one car with the same VIN in Europe.

Thank you for any help.

[72targa]

One reference...

http://www.pbase.com/archive_racing_...0_0064_n008200

[Oliviero]

Thank you Peter!

[mobius911]

Bonhams Scottsdale Auction 2016

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23132/lot/46/

White/red M472
Chassis no. 9113601446
Engine no. 6631401

Range is $600-800. Engine serial number font doesn't look right.

[HughH]

agree fonts on engine appear to be incorrect as are the stampings on the aluminium vin plate but chassis stamping seems fine
KPH speedo has been replaced with a MPH one since for sale in 2006 at 126,938kms (at $185,000)

[LongRanger]

. . . Bonhams Scottsdale Auction 2016

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23132/lot/46/

White/red M472
Chassis no. 9113601446
Engine no. 6631401 . . .

'. . . Even with a considerably high production number for the legendary 1973 911 Carrera RS 2.7, it has become increasingly hard to locate examples with good provenance. The beautiful example offered here, chassis no. 9113601446, must be considered among the very best examples of this iconic model.

Completed at Porsche's Zuffenhausen factory in June of 1973, chassis no. 9113601446 was among the final examples of the Carrera RS 2.7 produced. Built to the Touring code 472 specifications, 1446 was completed much as it appears today. The outside is finished in Grand Prix white with neatly contrasted red painted wheels and Carrera script. The interior is upholstered in black and outfitted with sports seats in leatherette around corduroy inserts.

1446 remained in Germany for several years, and later migrated over to Great Britain where it is believed to have been owned by Porsche enthusiast Ian Fitzmartin during the 1980s. Mr. Fitzmartin moved to California in 1990, but is believed to have left 1446 in the UK, where it is said to have received a restoration in the mid-1990s. Like many high-end collector cars, the white Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 was sold to a Japanese collector in the late 1990's, and is believed to have remained there until 2003, when 1446 then came to the US. By 2005, 1446 was owned by a Mr. Pierre Ehert of Santa Rosa, California, from whom the consignor purchased the Porsche that same year.

Today, 1446 presents very well, and appears to be a car with integrity and no "stories". The car retains its original, matching numbers engine, and the fit and finish throughout is remarkable. In the current ownership for the past 10 years, the 911 Carrera RS 2.7 has been serviced and detailed as needed, and exercised on vintage car rallies such as the Copperstate 1000 and Going To The Sun. The car is naturally listed in the well-known book on the model, Carrera RS by Dr. Thomas Gruber and Dr. Georg Konradsheim.

1446 is offered with a set of tools and the Porsche-issued Certificate of Authenticity . . .'

(Not mine)

[928cs]

Rétromobile February 5th 2016 auction:
http://www.artcurial.com/fr/asp/full....GhcU7A3D.dpbs

Chassis n° 911360440
Engine n° 6630430

[fryardds]

Yes, I'm with Hugh and Jeff. The engine serial number is not original for 1446. Neither is the engine serial number of RS 440. The chassis VIN and production number are authentic and correct for 440.

[john rice]

On 1446: Isn't it a touch amusing when they state "t has become increasingly hard to locate examples with good provenance. The beautiful example offered here, chassis no. 9113601446, must be considered among the very best examples of this iconic model.".

Then they follow with statements like "1446 was completed much as it appears today" and "over to Great Britain where it is believed to have been owned by"... and "but is believed to have left 1446 in the UK, where it is said to have received a restoration in the mid-1990s."

If this is provenance....

[HughH]

Yes, I'm with Hugh and Jeff. The engine serial number is not original for 1446. Neither is the engine serial number of RS 440. The chassis VIN and production number are authentic and correct for 440.

My understanding is that the "real" engine for #0440 (6620430) is (or was in 2012) in RS #1210 which was sold at Mecum at Monterrey in August 2012 with the following comments "Following a full concourse restoration by renowned Porsche experts Zimmermann and Winkler & Ehlert, Germany, the correct RS 2.7 L engine #6630430 was provided by RUF Germany."

I dont however have a photo of the fonts on that engine to confirm it.