Buying a rare and prized Porsche 911 like a 1973
Carrera RS 2.7 sure doesn’t come cheap, but for those who are into the market
for one of those beauties, one is currently up for sale on Bring A Trailer.
At the time of writing, the car had a highest
current bid of US$ 430,000 with nine days left in the auction – and it will go
much, much higher than that. No surprise there, as other examples in similar
condition have sold for more than $1 million in recent years.
This particular car is finished in Grand Prix White
with blue exterior trim. It was purchased by the current owner in 2013 and
underwent a comprehensive restoration through 2014 and 2015, during which its
2.7-liter flat-six was rebuilt, the exterior was repainted and the interior
freshened up. In 2017, it was displayed at The Quail Motorsports Gathering in
2017, and the following year, it won first in class at the 2018 Carmel Concours
on the Avenue. It is being sold with a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity, refurbishment
records, factory literature, and a clean California title.
Porsche built the Carrera RS 2.7 to meet
homologation requirements for it to complete in the Group 4 class. The German
manufacturer needed to build 500 examples, but ended up building 1,580,
approximately 1,300 of which were in standard ‘Touring’ guise like this one.
Prices for the 2.7 RS have skyrocketed in recent
years, and back in 2015, it was named one of the most rapidly-appreciating
vehicles of the past decade, with prices rising almost 700 per cent from 2004
to 2014.