Vehicle Description
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7
Year 1973
Make Porsche
Model 911 Carrera RS 2.7
Type M472 "Touring"
Chassis No 911.360.1048
Engine No 663.1014
Gearbox No 783.0984
Production No 1036839
Exterior Color Code 1313 "Bahia Red"
Interior Color Code 12 "Black Vinyl / Cloth
Completed April 19th, 1973 (Series III)
Destination Switzerland
Mileage 81,078 Kilometers / 50,380 Miles (Actual)
Options
-Paint "Bahia Red"
-Graphics Negative "Carrera" Graphics in Black
-Rims Body Color including Porsche Center Crests
-Tires Pirelli
-Interior Sport Seats, Standard Black Vinyl with Cloth Inserts,
Grey Carpeting, Ivory Headliner
-M060 Auxiliary Webasto Gas Heater
-M220 Limited Slip Differential
-M258 Head-Rests Left & Right
-M405 Left-Front Seat with Reinforced Springs
-M419 Safety Belts Left & Right
-M441 Retractible Power Antenna Right Side Mounted
-M458 Round White Fog Lights Mounted Below Front Bumper
-M427 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Full Combined Option Package
-M650 Electrically Operated Sunroof
-M651 Power Windows
Ownership:
-Kurt Swigler Gwatt, Switzerland 1973-1989 New (Private Party)
-David Alston Milton Keynes, UK 1989-1989 ? (Classic Car
Dealer)
-R. Janes London, UK 1989-1991 ? (Private Party)
-Mark Pullicino Classics London, UK 1991-1991 59,997 kilometers /
37,280 miles (Classic Car Dealer)
-Leston B. Nay Scottsdale, Arizona 1991-2019 65,600 kilometers /
40,761 miles (Private Party)
-Symbolic International San Diego, California 2019-Present 81,078
Kilometers / 50,380 Miles (Classic Car Dealer)
Background:
Porsche's legendary 911 Carrera RS 2.7 models are considered by
many to be the greatest classic 911s of all-time. Both the
"Carrera" and "RS" model terms had been used previously by Porsche,
going back to the mid-1950s in reference to their numerous
victories in the famous Mexican open-road-race. "Carrera" was in
honor of the race's name-sake victories and "RS" for Rennsport or
literally "Racing Sport."
The Carrera RS 2.7 name was introduced and the vehicles put into
production so that Porsche could enter FIA and CSIA sanctioned
events that required a minimum number of "homologated"
road-versions. In this case the minimum production number required
was 500 units. Demand for the model was so high that in the end
Porsche completed more than three times that number.
Compared with a standard 911S, the Carrera 2.7 RS had a larger 2.7
vs 2.4-liter engine. The new engine developing 20bhp more at an
official output of 210bhp at 6,300rpm. As with the 911S, T and E
models, Bosch Mechanical Fuel Injection was utilized with a
recalibrated injection pump as well as revised engine cam, ignition
and injection timing. A vastly revised and stiffened suspension, a
"Ducktail" rear spoiler, larger brakes, wider rear wheels and rear
wings further set the model apart from earlier 911 models.
In RS Touring form it weighed 1,075kg / 2,370 lb. in Sport
Lightweight form it was about 100kg / 220lb / lighter, the saving
coming from the thin-gauge steel used for parts of the bodyshell
and also the use of thinner glass. In total, 1,580 were made,
comfortably exceeding the 500 that had to be made to qualify for
the vital FIA Group 4 racing class.
911.360.1048 Then:
This particular 911 Carrera RS 2.7 is a very early, "M472 Touring"
third-series production example completed on April 19th, 1973 for a
Swiss enthusiast named Kurt Swigler. The order was quite involved
and the vehicle extremely heavily optioned for normal road-use.
(The long and detailed list of original options, features and
colors is noted above.)
This was one of only 42 examples completed in "Bahia Red, one of
the rarest and most desirable colors offered. It remained in
Switzerland with the original owner for 16 years before being sold
to the the Milton-Keynes, UK classic car dealer, David Alston. His
ownership was ultra-short and it was sold next to Mr. R. Janes in
London. Janes retained the car for two-years before it was once
again in classic car dealer ownership. This time with Mark
Pullicino Classics in London. A formal inspection report completed
at this time indicated the car was remarkably original and that it
had covered 59,997 kilometers / 37,280 miles since new. Pullicino
enjoyed the car for several months putting on and additional 5,000
plus kilometers in the Spring of 1991, but the car soon thereafter
found longterm ownership with English collector Leston B. Nay on
June 10th, 1991. At the time of his purchase in 1991, the odometer
was recorded at 65,600 kilometers / 40,761 miles.
Nay would keep the car for the next 28 years which would include a
significant move when he was relocated to Waltham, Massachusetts.
In order to complete legal importation and road-registration, Nay
had the car shipped to the Port of Houston, Texas for follow-on
shipping to Wallace Testing Laboratories. The Federalization
process, while mostly focussing on documentation processing took
several years. NTHSA full approval was finally issued to Wallace
Labs on April 11th, 1994. The car was then shipped to Massachusetts
and delivered to Nay. It would remain with Nay in Waltham over the
next nine years until Nay made the cross-country move to
Scottsdale, Arizona.
After arrival in Massachusetts, Nay had a new clutch installed,
along with modern oil-fed Carrera-type chain tensioners, new heat
exchangers, and a new muffler. While the internal structural parts
were found to be in good condition, a front fender and a left-hand
door skin were replaced and repainted by West Foreign Auto Body of
Natick, Massachusetts. This also required application of a new OEM
black Carrera script. In 2012, the owner commissioned a full engine
overhaul by European Performance Engineering, also in Natick.
911.360.1048 Today:
This all matching-number, rust and accident free Porsche Carrera RS
2.7 is strikingly original and correct and a rare opportunity to
acquire what many consider to be the ultimate Porsche 911. All
services and safety checks are current and up to date. The air
conditioning system has just been serviced as has the fuel
injection, high pressure pump. Fully refurbished and reconditioned
correct Sport Seats and fully refurbished seat tracks have also
just been installed. All fluids and filters have been changed and
the car ready for any manner of immediate, enthusiastic use.
Having had just three private owners from new and the previous
owner for more than 28 years as well as having compete and
documented history going back to new, one would be hard pressed
today to find a better example anywhere.
We look forward to assisting perspective buyers with any manner of
inspections, test-drives and follow-on, worldwide delivery.