To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' The Taj Ma
Garaj Collection event, 28 September 2019.
Estimate:
$175,000 - $225,000
- Numbers-matching drivetrain
- Extremely low-mileage example, never restored
- Multiple concours award winner
- Known ownership history; extensive documentation
- Includes Porsche Certificate of Authenticity
More stringent U.S. emissions requirements forced Porsche to sell
two versions of the 911 Carrera in 1974. While customers in the
"Rest of the World" could buy the new G-series,
impact-bumper-chassis design equipped with the 210 bhp MFI engine
carried over from the 1973 Carrera RS, Americans were sold the
visually identical model fitted with the less powerful but
cleaner-breathing 2.7-liter from the 911 S, which used the Bosch
K-Jetronic fuel-injection system. A total of 528 Carrera coupes and
246 Targas were produced for the U.S. market.
Porsche did what it could to make the U.S.-spec 2.7 palatable by
boosting compression to 8.5:1, enlarging the intake ports, and
installing new intake cams with greater lift and longer duration.
Car and Driver magazine had former IROC race driver and NASCAR star
Bobby Allison test the new U.S. Carrera at Riverside Raceway in
early 1974. Allison was able to spur the Carrera coupe to 60 miles
an hour in 5.8 seconds, the standing quarter-mile in 14.4 seconds
at 95 miles an hour, and see 143 miles an hour at redline in fifth
gear.
Here is a beautifully maintained, very original, concours-winning
U.S.-spec Carrera coupe with fewer than 17,000 original and
documented miles from new. The 143rd in that scarce series of 528,
it was delivered in October 1973. Its Porsche-issued Certificate of
Authenticity notes that it was finished in Grand Prix White over a
Black leatherette interior. Options noted Ornamental Painting -
Black, which refers to the 911 decals on the hood, which were
installed on nearly one in every four 911s that year. Furthermore,
the car was equipped with a Blaupunkt Frankfurt stereo radio,
tinted glass, a "ducktail" rear spoiler, and Pirelli tires. Fuchs
six- and seven-inch-wide "windmill"-style spoked alloy wheels were
standard equipment, as was black anodized window framing.
An examination of the car's original owner's manual reveals that it
was shipped to Perkins Porsche-Audi in Parsippany, New Jersey, and
sold to its first owner, Carol Bickel of Madison, New Jersey, on 11
November 1973. It was later sold to longtime Porsche enthusiast
Kenneth Barre, formerly of Rye, New York. Mr. Barre was an avid
participant in Porsche Club of America's concours d'elegance
competition and frequently entered the Carrera in Regional and Zone
1 events. His carefully prepared Carrera was awarded class honors
in four consecutive events and was named the PCA Zone 1 Division
winner for 1984. In November 1994 Barre sold the car, then having
recorded 7,495 miles, to Mr. Hiro Wakabayashi of New York City.
Mr. Wakabayashi owned the car through at least January 1997,
confirmed by a state inspection sticker from that year indicating
mileage of 9,783. During his custodianship, some minor cosmetic
work was completed by the Paterek Brothers in New Jersey, including
removal of the "911" safety striping on the hood. The fuel tank was
replaced at 7,563 miles. The braking system was overhauled in 2003
at Holbert Motor Cars in Pennsylvania, with mileage recorded at
9,920. The car then passed through the hands of Porsche broker
Richard Sloan in New Haven, Connecticut, who in turn sold the car
to Gary Nunnelly of Los Angeles, California, in May 2005. Mr.
Nunnelly soon afterward had the car serviced at Rusnak Porsche-Audi
in Pasadena, with the mileage showing 10,088.
The next listed owner, circa 2007, was long-time Porsche enthusiast
Frank Enea of Monterey, California, who has owned and enjoyed
numerous G-series 911s. A service invoice dated 19 April of that
year shows the mileage at 12,982. Mr. Enea decided to return the
car to its as-delivered appearance and had a new set of "911" hood
decals installed. In 2008 the car was sold to its most recent
owner, John Dixon at the Taj Ma Garaj in Dayton, Ohio.
Today this outstanding and rare 1974 Carrera coupe is offered in
spotless concours condition, accompanied by all its original
factory equipment, manuals, and tools, along with a file of service
records, registrations, Bills of Sale, and factory correspondence.
Its paint, interior, underbody�still retaining some of the
factory-applied Cosmoline�front trunk, and engine compartment are
all spotless, ready to delight its next owner.To view this car and
others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM
website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/tg19.