Vehicle Description
Chassis No. WP0ZZZ91ZES110021
Engine No. 63E09016
Transmission No. 73E09012
Unless you're attending Luftgek�hlt, a 000 event, or perhaps a
special Porsche collection visit, a discussion of the Porsche Type
954 is likely to illicit some confusion - even among Porsche
enthusiasts. Yet it is precisely those special gatherings where the
true rarities of the Porsche world are discussed, where
connoisseurs and the connected meet eager to pour over the details
and trade facts and figures on Porsche's rarest and most exciting
models. Just 21 1984 Porsche Type 954, sometimes known as the 911
Evolutionsserie and best known as the 911 SC RS, were created and
for those that revel in the details of such special cars, the SC RS
remains a crowd favorite.
Much like the vaunted 1967 Porsche 911 R, the 1984 Porsche 911 SC
RS was built in small batch of less than two dozen, built strictly
to go racing - yet also remained road legal. While Porsche had a
difficult time finding the proper home to race the 911 R,
homologation for FIA Group B World Rally would be the home for the
SC RS. FIA homologation document number B-207 Extension number
06/02 ET lays out the build specification and modifications to turn
a normal 911 SC into a rally star. Beginning with a reinforced,
seam-welded widened body shell of 911 Turbo specification, in the
words of Colin Chapman, lightness was added. Aluminum front doors,
hood, and front fenders are highlights along with thinner Glaverbel
glass, glass reinforced plastic front and rear bumpers unique to
the SC RS, and a lack of undercoating. A minimalistic interior with
lightweight "Lollipop" fixed seats borrowed from the Porsche 935
along with door pocket, radio, power window, rear seat, heat, and
sunroof delete cut the SC RS's homologated weight to 980 kilograms
or 2,160 pounds. This weight was calculated after adding wider
forged Fuchs wheels, larger 917-derived brakes, an aluminum Matter
roll cage, and an underbody skid plate robust enough to conquer the
world's most difficult rally stages.
The Type 954's performance enhancements weren't simply limited to
weight reduction. Porsche endowed the SC RS with the type "930/18"
3.0-liter flat-six engine. Offered in two forms, 250 PS Strasse and
270 PS Rennen, this special engine featured the final form of
Porsche's favored race-bred fuel injection, the Bosch-Kugelfischer
system first utilized on Carrera 6 (906) sports racing prototype.
Redline was set at 8,000 rpm aided by lightweight internal
competition components and a free-flowing dual race exhaust. With
nearly instant power pushed through the race-spec five-speed
gearbox with oil cooler and 40 percent locking differential,
performance was electric. Auto Motor und Sport tested the SC RS,
some 600 pounds less than then 911 SC, blasting to 60 miles per
hour in 4.9 seconds confirming that Porsche's performance
statistics remained typically conservative with the factory quoting
zero to 60 in 5.3 seconds on the way to 158.8 miles per hour.
Of the 21 SC RS produced, Porsche's own internal documentation
confirms that five were earmarked for Rothmans Porsche Rally Team
and Dave Richards Engineering, later known as Prodrive to contest
innumerable cut and thrust rally events worldwide. A number of
others were quickly sequestered for private collections; chassis
018 was delivered to the world-famous Matsuda Collection of Japan
and 015 was delivered via Carlsen Porsche to Dr. William Jackson's
quiet collection based in Denver, Colorado. This particular example
-the final SC RS produced - was first earmarked for South African
importers Lindsay Saker; however, it was diverted, eventually
landing with Tycho Christian van Dijk, owner of the eponymous van
Dijk Racing Team in February 1984. Van Dijk prepared the car with
subtle Dutch flag-inspired colors, a hood-mounted rally light pod,
radio equipment, a roof mounted antenna, and a Jaeger rally
computer. In an interview in the April 1984 edition of French
automotive magazine Echappement, van Dijk was interviewed regarding
the car and his team's intentions. He stated that "they were
looking for a budget to contest a number of rally events that
season" that included Tour de Course, the 24 Heures d'Ypres Rally,
Tour Auto, Rallye d'Antibes, and perhaps the Rallye du Var to close
out the season. A grueling schedule indeed! This would both test
the team and the brand new SC RS, yet by the end of 1984, van Dijk
had only entered a single event with Swiss co-driver F. Jullien,
the Tour de Course with start number 23, where it finished 14th as
the highest placed Porsche out of 158 entrants. A positive result,
especially without incident to be sure, yet likely without major
sponsorship (van Dijk cheekily hinted at the lack of external
funding with a large "SPONSORS ?" logo on the SC RS's aluminum
hood) a full season was not to be.
While this may have been rally racing's loss, the car quickly began
its post-competition career sooner than most Rennen-spec 911 SC RS.
In fact, as the 1984 Tour de Course was the final event of Tycho
van Dijk's WRC career it is highly likely a fondness between the
two was forged during the successful event as chassis 021 was kept
by van Dijk until 2004. As result of its single 20-year ownership,
the car remained in a remarkable unaltered state, something that
cannot be said of the majority of SC RS with high-level competition
history. In the two decades that had passed since its fast-paced
trip around the island of Corsica, the SC RS had become a highly
collectible Porsche 911. Paperwork in the accompanying history file
shows that SC RS 021 was directly acquired from van Dijk by the
consignor with only 4,979 kilometers (3,094 miles) forming an early
cornerstone of what would become an internationally famous Porsche
collection noteworthy for its selective curation of the most
original, rarest models to emerge from Zuffenhausen.
Under current ownership the SC RS 021 has gone from strength to
strength. In 2009, chassis number 021 was in attendance with seven
other SC RS at a 25 Years of 911 SC RS event at the Abbeville
racetrack put together by the Belgian-based 911Motorsport. In 2017,
the consignor commissioned a report conducted by J�rgen Barth - the
same J�rgen Barth who was instrumental in the 911 Evolutionsserie
program in 1983. Barth's report confirms that the car remained in
outstanding condition with its original matching-numbers engine and
transmission, original interior, and components summarizing that
"it gives the impression that time has stopped because the car is
in so original condition." Heady praise from the 1976 Le Mans
winner and former Director of Porsche's Customer Racing Department.
Furthermore, in March 2024 this final SC RS was inspected by
Porsche San Diego while obtaining a Porsche Classic Technical
Certificate (CTC). Naturally, this highly original example passed
with flying colors and, once again, was noted to retain its
original Type 930/18 engine and Type 915/71 racing gearbox. In
addition to both inspections the history file is bolstered with
original Tour de Course route maps, a factory Type 954 Technical
Information and Spare Parts Catalog binder, copies of van Dijk's
Swiss registration documents, and digital copies of its internal
Porsche Fahrzeugauftrag build sheet and a Porsche homologation
document featuring information on all 21 Evolutionsserie 911 SC RS
produced. It's clear to see that this is one of the finest raced
911 SC RS remaining and simultaneously one of the best documented
as well.
Perhaps the ethos of such a car is best described by Barth, the
experienced rally racer who championed the car from with...for more
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