One to Buy: 22,000 mile 1 of 4 RHD Bahia Red 1973 Porsche 911 2.7 Carrera RS Touring
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Although Porsche only expected to find buyers for 500 examples of their new 911 2.7 Carrera RS homologation special, the model proved so popular that over 1500 were completed by the time production came to an end during the summer of 1973.
Over the next few years, the vast majority of these served as arguably the fastest point-to-point road cars around thanks to better, more exploitable real world performance than anything with a lumbering great V8 or V12 engine.
However, it was precisely that turn of speed, combined with the legendary robustness of Porsche’s products, that led a sizeable number of 2.7-litre Renn Sport 911s to embark on some kind of circuit racing, rallying or hillclimbing career – even when they were no longer in the first flush of youth.
One such example is currently on offer at the Trofeo Cars showroom in Holt, Norfolk.
Chassis 9113600980 was configured as a right-hand drive M472 Toring spec. machine painted Bahia Red and optioned with a variety of upgrades to include sports seats, electric windows and an electric sunroof.
Supplied via AFN in London on May 4th 1973, the car’s first owner was a Mr A.V. Georgiadis who retained chassis ‘0980’ until April 16th 1975 at which point it was reputedly part-exchanged for a new 911 Turbo.
The Bahia Red RS (one of just four right-hand drive examples) was then sold via AFN to Isle of Man resident, John Dodsworth.
In anticipation of an outing on the Manx International Rally (September 12th and 13th), Dodsworth had ‘0980’ fitted with a half roll cage and entered an airfield sprint to familiarise himself with the new car. Dodsworth and his navigator, Stuart Comish, ultimately finished the all-tarmac Manx an impressive seventh overall.
John Dodsworth went on to retain chassis ‘0980’ until 2020 and today this superb M472 Touring has accumulated a little under 22,000 miles from new.
