One to Buy: ex-Estanislao Reverter 1968 Porsche 911 2.0 R
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When it comes to most extreme iterations of the 911, three candidates stand out.
One is the 1974 Carrera RSR Turbo, another the 935 it spawned which, from 1976, was built in various states of tune. Long before either of these 1970s behemoths emerged, between 1966 and ‘68, Porsche created a batch of two-dozen lightweight and tuning studies know as the 911 R.
Conceived simply to take the 911 platform to its absolute limit, the R was developed without any production-based competition ruleset in mind. As a result, the model generally had to run in the Prototype classes as opposed to GT.
Undeterred, Porsche established an enviable competition record with the 911 R. This notably included outright wins at the Tour de France, the Tour de Corse and the Nurburgring 84 Hour Marathon de la Route. Against a field of out-and-out Prototypes, works 911 Rs also bagged third place two-years straight at the Mugello GP road race. They even set a hots of International Speed Records at Monza.
Chassis 014R, currently residing at the Mechatronik showroom in Pleidelsheim, is the 14th of the 20-strong run of 911 R production cars that followed Porsche’s original batch of four units.
Originally painted Ivory White and delivered on May 9th 1968 to its first French owner, Michel Bayol, one month later, Bayol sold 014R to Nicolas Bonfort, also from Marseille. Bonfort registered the car on July 1st 1968. A month later, he sold it to Francesco de Leonibus from Turin.
In October 1968, chassis 14R was purchased by Estanislao Reverter from Ourense, Spain, with whom the car began its competition career. Reverter had the 911 R repainted orange to reflect allegiance to Escuderia Orense.
Between late 1968 and late ‘69, chassis 14R went on to achieve some really notable results: it won the Rally Costa Brava and Rally Nocturno Vigo, bagged third at the Rally Costa del Sol and even won its class at the Barcelona 12 Hours around the Montjuich Park street circuit.
In 1972, the 911 R was sold by Alex Soler-Roig to Carlo Noce from Italy. Just under a decade later, it was sold to Jean Claude Kauffman who in turn passed the car on in January 1983 to renowned French pro driver, Guy Chasseuil.
Chasseuil owned chassis 14R for the next four decades. The car was restored in 1990, since which time it has covered just 3900km.
