One to Buy: ex-Jochen Rindt / ex-works 1967 Porsche 911 2.0 S
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Within four years of his first motor race, Jochen Rindt had won the Le Mans 24 Hours driving a Ferrari 250 LM for Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team (NART). The Austrian’s rapid rise towards the pinnacle of motor racing then saw him pick up factory drives with Alfa Romeo and Porsche for 1966 having already joined the Cooper Formula 1 team.
In addition to extending his F1 contract with Cooper for 1967, Rindt continued the association with Porsche and went on contest the majority of World Sportscar Championship races that season. Famously, Rindt helped the German firm to the 1967 under two-litre title and to within a hair’s breath of the over two-litre crown.
As recognition of his status as a works Porsche driver, June of 1967 saw Rindt gifted a Bahama Yellow 911 S (chassis number 308139S) which he went on to use extensively over the next 18 months.
That very car, today located in Vienna, will be undergoing a sealed bid process with RM Sotheby’s opening on March 24th.
One of 4015 examples of the O-series 911 2.0 S, chassis 308139S was originally delivered via the Austrian distributor, Porsche Konstruktionen KG Salzburg, and registered S8.491.
Following the car’s return to Porsche in late 1968 it was prepared for rallying and re-registered S16.193. During 1969, chassis 308139S went on to contest the Osterreichische Alpenfahrt Rally (DNF) and the Internationale Semperit Rally (finished third). 1970 saw it place 25th on the Rallye Lyon-Charbonnières-Stuttgart-Solitude after which ownership passed to the Austrian Funder OHG Rally team who continued to run it until mid 1970.
In more recent times, chassis 308139S has been the recipient of a €200,000 restoration back to 1968 trim. The car is being offered with its original Austrian Einzelgenehmigung which confirms the ownership history. It represents a rare opportunity to buy a machine used by one of motor racing’s most iconic champions.
