One to Buy: Multi Race-Winning 1974 Porsche 911 3.0 RSR Kremer Spezial
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Kremer Racing’s 1974 campaign focused primarily on two of the latest specification 911 RSRs which the Cologne outfit built up from naked Porsche-supplied bodyshells.
Together, chassis 004 0005 and 004 0006 were raced wearing the dark blue and yellow colours of Samson tobacco in the World Sportscar Championship, European GT Championship and Deutesche Rennsport Meisterschaft. Thanks to Kremer’s renowned preparation, both cars scooped a plethora of outright and class wins during an enormously successful season.
Currently residing at the Mechatronik showroom in Pleidelsheim near Stuttgart is Kremer RSR chassis 004 0006.
At World Sportscar Championship level, chassis 004 0006 contested all eight rounds that took place in Europe. This roster included the 1000km contests at Monza, Spa, the Nurburgring, Imola, Zeltweg, Paul Ricard and Brands Hatch in addition to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car’s best results were fifth overall and second in class at Spa (Clemens Schickentanz / Willi Kauhsen) and ninth overall at Zeltweg where Paul Keller, Erwin Kremer and Hans Heyer took class victory. At Le Mans, 004 0006 qualified fastest of the GT cars in attendance but unfortunately failed to finish owing to piston failure.
In the European GT Championship, Schickentanz drove 004 0006 to outright victory at the Monza Trofeo Berilaqua and John Fitzpatrick repeated this feat at Enna. Driving alongside Gijs van Lennep at the season-ending Monza 6 Hours, Fitzpatrick collected a second place finish which was sufficient for him to claim the 1974 European GT Championship crown.
Elsewhere, chassis 004 0006 also scored three podium finishes in the DRM (a win and subsequent third place for Hans Heyer at Hockenheim and second place for Fitzpatrick at Diepholz). The car even recorded some good finishes in hillclimbs with second in class for Paul Keller at Freiburg-Schauinsland and a class win for Anton Fischhaber at Sauerland.
Following its 1974 campaign, chassis 004 0006 was sold to renowned Porsche specialist, Louis Meznarie in Paris. Meznarie subsequently planned to race the car at the 1977 Le Mans 24 Hours (by which time it had been uprated to 934/5-style bodywork) but it did not qualify.
More recently, chassis 004 0006 has been returned to its 1974 trim and used for historic racing. The car comes with an FIA HTP valid until 2033 along with two expert reports summarising its history.
