One to Buy: Preservation Class Rear Spoiler Delete 1973 Porsche 911 2.7 Carrera RS
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Famously, a good contingent of Porsche’s top brass thought it would be a difficult task to sell the 500 copies of the 911 2.7 Carrera RS that were required to homologate a further uprated Carrera RSR for the 1973 Group 4 Grand Touring class.
As it transpired, Porsche eventually shifted more than three times the number needed, a happy by-product of which was that the RS itself became eligible for the more production-based Group 3 class which required a production run of 1000 units.
With its formidable power-to-weight ratio, excellent rear-drive traction and rugged nature, the 2.7-litre 911 RS proved itself a capable off-the-shelf Group 3 rally car and many a privateer took to the special stages with their lightly modified cars.
One such example with a particularly exotic history is chassis 9113601247: the only 2.7 RS delivered new to Lebanon, and which is currently on offer at the Maxted-Page showroom in Halstead, Essex.
An M471 Sport variant in Grand Prix White with Blue highlights, the car was notably built without a fibreglass Duck Tailed engine cover and instead came with a standard aluminium Flat Tail which looks impossibly cool.
Between 1973 and 1975, chassis 9113601247 clocked up 47,000km in the hands of its first owner who contested a variety of competitions to include the Mountain Rallye and Beirut-Damascus Rally.
Miraculously, the white Porsche survived the ensuing Lebanese Civil War despite the building it was stored in having sustained significant damage. Since emerging, it has been re-commissioned with utmost care to preserve the car’s remarkable unrestored status.
