1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS Touring (M472)
- Colour
- Grand Prix White with red lettering
The 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 (chassis 9113601446) is a Touring-specification (M472) example built at Zuffenhausen in June 1973, among the final units of the 1,590-car production run. Finished in factory Grand Prix White with red Carrera script and matching wheel centres, it has passed through German, British, Japanese, and American ownership since new. Long held in the Ted Gildred Collection, it has been maintained and exercised on vintage rallies, and is documented in the definitive Carrera RS monograph.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €477,500 (≈ $525K)
- 2019-08-15Auction saleSold US$340,000
- 1973 →Factory deliveryGerman owner(s)partial documentation
Vehicle was completed at the Zuffenhausen factory in mid-1973 and remained in Germany for several years after delivery.
- 1980 → 1990Acquisition unknownIan Fitzmartinpartial documentation
British Porsche enthusiast believed to have owned the car during the 1980s; reportedly left it in the UK when he relocated to California in 1990.
- → 2003Acquisition unknownJapanese collectorpartial documentation
Acquired in the late 1990s; vehicle is believed to have stayed in Japan until approximately 2003.
- 2005 → 2005Acquisition unknownPierre Ehertpartial documentation
Santa Rosa, California resident who sold the car to Ted Gildred in the same year he is recorded as owning it.
- 2005 →Private saleTed Gildredfull documentation
Purchased from Pierre Ehert; maintained and regularly exercised the vehicle over approximately 14 years as part of the Gildred Collection.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownUK-based owner during mid-1990s restorationnone documentation
Car reportedly underwent a restoration in the United Kingdom during the mid-1990s under unspecified ownership.
Competition
- —Copperstate 1000
Participated during the Gildred ownership period as part of routine vintage driving activities.
- —Going to the Sun Rally
Also entered during the Gildred tenure alongside other vintage rally outings.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Restoration
A restoration was carried out on the car while it remained in the United Kingdom, reportedly during the mid-1990s. The scope and workshop involved are not specified.
Work is described as having taken place in the mid-1990s; precise date range is not given in the source material.
- —Service
During its roughly 14 years in the Gildred Collection, the car received periodic servicing and detailing as required to keep it in good running order.
No specific service dates or workshops are identified; the engine number is noted by a Porsche expert to appear re-stamped at some undetermined point.
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