1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight (M471)
- Engine
- 2.7L flat-six
- Colour
- Light Ivory
A 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 finished in Light Ivory over Black, built to the rare M471 Lightweight specification — one of only 200 so equipped from the factory. Originally delivered on 9 April 1973 to Autogerma Italia in Verona, this Italian-market example carries the hallmark blue Carrera script and colour-matched blue wheels. Its intermediate ownership history is unrecorded, though the car has since been restored to factory-correct colours and trim.
Ownership
- —Auction saleEstimate US$1,000,000 – US$1,500,000
- 1973-04-09 →Factory deliveryAutogerma Italia, Veronapartial documentation
Italian-market dealer that took initial factory delivery; first recorded custodian of the car.
- 2016 →Acquisition unknownCurrent consignorpartial documentation
Acquired as part of a sizeable collection of significant Porsches; car was already fully restored at or around time of acquisition.
- Date unknownUnknown intermediate ownersnone documentation
Ownership chain between the delivering dealer and the consignor is not documented; a restoration to factory-correct colors occurred at some point during this period.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Restoration
Full restoration carried out returning the car to its factory-correct exterior and interior colour scheme, including the characteristic blue Carrera lettering and blue wheel finish.
Date of restoration is unrecorded; it occurred at some point before the consignor's acquisition in 2016.
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