1973 Porsche Carrera RS 2.7
- Engine
- 2.7L flat-six, aluminium-alloy case
- Colour
- Grand Prix White with blue Carrera script
One of the final twenty-seven Porsche Carrera RS 2.7s ever built, this Grand Prix White example left the factory in its last month of production and spent the great majority of its life in Germany. Accompanied by its original Fahrzeugbrief, it received a light restoration around 2004 before passing through the hands of racing driver Frank Kawalek. After arriving in the United Kingdom in 2015, the car underwent an exhaustive, no-expense-spared bare-metal restoration by specialists SportWagen and Jas, consuming an estimated 1,500 man-hours and resulting in coverage in Classic and Sports Car magazine in January 2017.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €477,500 (≈ $525K)
- → 2004German owner(s), pre-2004none documentation
The car spent nearly its entire early life in Germany; the prose implies ownership during this period without naming individuals.
- 2007 → 2015Private saleFrank Kawalekpartial documentation
A racing driver who acquired the car around 2007, following a modest restoration carried out around 2004.
- 2015 →Private saleCurrent consignorfull documentation
Bought the car and brought it to the UK in early 2015; subsequently commissioned a comprehensive restoration involving bare-metal bodywork, full interior renewal, drivetrain overhaul, and wheel refinishing, with the completed car featured in a January 2017 magazine article.
- Date unknownFactory deliveryGottfried Schultz (Porsche distributor, Ratingen-Lintorf)partial documentation
Served as the authorized Porsche distribution point through which the car was originally delivered new in Germany.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 2004Restoration
A modest, partial restoration was carried out on the car while it remained in German ownership.
- 2015RestorationSportWagen and Jas
Extensive bare-metal restoration by SportWagen and Jas: paint stripped by hand, tub mounted on a Celette alignment jig, internal corrosion treated in the sills, door skins, front floor pan, and suspension cross-members, followed by a show-quality repaint in the car's original Grand Prix White with period-correct factory details such as flat-black overspray on seat runners and front fender vents. Approximately 1,500 man-hours invested in total.
Restoration documented by extensive photographs and invoices; featured in the January 2017 issue of Classic and Sports Car magazine upon completion.
- 2015MaintenanceNeil Tadman; Palo Alto Speedometer
New interior crafted by upholsterer Neil Tadman; instruments sent to Palo Alto Speedometer in California for refurbishment; a correct RS-specification steering wheel was sourced.
Work carried out as part of the wider restoration programme.
- 2015MechanicalSteve Winter
Full drivetrain overhaul carried out to factory specification; car retains its original aluminium-alloy engine case, fitted to all late-production RS examples.
- 2015BodyworkVert-Ego (Biagio Chrzanowski)
Wide Fuchs alloy wheels refinished with correct brushed-finish rims and blue-painted centres.
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