1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7
- Engine
- 2.7L air-cooled flat-six, SOHC, Bosch mechanical fuel injection, 210 bhp at 6,300 rpm
- Colour
- Light yellow
A 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 in Touring specification (M472), completed in April 1973 and supplied new through the MAHAG dealer in Munich in original Light Yellow with electric sunroof, electric windows, and heated rear glass. By the mid-1990s the car had relocated to France, where it was repainted and retrimmed. Documentation includes a 2002 Porsche France build certificate, an entry in the Carrera RS chassis directory, and a 2025 inspection report by ASCA of Milan confirming a 1979 factory-replacement engine casing and a gearbox casing dated 1975–76.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €331,250 (≈ $364K)
- —Auction saleSold €610,400 (≈ $671K)
- 1973-04-01 →Factory deliveryMAHAG dealership Munich delivery recipientpartial documentation
Car completed and delivered new via the MAHAG dealer in Munich, finished in Light Yellow with Touring specification. Duration of German ownership is unrecorded.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownNormandy-registered French ownerpartial documentation
By mid-decade of the 1990s the car had relocated to France and carried a Normandy registration from October 1995. A full respray in the original colour and interior retrim were carried out during this ownership.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 2025InspectionASCA
Formal technical report confirming that the fitted engine carries a 1979 factory-replacement Type 7R 2.7-litre casing, and that the Type 915 gearbox casing bears production dates from 1975 and 1976.
Report completed in early 2025 by ASCA of Milan; full document is held in the history file.
- —Restoration
Full repaint in the original Light Yellow colour and a complete interior retrim, carried out while the car was based in Normandy, France.
Some photographs of this restoration work are included in the car's history file.
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