In Monterey (California, US), this pure beauty, 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSH 2.7, will heading to auction through RM Sotheby's, the high-powered German sports car at his best. We don't have yet a price but for comparaison, sooner this year, Bonhams has sold through auction an 1973 2.7 RS Touring 'Sunroof' Coupé for about $US 900,000.
History of the Porsche 911 Carrera RSH 2.7
The 911 Carrera is the Porsche sports car by excellence with its famous duck-tailed. In 1972, in order to compete in Group 4 (regulations for cars in sportscar racing), Porsche needed to produced at least 500 cars in one year with an 2.7 liter engine. The Porsche engineers installed the 2.681 cc SOHC air-cooled V6 engine in a 911 shell with somes modifications for wheels and tires. The ducktail spoiler was added to reduce rear-end lift at high speeds.
Two models was proposed to customer the Touring M472 or the lightweight M471 (more racing oriented). And Tony Lapine, GM and Porsche designer, has the idea of the negative Carrera graphic on the car's flank. The Porsche 911 Carrera was born...
Technical specification
With Bosch mechanical fuel injection, the 2.681 cc SOHC V6 engine delivers 210 hp (20 hp more the standard 911 S) with five speed manual transmission.
Sources
Auction at RM Sotheby's
Bonhams
Tony Lapine
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