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Chassis n° 911 460 9110

- 6th in the 1974 Targa Florio with Count Girolamo Capra

- One of 54 original examples of the RSR

- History established by the Porsche specialist John Starkey

- Ex-Schuster, Obrist, Ecclestone and Lloyd Hawkins collections

- Restored in its 1975 racing colours by Lee Maxted-Page

- Eligible, quick and reliable

 

Genuine Porsche 3.0 RSRs are extremely rare, with only 54 built by the factory, and this car is one of them. It has had an interesting racing career and some distinguished owners, and was recently restored to return to the track and demonstrate its exceptional competitiveness.

 

A set of historical documents from the factory and the car's previous owners, comprehensively summarised by the historian and marque authority John Starkey, who has published several books on the competition Porsches, make it possible to chart the ownership and racing history of this 3.0 RSR.

Built by the factory in 1974 and delivered to the dealer Hahn in Stuttgart, it was undoubtedly supplied in Grand Prix White, but began its career finished in yellow (at least until 1979).

It was sold by Hahn to its first owner, Enzo Boldrin, an engine tuner based in Venice, who probably worked as an agent on behalf of Count Girolamo Capra, a lawyer who lived in the same city. Indeed, it was in the hands of the Count that the car began its racing career, competing in several races in 1974, including the Targa Florio, where it finished sixth overall. The same year, it posted several second places in hill climbs, third place in the GT category in the 3 Hours of Enna-Pergusa and a second place at Varano. Count Capra continued to race in 1975 and finished eleventh overall in the Targa Florio and fifth in the 6 Hours of Monza. At the end of the season, he bought a 934 and therefore sold the 3.0 RSR to another privateer, Carlo Tormene, who continued to race with it: he took seventh place overall (and a class win) in the 1976 Zeltweg 6 Hours and competed in several rallies, including the Mille Miglia Rally in 1977, where he finished fourth.

 

Tormene confirmed to John Starkey that he kept the car, which was in need of a complete rebuild, until 1985/86, at which time he sold it, as he recalled, to a ‘German’ buyer. This was no doubt the Swiss-German collector Ernst Schuster, a major collector of watches and Porsches, who consigned his Porsche 907-031 to us, which we sold in February 2022. His name appears in the car’s history file on an invoice dated October 1988. He bought the car through Enzo Boldrin, who sourced it for him and made out the invoice in his name. Schuster was passionate about the RSR. At the time, he owned several examples awaiting restoration, which were in storage with Siggi Brunn, the leading specialist from Heidelberg. Brunn, who prepared his cars, had also restored on his behalf the ex-Gelo Racing 3.0 RSR chassis no. 9077 in the 1980s.

 

As can be seen from an invoice in the history file, Schuster sold the car in 1989, again through Boldrin, to the famous Swiss collector Albert Obrist, when it still required a full restoration.

Just like Schuster’s other 3.0 RSR, chassis no. 9110 remained in Brunn’s workshop in Heidelberg, to be restored for Obrist. The file includes a request from the specialist to Porsche, dated November 1988, to confirm the car’s original specification. Like the other cars in this legendary collection, it was bought in 1992 by Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone had the restoration of the car completed by Brunn before it went to the United States in 2007 to join the prestigious collection of Lloyd Hawkins, a great Porsche enthusiast.

 

In 2022, as part of the sale of several Porsches from this extensive collection, the 3.0 RSR was put up for auction at Amelia Island and bought by its current owner. At this point, it had an incorrect Kremer livery, so the new owner had it completely restored, to return it to its racing colours from the 1975 Targa Florio. Carried out by the internationally recognised British specialist Lee Maxted-Page at a total cost in excess of £210,000, the work – documented with bills and photographs – enabled the car to return to the track with great panache. As it did in 2025, in two rounds of Peter Auto’s CER 1 series, at Estoril and Le Castellet, posting on both occasions the best time in its class in qualifying, ahead of all the other Porsche RSRs. At Le Mans Classic in 2023, it finished third overall in the Porsche Classic Race, ahead of some 934/5s and other very fast cars. Such is the level of performance of this competition Porsche, whose 3-litre type 911/75 flat-six develops some 330bhp and which is eligible for the most prestigious historic racing events, including, naturally, Le Mans Classic.

 

The car comes with a substantial history file, which – in addition to the documents and administrative papers mentioned above – includes pictures of the car racing (at Monza and Imola, and during the 1975 Targa Florio and 1977 Mille Miglia Rally, in particular), photographs taken during the restoration (of the bodywork and mechanicals) and a collection of bills showing the restoration and maintenance work. A certificate from Porsche in Stuttgart confirms that the chassis number 911 460 9110 corresponds to a 3.0 RSR produced by the factory. The car is sold with a set of competition parts, including spare magnesium wheels and an RSR engine from the period. The engine and gearbox currently installed in the car have just been restored and have not been run since.

 

The last Porsche sold to private racing teams with a naturally-aspirated engine before the 934 turbo, the Carrera 3.0 RSR marks a crucial milestone in the history of air-cooled 911s. Its rarity, competitiveness and history make the example we are presenting here an exceptional opportunity to acquire one of the quickest cars of its day, still able to make its mark on track or in historic rallies, where it will be welcomed as an honoured guest.

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