A Real RSR - Pics

[goat]

very perfect.

[tom1394racing]

I'll post the rest of the PIC's sometime tomorrow.

[Wil Ferch]

Even more strange is that in the States you'd *need* an outside cut-off switch...but ( I *think*) at the time in Europe...you only needed it inside....so there wouldn't be an ourside switch for this period-correct car, if I'm not mistaken....

Wil

[tom1394racing]

I'll fit as many as I can in

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[Brother]

What's the "heinzmann" in the back seat for? What is it?

[Leland Pate]

Looks like a fire supression system.

[Max Von]

AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING
(Nickolas Ashford / Valerie Simpson)

[Elombard]

I thought the RSRs were 3.0??? The hood badge looks like it says 2.7. Gawd that car is a beaut!!!

[Rufblackbird]

Is the decal on the ducktail supposed to say "RS" or "RSR"?

[das908kind]

Originally posted by Elombard
I thought the RSRs were 3.0??? The hood badge looks like it says 2.7. Gawd that car is a beaut!!!

There were several RSRs in the early/mid seventies, with various displacement and induction systems. I'm not 100%, but the 73RS was 2.7, the 73RSR was 2.8(although this one says 2.7; not sure about that). In 74 there was a 3.0 RSR, as well as a 2.5 turbo-charged RSR.

Another thing I noticed, is that this car has the high-butterfly system. I know there was a slide-valve induction that came out around this time, but I'm not sure what year or model it would have been on.

In those things, the factory was constantly re-configuring for different rules and races entered, and the the teams that bought and raced the cars, almost always re-configured and modified the cars to what they wanted.

[tom1394racing]

A little history on this car (according to John Starkey);

It was built in Jan 1973 and delivered to Art Bunker in Overland Kansas. It was the standard 2.8 liter (although many later '73 RSR were delivered with 3.0 liter motors).

It was sold to George Dyer who raced it in IMSA as number 30 that season. Dyer paid $21K for the car. He raced at at Lime Rock, Road Atlanta, Indianapolis and Daytona.

It was then sold to Bruce Canepa in 1975 who used it as a club track car and occasional street car. The car was bought by Roy Walzer who had Auto Associated restore it in the early 1990 time frame.

The car changed hands in 1999, in 2000 and again this year.

[austin552]

Should this car be in a museum or out on a track?

[ScottKelly911]

Originally posted by austin552
Should this car be in a museum or out on a track?

Neither, it should be in my parking space

[twin plugged targa]

Nice car.... for a museum, as someone already stated I would rather have a clone like JO's and drive the hell out of it - like intended!

Incidently, anyone wanting to have one of those battery cut off switches should check with their local yacht chandleries (yacht store) as they are common marine battery cut off switches and not expensive.
Ben

[Wil Ferch]

Hey 908kid:

I followed you ( and agree with you) all the way until you mention a 2.5 Turbo RSR.....

What? ........

Detials please?.....I thought I was the faithful historian of this era but I can't remember such a car....

Do you mean the Martini 2.1L type cars...the precurser to the later 934/935 ??

- - Wil

[ted]

Originally posted by twin plugged targa
Nice car.... for a museum, as someone already stated I would rather have a clone like JO's and drive the hell out of it - like intended!

Yeah but then what would you do with the left over $300,000+?

[ttweed]

Originally posted by ted
Yeah but then what would you do with the left over $300,000+?

Well, that $300K would be just about enough for 10 years of racing with it (or less!)

TT

[arcsine]

$400K for a car that has a dirty gas pedal! Obscene.

But seriously, this is sex on wheels.

[fryardds]

Absolutely beautiful.

It is great to see these photos of a wonderful car that has surfaced for a short time. Check out that original double leather wraped original steering wheel. The only other four spoke wheel like this I have seen is in the Carrera RS book.

BTW the car was originally delivered Light Ivory but hey who cares. Another interesting thing is that the first customer delivered RSR #386 was also a Lt. Ivory car delivered to Art Bunker in KS. Does anyone know the history of Art Bunker?

$400K and no radio? I'll pass.