WOW - 911 Carrera RS Lightweight sells at Auction for $1.4M!?!

[Wayne 962]

I guess I was wrong (my wife will tell you that happens quite a bit more than I will admit). Just sold at Gooding's auction at Amelia Island. I still don't understand.

1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Lightweight | Gooding & Company

-Wayne

[Eli W]

Insane, that looks like the car I saw in Ed Mayo's shop down in Dallas.

[NYNick]

I said they were becoming drivable investments. I was wrong as well.
They're now UN-driveable investments.
Wonder what the ROI is going to be on that baby?

[McLovin]

Originally Posted by NYNick

I said they were becoming drivable investments. I was wrong as well.
They're now UN-driveable investments.
Wonder what the ROI is going to be on that baby?

ROI for the seller or the buyer???

For the seller, the ROI was probably huge.

For the current buyer . . . hmmm, I guess we'll see. I think there's a decent chance that it's not even a positive number.

But who knows, only time will tell.

[Craig_D]

Holy moly!! I can't really fathom that. For $1.4 mill, I could create a dozen amazing replicas or original hot rods...essentially have Magnus' garage full of project cars, for just the cost of that one machine. Or have a Singer, and half a dozen other toys. Mind = blown

[Swiftmotoring]

Although one of Magnus' builds sold last year at Monterey for $300+....crazy market right now.....

[82 SC]

Glad I got my 82 SC a few months ago for $9900

[Mehoff]

If this is the RS from Austin, I saw it about a month ago with the owner. He didn't really like it because, "it was the ordinary blue on white". To be fair, the other cars in the warehouse made the RS look like a cheap station wagon!!!! Hopefully it went to a real Porsche enthusiast because this gentlemen truly was one.

One day.......

[Matt Monson]

Mind blown.

[Wayne 962]

Previous pre-auction discussion:

The $1,000,000 73 RS

-Wayne

[luckyluke318]

how much will my clone fetch?

[dnovick911]

Is that an R5 Turbo in black back there? Cool...

[Augustus]

No big surprise to me.
Wayne, your good personality and integrity surpasses your embarrassment! Cheers!

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Mehoff

If this is the RS from Austin.......

I swear I saw one in the Blackhawk Collection / Museum in 1995. It was white but I can't remember the offset color. I have pics somewhere.

[christiandk]

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts

I guess I was wrong (my wife will tell you that happens quite a bit more than I will admit). Just sold at Gooding's auction at Amelia Island. I still don't understand.

1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Lightweight | Gooding & Company

-Wayne

I dont understand how Marc Suckerbergs internet forum is worth 180B USD!?

In my world that would make Pelican worth at leat 100m. Crooked Wall Street guys could pump it to 1B. No doubt.

[dicklague]

Amazing.....I think I will take mine for a drive right now......

Why didn't I buy that lightweight RS in 1999? At least I bought something!

[RSTarga]

Originally Posted by luckyluke318

how much will my clone fetch?

You don't have the correct serial #, but at least you can drive yours without fear.
I've seen some clones that are better than the factory originals. We all know what it takes to build one, all parts are fairly available if you have a correct chassis the ONLY difference can be the chassis ID tag and the number on the engine.
Even the factory started with a 911S off the line.
Why are they so high $$$, bragging rights.

[luckyluke318]

I do use mine as often as I can. YOLO!

[sc_rufctr]

GOBSMACKED...

[racerr1958]

The 959 at the same auction sold for $ 1 million.