1974 Porsche RSR Historic Race Car Replica

History

This 1979 Porsche was built to RSR racing specs by former Historic Sportscar Racing (“HSR”) president, David Hinton.

David Colbert would be the Porsche’s driver at the 2021 Classic 24 Hours at Daytona. Colbert and the Porsche finished 2nd overall in the Group B race.

In April, 2022, Colbert was again behind the wheel, this time at the Historics Sportscar Racing (“HSR”) Weathertech Sprint Race at Sebring. The pair would finish 5th overall in the Group 5 race.

In March 2023, the Porsche competed at Sonoma Raceway at the Classic Sports Racing Group (“CSRG”) David Love Memorial Races. Robert Thull brought the Porsche home 6th overall and 5th in Class C.

In May Rob was back with the Porsche at the SVRA Trans-Am Speedfest at Laguna Seca. There Rob brought the Porsche home 14th overall and second in the 6RSR class. In October 2023, Rob raced the car again with CSRG, this time at Laguna Seca. There they came home 15th overall.

The Porsche, having raced from coast-to-coast with multiple historic racing sanctioning bodies, is now offered for sale.

Description

Built to 1974 IROC specs on a 1979 chassis.The build includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Tubular reinforced chassis with full roll cage

Fiberglass hood with hood pins

Fiberglass engine cover with with whale tail and hood pins

Fiberglass doors

Fiberglass flared front and rear fenders. Note that the front fenders have some fiberglass crazing and the rear flares have some rock pitting from normal use. See photos below. The rest of the body and paint are in very nice condition.

Fiberglass front and rear bumpers

Front facia integrated oil cooler

Front and rear lights for nighttime endurance racing

Fully function windscreen wipers 

Tow hooks front and rear

External kill switch

Plexiglass windows with aluminum retainers, and vented side windows

Recaro competition seat

OMP restraints good through 2027

Quick release OMP steering wheel

Wevo quick shifter

Five speed Porsche gearbox

FireSense fire system

AutoMeter gauges with Tel-Tale Tach

Shift light

Oil pressure light

Bare Bonz Race fuse system

Alloy throttle pedal

TechArt aluminum dead pedal

Convex interior rear view mirror

Window net

2 Piece modular wheels

Hoosier P225/50ZR 16 front tires 

Hoosier P75/45ZR 16 rear tires

Drilled brake rotors

Double adjustable shocks

3.0 liter twin plug, dry sump, race engine

Dual MSD ignition

Clewett Engineering plug wires

PMO Carburetors

Fuel pressure regulator 

Areoquip fuel and oil lines

Fuel Safe fuel cell

This Porsche race car also comes with a street title. It would be quite a hit at your local Cars & Coffee…

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