Ultra-rare 1984 Porsche Rally car with special ‘lollypop’ seats & top speed of 160mph set to fetch £2.6M at auction
AN ultra-rare Porsche rally car which is fitted out with special “lollypop” seats could be yours for a cool £2.6million when it goes up for auction.
Bids are currently being taken by Broad Arrow Auctions for the final 1984 SC RS at its inaugural Chattanooga sale, in Tennessee, which takes place later this month.
It is the last Type 954 rally car the German manufacturer built and is thought to be one of the most original still in existence,
The 911 SC RS, which is also known as the 911 Evolutionsserie, was built for competing in FIA Class B rally racing.
Porsche built just 21 models in 1983, five of which went to professional racing teams.
The others, including the one for sale, were sold to private customers.
While the 16 cars were built for the track they are also street legal.
The Porsche currently for sale has the chassis 021, the last one produced.
While it’s thought this model may have left the factory in Dutch flag-inspired colours, its aluminium body panels, fibreglass bumpers, a rally light pod, and forged Fuchs wheels are now all finished in a brilliant coat of white.
As you’d expect in a rally car, there is a beast under the bonnet.
A mechanically injected 3.0-litre flat-six sits in the vehicle’s engine bay.
It’s race-spec five-speed manual gearbox produces 280 hp, 184 ft lbs of torque, and has an 8,000-rpm redline.
In 1984, Porsche claimed the car could reach 60mph in 5.3 seconds, but more recent testing indicates that figure to be rather conservative.
It has a top speed just shy of 159 mph.
Being a rally car, the 911 SC RS is rather spartan inside.
It’s fitted out with 935-style “lollypop” seats and a roll cage and does come with some creature comforts, such as a radio, power windows and air conditioning.
Thanks to its lack of features, such as soundproofing, it has a curb weight of just 2,160 pounds.
Porsche originally delivered the car to importer Tycho Christian van Dijk in 1984.
The vital statistics
A mechanically injected 3.0-litre flat-six engine
A race-spec five-speed manual gearbox
The engine produces 280 hp, 184 ft lbs of torque
In 1984, Porsche claimed the car could reach 60mph in 5.3 seconds
It has a top speed of just shy of 159 mph
A curb weight of just 2,160 pounds
He had intended to race the car in multiple events but would actually only ever compete in one event, that season’s Tour de Corse on Corsica.
It came in 14th, the best placing of any Porsche entered into the rally.
Due to it being the car’s only race it never claimed any honours but that does mean the vehicle is in tip-top share four decades on.
Over the years it has only notched up 3,227 miles on the odometer and it has only changed hands once previously.
With the current seller buying the motor in 2004.
It comes with a Porsche Classic Technical Certificate and extensive paperwork history.
The 911 SC RS goes under the hammer on October 12.
But anyone thinking of making a bid will need very deep pockets as Broken Arrow expects the vehicle to go for between £2million and £2.6million.