1973 911 Carrera RSR for $125k

[generalsmirnov]

https://www.my105.com/search/details/1973-porsche-911/eb270e19-3300-4b9d-8826-2702c944f55e

The chassis number indicates a genuine 1973 Carrera RSR for AUD$125k - sounds like a good deal no?

So... smelling a backstory I did some googling around and it looks like HughH has more info on this car. The VIN is clearly not correct if it's already claimed by this car:

https://www.porscheregister.com/9113600847

Vic is the poster and current seller:

https://m.early911sregistry.org/forums/showthread.php?162281-1973-RSR-Vin-verification

As an ex race car in a series in Australia that had all sorts of built up cars in it it is not really surprising. However it is based on the shell of a very early 1968T with the vin number (not production number because it was originally SWB) evident on both the dash stamping and the paint badge. It appears to have been raced as a "RSR" in the 80's as many similarly constructed cars were here in Australia built on both LWB and SWB shells. Talking to Vic I dont think he is unhappy with that result either.

I do have a vague memory of a somewhat similar black with red script "73 Carrera" on Carsales from WA a couple of years back that was actually a SWB, but I don't remember it was so flared... how many cars like this are floating around AU with interesting stamped numbers?

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Interesting is a polite description

[PD Targa]

My eyes lit up when I saw that 6 in the Vin number.

[patrick911]

So is it possible for Vic to legally sell this car then, now we know (and he by now knows too) that the VIN has been tampered with?
It's not an RSR, clearly, but it's also not a 1973 car.

[HughH]

That was my question too - and even more so as it is in South Australia and has SA plates (but I am not sure if currently registered there) and the registration authorities there have form in spotting the smallest discrepancies in vin numbers and stampings and refusing registration. It would not have mattered as much when it was a track car

It does have a valid 1968 Vin though stamped in the shell (but on the dash) and on the paint plate so could be registered as a 68

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Rare car, 68 RSR