Trigger's Broom? Your views on this 993 RS??

[robm3]

Interesting 993 RS for sale in Oz, BUT it's been re-bodied with chassis number carried across.

To my mind the original shell and engine block are critical to call a car 'genuine'. Most other parts replaceable with no issue on value.

What's your views on this?

Here's the ad:

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Porsche-...

[robm3]

So in summary, not the original shell, nor the correct engine, nor the bits attached...

As original as this then:

[Steve Rance]

The car was orinally probably based on a C2 as only the Supercup cars left the factory as purpose built NA cars. The Carrera cup series cars - certainly in the Uk - cars were based on C2's which were modified within the rules of the championship at the time. A few of these cars became available on the market when the 996GT3 cup series was launched. This car may well have started life as a Carrera cup car hence the 3.6 engine. The chassis will not be a motorsport chasis as it is RHD. Also probably not an RS shell as it would have been more cost effective to prep a standard C2 shell for motorsport which the car apprears to be rebuit for. This being the case, I find it a little odd that a fully welded cage was not installed during the prep as it would have been a much better option. motorsport shells were LHD and had welded Matter cages ( as mentioned earlier ).

To convert a C2 shell to RS Clubsport spec is a relatively big/Very expensive job and requires a lot of structural and detail changes (both Jackal and I have personal experience having built recreations ourselves). Many of the changes would have a minimal or nil effect on outright pace and since the car apprears to have spent much of it's time racing, one can make a reasonable assumption that these modifications have not been done.

The chasis number is a bit of a conundrum. If the car was genuine, it would have had a 3.8 engine. In which case, the numbers cannot match.

In reality, I suspect that this car is a race car with an interesting history which at sometime has had a re-shell. The track spec will be decent and providing that it is mechanically sound it will command a reasonable value because of it's provenance. If - when the time comes - it gets FIA papers, it's value will increase considerably. With such a big detail error as a bolt in cage and a 3.6 engine, I cannot imagine that it is an otherwise nut and bolt perfect representation of a Clubsport and the seller may cause themselves a few problems if it is sold as one. A caveat would be, if the seller has made a mistake and the engine was in fact a 3.8 which matched the chasis number. Even then, the cage is a problem

[NineMeister]

I remember having a conversation with an Australian customer about their rhd 993RS Clubsports during which he told me that the cars had to be imported with a bolt-in cage to get around Aussie import legislation. If this is the case the roll cage design may not be so much of an issue.

[Steve Rance]

How the devil are you Old Chap!?

[P50]

robm3 said:

So in summary, not the original shell, nor the correct engine, nor the bits attached...

As original as this then:

Oh dear!