HISTORY OF THE 916
The Porsche 916 seems inconspicuous at first glance, but it is one of the greatest rarities of the Porsche brand, as only 11 examples were produced in 1971/1972. All of them are prototypes that had a unit price of 40,000 DM.
Series production never took place and the eleven prototypes were sold. Five of them remained in the Porsche and Piëch family, others were sold to loyal Porsche customers in Germany and one was exported to the USA. Whoever got one is under wraps. However, two Porsche 916s, which were originally used by the Piëch family, went under the hammer at auction.
A 1971 Porsche 916, the prototype “Brutus”, once driven by Corinna Piëch, was offered at Artcurial in Paris in February 2019 under lot number 124 and found a new owner for 928,000 euros. A year later, the 916 from 1972 with the final serial number 011 followed at the RM Sotheby’s auction in Punta Gorda, which took place on August 15, 2020. Lot number 151, a yellow 916 with special equipment, was previously driven by Ferdinand Piëch’s mother Louise and found a new owner for $957,000. The whereabouts of the other nine vehicles remain confidential.
CHASSIS NUMBER: 4732917538
An Original 1972 Porsche 914 went to Gantspeed Engineering in July 1996 for recommissioning, the car was fitted with a 2.4T engine and 916 arches. Over the following 6 years the project evolved into a bare shell restoration and 916 recreation build. The owner had invested circa £70,000.00 in the project which included the purchase of 1974 Carrera engine and 3.2 Carrera based 915 transmission purchased from Patrick Motorsports.
In September 2002 Gantspeed purchased the project and final completed the build in April 2008. During the 6 years build carried out by Gantspeed a further £128,000 was invested in the car brining this fantastic car to completion.
This car has been slowly recreated over the years. Robert Gant of Gantspeed Engineering originally had this car in for recommissioning as a customer car. When the project got out of control RG purchased the car from his customer and then had it as a long term work shop project, eventually finishing it in 2008.
The car was then purchased by a Ferrari collector who loved it but never used it. On his death his collection of cars went to DK engineering for selling on. I purchased the car directly from DK in 2015.
The current owner purchased the car to take part in European Tours/Rallies which it excels at. The car was fitted by Gantspeed with an original 2.7 RS engine (225bhp/199lbs/ft), which was fine but really lacked the torque required for the Alpine passes, so with a mad rush of blood to the head he changed the engine out for a 3.6 993 engine 280bhp/280lbs/ft, which sorted the problem out in a car weighing only 943 kgs.
Features of the 916.
Base vehicle 1972 914. Now configured as a 916 recreation.
Targa top not fixed head.
All steel body.
Fully welded roll cage.
Kevlar bonnet, boot lid, front spoiler/valance, Front and rear bumpers.
3.6 litre 993 engine.
46mm PMO carburettors.
Patrick Motorsport gearbox.
WEVO side shifter and gear lever (This set up cost a fortune!)
Bilstein dampers.
3.2 Front brake Discs and Tuthill six pot callipers.
Heuer Twin Rally Timer Set
Willans Harnesses
Momo steering wheel.
A complete record of all works on the build are fully documented in the accompanying history file.
Over the past 5 years the car has undergone a further investment totaling £50,000 which is all documented in the extensive history file which dates back to the complete restoration carried out by Gantspeed.
This car represents a very rare opportunity to acquire a very unique and well presented copy of the rarest 914 iteration supported with a fully detailed restoration file.
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