Chassis Number: 9117600881
The 911 rally car offered here is unique among historic Porsches insofar as it has covered more competitive kilometers — equivalent to circumnavigating the world three times — than any other product from the celebrated Stuttgart factory. It was built specifically for the 1977 London–Sydney Marathon and crewed in that event by Polish rally ace Sobislav Zasada and co-driver Wojciecj Schramm. Since then, it has competed in numerous other long-distance rallies including the Repco Reliability Trial around Australia (1979), Australian Safari Rally (1985 and 1988), Targa Tasmania (1996), London–Sydney Marathon (2004), and the East African Classic Safari Rally (2005), as well as appearing at many of the most prestigious historic motorsports events. The car comes with a detailed 100-page illustrated history — written from the perspective of former Porsche factory driver and Le Mans winner Jürgen Barth, who prepared and supported the car in-period — which is essential reading for prospective purchasers.
Chassis number 9117600881 was manufactured early in 1976 and retained by the factory until March 1977, when it was supplied directly to Sobislav Zasada for him to compete in the London–Sydney Marathon. Copies of Zasada’s supporting correspondence and Porsche factory paperwork are on file (originals are in the Porsche Factory Archive).
The Carrera has been demonstrated at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on many occasions, and at the Eiffel Rally Party in Germany, and in 2015 was driven to Poland to meet its original co-driver, Wojciecj Schramm. That same year the car featured extensively in the Goodwood Festival of Speed preview video and was a special guest at the Rally Legends Austria. The Carrera was subsequently invited to the Porsche Museum in Gmünd, meeting Mr. Ernst Piech (grandson of Ferdinand Porsche), and the owner had the privilege of a drive with him around Lake Matsee.
Other highlights included special guest invitations to the finishing dinner for the Ennstal Classic Rally and the Eiffel Rally Germany, where the Porsche featured as one of the Parade and Display cars, alongside those from the Porsche Museum. In the words of the Museum’s director, this is one of the best-documented period Works rally Porsches (the list of references takes up more than an A4 page) and thus represents an unrepeatable opportunity for the discerning collector, and rally competitor.
