Designed for competition but homologated to circulate on the road, the Porsche 904 GTS was equipped with a 4-cylinder flat engine of around 180 hp.
Ideal for endurance racing, only 120 were made between 1963 and 1964. The one that will soon be offered for sale by Bonhams in Paris was ordered new in the United States by Steve Earle, an enthusiastic and amateur pilot. beautiful mechanics.
After quickly changing hands and taking part in numerous competitions in the USA, the Porsche was acquired in 1966 by another very famous car enthusiast, incidentally an Oscar-winning actor: Robert Redford.
He kept it for almost 10 years, before it passed from hand to hand to a Belgian collector.
In the 1990s, the latter offered the car a state-of-the-art restoration, and had a Porsche 911 Flat 6 fitted to it, as many 904 owners did at the time.
Finally, the beauty has also been repainted in “Irish Green”, a color appearing in the Porsche catalog of this period, which suits it perfectly.
The rarity of this 904, its clear history to read here and its legendary owner have earned it an estimate of between 1.46 and 1.69 million euros.
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