Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS- the car Porsche feared no- one would buy!| Tyrrell's Classic Workshop

In this episode we bring you a rather special car, one of the original 500 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS! Iain looks back at the history of the 911 and how the Carrera RS came to be, an unexpected path that surprised even Porsche themselves! Just how wrong could they have been about thinking no-one would be interested in this car?! Iain explains what makes this car so special and valuable and that spawned a model line that continues to this day. An initial road test highlights a few running issues but nothing that a little tinkering can't resolve, then it's time to put the car through its paces to rediscover what makes this such a magical car to drive! 00:00 - Introduction 01:23 - Beginnings of the 911 03:24 - The illogical design and 'dumbell' effect 07:45 - Initial road test 09:22 - Gear change 10:39 - Value of the car 12:51 - Porsche racing with the 917 13:48 - The breakthrough that brought about the 2.7 17:50 - The birth of the Carrera RS 19:55 - Details on this fine example 21:22 - Adjusting the rev limiter 23:13 - Adjusting the fuel injection system mixture 25:28 - Road test - the car has come to life! 35:13 - Outro Thank you once again to everyone for the overwhelming reception of these videos and for all the support of likes, subscribes and wonderful comments. This video was brought to you by Aston Lark - https://www.astonlark.com/tyrrellsworkshop Filmed and edited by Whipp3dCream - https://whipp3dcream.com/ Interested in purchasing a classic car? Check out Iain's guides with Supercars Monaco - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEuvc72CwG8dJ-Fr6nH4jUw Follow Iain on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iain_tyrrell/ Follow Iain on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Personal-Blog/Iain-Tyrrell-Moments-2241519122747338/ --- IMAGE ATTRIBUTION: Christine und Hagen Graf from Fitou, France (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porsche_(25675820192).jpg), „Porsche (25675820192)“, crop by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode Unknown authorUnknown author (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Ledwinka.jpg), „Hans Ledwinka“, upscaled by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode neznámý (unknown) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferdinand_Porsche,_Eliška_Junková,_Hans_Ledwinka_(Masarykův_okruh,_Brno_1935).jpg), „Ferdinand Porsche, Eliška Junková, Hans Ledwinka (Masarykův okruh, Brno 1935)“, upscaled by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Alf van Beem (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1948_Tatra_87_photo9.JPG), „1948 Tatra 87 photo9“, crop by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Alf van Beem (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1948_Tatra_87_photo7.JPG), „1948 Tatra 87 photo7“, crop by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Sicnag (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1951_Volkswagen_Type_1_Beetle_(47286250261).jpg), „1951 Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle (47286250261)“, crop by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode kitmasterbloke (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1938_Tatra_T97.jpg), „1938 Tatra T97“, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode Dr. Killer (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatra_570.JPG), „Tatra 570“, crop + saturation by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/legalcode Unknown authorUnknown author (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:V570a.jpg), „V570a“, upscaled by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Felix König (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porsche_917_IAA_2013.JPG), „Porsche 917 IAA 2013“, crop by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode Joost Evers / Anefo (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trophy_of_the_Dunes_,_Zandvoort_races_voor_sportcars_en_prototypes_rechts_Gijs,_Bestanddeelnr_923-8579.jpg), „Trophy of the Dunes , Zandvoort races voor sportcars en prototypes rechts Gijs, Bestanddeelnr 923-8579“, upscaled by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Christine und Hagen Graf from Fitou, France (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porsche_Race_Car_(25701585781).jpg), „Porsche Race Car (25701585781)“, crop by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode ChiemseeMan at German Wikipedia (Original text: Späth Chr.) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porsche_911S_Targa_1.JPG), „Porsche 911S Targa 1“, crop + colour correction by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode ChiemseeMan at German Wikipedia (Original text: Späth Chr.) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porsche_911S_Targa_2.JPG), „Porsche 911S Targa 2“, crop + colour correction by TCW, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode