A car not only rare that was owned by the American actor between the 60s and 70s.
He never gave in to the charm of the jetset Robert Redford, who lived away from the spotlight throughout his long career, conquering the public with his simplicity and elegance and concentrating the efforts on his passions and on the commitment for environmental causes. He died in his sleep at 89 years old in his house as a house in Utah the American actor and director winner of two Oscar prizes, however, shared with his friend and colleague Paul Newman, with whom he made his debut in 1969 in Butch Cassidy, the passion for the Cavallino di Stuttgart: in fact his famous Porsche 904 GTS of 1964 with splendid green livery sold in 2022 by Bonhams at the Les Grandes Marques Du Mondo event in Paris a one million and 345 thousand euros. For a short period, also to the driver Steve Earle, he had reached auction with a bodywork, chassis, original suspensions and a price of estimation between $ 1.3 and 1.5 million dollars. From the historical documentation and from the Fabbrica Kardex sheet, the 904 GTS for sale with Carrera type 587/3 engine had been provided with Dunlop tires and completed in the Porsche plant in Zuffenhausen in January 1964, finished with Silbermetall paint and covered with blue fabric interiors. And before arriving in the hands of Redford in 1966, the car had taken part in several runs.
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The Porsche 904 GTS of Redford remains one of the most beautiful models of this type today in the hands of a collector, not only to belong to one of the myths of American cinema, a symbol of the seventies with films destined to enter history, from The staggeon with Paul Newman, As we were With Barbra Streisand, The three days of the Condoruntil All the men of the Presidentbut also to be one of the few specimens that survived in a state of originality and rare conservation today.
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The car born in a silvermetall silver color then converted into an Irish Green that was well suited to the meadows and parks of Utah Cari to the actor, remained in the hands of Robert Redford for about ten years, before being sold in 1976 to an American enthusiast and subsequently put to auction by Bonhams. Built in only one hundred specimens, it was designed by the Porsche Motorsport division in 1963 and designed by Butzi Porsche, son of Ferry and nephew of Ferdinand Porsche before retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the 1962 season. An extraordinary result in terms of engineering and design, a torpedo on wheels with perfect and sinuous lines, driven by a two -liter four -cylinder boxer engine that paid a power of 180 HPwith five -speed manual transmission and the braking system consisting of four disc brakes. The 904, the first Porsche car to use a bodywork made completely in fiberglass, had a decidedly short career: in fact he would have competed only for two years, but honoring his name with extraordinary results in Spa, Nürburgring and the Mans.
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