Gooding and Company is one of the leading auction houses, and they always have an impressive array of highly-collectible vehicles. Back in January, we talked about the Gooding & Co. Amelia Island auction, held in March, which saw a selection of iconic Porsches, among which a 718 RSK. Now, the well-known auction house brings up another selection of iconic Porsche models and among them is another Porsche 718 RSK, which will be displayed at an event at Pebble Beach in August 2022.

1959 Porsche 718 RSK

The world-renown auction house certainly knows how to source its vehicles. Since 2014, at least four examples of the iconic Porsche 718 RSK have passed through Gooding & Company’s auctions, each selling in the $2.5 to $3.5 million price range. This particular example, with chassis number 718-024 and racing number 37 printed on the side, is expected to fetch between $4.5 and $5.5 million at the auction. The first owner of chassis number 718-024 is racing driver and Le Mans winner Ed Hugus, who raced the RSK at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, in its distinctive “Lucybelle III” livery.

The car was later sold to another racing driver, Don Ives, and by 1963, it had entered various SCCA and USAC events, including Pikes-Peak. After that, the car blessed various, private car collections. The Porsche 718 RSK is an evolution of the Porsche 550 Spyder and followed a similar philosophy. The ultra-lightweight mid-engine sports car weighed just 1,257 pounds (570 kg) and was very successful in the SCCA racing series. Just 34 examples of the 718 RSK were built by Porsche.

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While this is considered to be the crown jewel at this year’s Pebble Beach auctions, the auction house brings other iconic models from Porsche’s proud racing history as well as road-going models of great significance. According to Gooding and Company Senior Specialist, David Brynan, “Virtually the entire history of Porsche racing is represented here. From the early four-cam Spyder years there is Lucybelle III, one of the most unique and beautiful RSKs ever to race, exquisitely restored to its original splendor. The 908/02 Spyder, presented in its vibrant Targa Florio livery, is an exceptional works team car from the glory days of the plastic era, and the 2007 RS Spyder Evo is one of the most important modern-day prototypes, a model that dominated the ALMS series and returned Porsche to the height of endurance racing."

1969 Porsche 908/02

Another iconic model, brought by Gooding & Co. is the 1969 Porsche 908/02, which is expected to reach between $4.0 and $6.0 million, at the auction. It is the successor to the 907 racer and was developed in response to FIA Group 6 changes, limiting displacement to 3,000 cc. The engine developed 270 horsepower while the car’s total mass did not exceed 1,323 pounds (600 kg). The fiberglass body alone weighed just 28.7 pounds (13 kg). This particular one is chassis number 010 and had a successful racing career at the BOAC 6 Hours race at Brands Hatch, in the UK.

2007 Porsche RS Spyder EVO

Last, but not least among the iconic racing models is the 2007 Porsche RS Spyder EVO. Officially known as the Type 9R6, the car was jointly developed by Porsche and team Penske for the LMP2 class at Le Mans. It’s also the logical successor to the Porsche 911 GT1. Being a pre-2008 model, the 3.4-liter, DOHC, V-8 engine produced 478 horsepower (351.6 kilowatts) instead of 503 (375 kilowatts) in later versions. The example here is chassis number 9R6.702 and it’s one of the two cars built for the 2007 racing season as well as one of only 17 9R6s built in total.

With this, the Porsche racing heritage section of the Gooding & Co. auction is depleted, but there are other special Porsche models accompanying them. Among those are 1958 Porsche 356 A 1500 GS/GT Speedster, 1976 Porsche 934, 1988 Porsche 962C, 2020 Porsche 935, and a few others, and the most “affordable” among them is expected to reach at least $850,000.