STOLEN ! - A rare RHD Rally prepared 2.0 911- PTU 911C and it's implications for the Classic Car market

An historically significant and rare classic car with motor sport history has been stolen. An attempt was made to steal two RHD 1965 911s on Saturday 7th May at 6.45 am from outside the Golden Tulip Hotel, Parkstad, Zuid-Limburg, Kerkrade, Holland, which failed but they managed to steal one.

I ran the early 911 register for the Porsche Club Great Britain for over 10 years and this theft has removed one of a handful of the remaining RHD surviving cars from existence. Although that was in 1996 there were only 10 left then. That this car was stolen before the final day of a rally it was participating in whilst the owners were doing what Professor Porsche designed his cars from the outset to do is even more difficult to comprehend or accept.

Acts of theft like this will only deter motorsport competitors from using their cars in the future and reduce our ability to enjoy seeing them doing what they were designed to do. So please let us mobilise the power of the internet and locate this car before it is broken up for spares for there is surely nowhere on this earth that a rare bright yellow RHD version of a 1965 2.0 911 can be sold as a complete car or ever could be.

As much as this may seem an insignificant event, just one car amongst thousands of stolen cars a year, it sets a dangerous precedent for the classic car industry if this type of theft is allowed to grow unchecked. Stealing cars for their restored valuable parts is a trend I personally don't want to see growing any time soon. As parts get more expensive and rarer are buyers going to necessarily question where the miraculous original part came from when it completes their expensive restoration? On line auction sites have created a world wide market for these parts and memorabilia so I fear the brazen theft of a bright yellow rare example that has no re-sale value as a car anywhere in the world was carried out for one purpose only.

A reward is being offered for any information that leads to the return of this car and all information will be treated in the strictest confidence.