Broad Arrow Auctions just lately introduced the consignment of the historic 1959 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder “Lucybelle III”, chassis 718-024 to its Amelia Island Public sale, held this March 1-2 on the Amelia Island Ritz Carlton.
The Porsche 718 RSK Spyder has a powerful interval historical past having been offered new to American race automotive driver and former Le Mans winner Ed Hugus. Hugus raced 718-024 within the immediately recognizable “Lucybelle III” livery on the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, and within the subsequent years, the Porsche was raced in each USAC and SCCA occasions in addition to on the grueling Pikes Peak Hillclimb in 1962 the place it completed Fourth in Class.
“The 1959 Porsche 718 RSK is a massively vital instance of a purebred Porsche Le Mans race automotive, and we’re really honored to offer it on the official public sale of The Amelia on behalf of its gentleman proprietor,” famous Jakob Greisen, Senior Automobile Specialist at Broad Arrow Auctions. “Chassis 024 is an impressively restored instance with excellent provenance and definitely one of the real and best-documented examples of the few 718 RSK examples remaining worldwide.”
The 718 RSK has just lately benefitted from a meticulous and award-winning restoration by famend restorer Mark Allin and his workforce at Uncommon Drive, Inc. That restoration returned the Porsche again to the precise and unique specification and offered within the interval right “Lucybelle III” livery as raced within the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, whereas preserving main elements of the automotive.
The eye to element and manufacturing facility right accuracy all through the restoration is in depth, right down to the white exterior paint, completed on high of German Racing Silver, as right when the automotive first raced at “la Sarthe”. Since then, the RSK has been proven quite a few instances having starred on the Pebble Seashore Concours d’Magnificence the place it received a category award and the Audrain Newport Concours d’Magnificence the place it received a First in Class and was exercised on the Colorado Grand.
Broad Arrow will kickstart its 2023 calendar with the corporate’s inaugural Amelia Public sale and debut because the official public sale of The Amelia. Extra details about Broad Arrow and its Amelia Island Public sale will be discovered HERE.
