One of just 20 Factory built Light Weight cars built to run in the Prototype Class.

11899016R was the only 911R that was purposely built to be used as a Street car.
It was heavily modified at the Porsche Racing department before it was sold.

It was delivered New to Sonauto Porsche France on the 9th of April 1968.

The first owner was Les Danseurs from Bagnolet, France. This was one of the companies that French Racing driver and businessman Claude Ballot Lena had.

The Porsche factory Kardex for 11899016 was sourced in the Porsche AG archives together with some period documents detailing this unique transaction.

We learn these documents that the engine with number 508016 was removed from 11899016R and replaced with engine number 961770.(the Porsche factory did it)

April 1969 delivered new to Claude Ballot Lena by Sonauto France.
July 1968: Xavier Camprubi France
Purchased via the racing department of Sonauto in standard 911R configuration. All street car elements have been removed from the car and it is now fitted with 911R engine type 901/22 supplied by the Porsche factory and stamped AT (Austausch/Exchange) with number AT961770 which is currently fitted with the car.

1970 Jean Gnuva France
Gnuva bought the car from Camprubi also via Sonauto France and before that he takes possession of the car.
It sent back to Stuttgart and it was fully rebuilt at the factory.

1973: Jan Goncalves France
1976: Raymond Touroul France
1985: Jean Pierre Bodin France
2002: Claudio Roddaro Monaco
2016: kobus Contraine Belgium
2017: Naito Auto Engineering

Since Jean Pierre boldin owned the car, it was put into storage more than 2 decades.
A lengthy but thorough careful restoration was started. It would take 14 years to bring it back to former Ronde Cevenole glory(when Gerard Larousse behind the wheel) by Claudio Roddaro who is based in Monaco.


On the 6th August 2016 the car was presented to the public at tne Saint Rafael Valescure Council d'Elegance.
The car was reunited with Porsche factory driver Gerard Larousse.

At this event, 11899016R was awarded with the trophy for the best Porsche.

The vin number and aluminum Vin plates are the original ones.

Engine type 901/22 No:961770
The extremely rare matching number engine was fully rebuilt and is fitted with the correct Weber 46IDA3 carburetors on the original Magnesium intake manifolds.
Twin plug ignition and Magnesium timing chain covers.

Very few of the type 901/22 magnesium engine case survive today and to actually have the matching numbers engine in a 911R is very rare.