Jay recently acquired a 1963 Porsche 356 Carrera 2 and decided to track down its previous owner. Upon making a few calls he found out that the person he bought it from, purchased it from the John Willhoit (of Willhoit Restorations) who previously owned it and restored it. In the video below John revisits the 356 for the first time since 1977 and …
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The Stolen “Million-Mile” Porsche Has Been Found! Here’s How it Happened.
Back in June, Petrolicous (one of our favorite sites) featured Guy Newmark's Porsche 356; a 1964 356C driven daily with nearly 1,000,000 miles. Yes, that's right, six zeros. Well, according to a post on Rennlist someone stole the Porsche from his garage this past Friday night in San Pedro, CA. How You Can Help It's not like this is a …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 917K Flat-12 Pure Engine Sound – In Action on Track
Not quite sure where we were in June that we missed this video when it first came out, but boy am I glad I found it now. Recorded at Monza Circuit during the "1000 km Challenge" race revival, a 3 hours race in which race cars from 1960 to 1970 compete, this 1969 Porsche 917 (chassis # 025) sounds off quite nicely. Powered by a 4.5 liter Flat-12 …
Continue to the full articleHere’s How You Can Participate in Porsche’s Celebration at the Monterey Automotive Week
In the event you're not one of the lucky ones traveling to Monterey, CA this week, there are still plenty of ways to stay up-to-date and involved with all things Porsche including the ongoing celebration of the Porsche 911's 50th birtday. FLATSIXES.com is in Monterey and we'll be tweeting pictures and info from the auctions, the concours and the …
Continue to the full articleKarma Brings Porsche and Engine Together Again
Our story begins with an Oregon man purchasing a complete, but disassembled, 2.0 liter 911 engine that he found advertised on his local Craigslist. Mr. Oregon purchases the engine with the intent to reassemble, restore and resell it at some time in the future. For whatever reason he never gets around to working on the engine and simply sells the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Bringing the 918 Spyder, 50th Anniversary Edition 911 and Others to Monterey
Porsche is continuing to celebrate the 50th birthday of its 911 sports car at the 63rd annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance with static and dynamic displays of new and historic models. From Aug. 14 – 18, a special, limited edition 50th Anniversary Porsche 911 will be showcased alongside rare Porsche road and racing cars. The upcoming 918 …
Continue to the full articleA Trip to LA Begins and Ends With Porsche
Last weekend, we left the troubles of the regular work week behind, and hopped a flight out to beautiful California. Friday through Sunday were spent in a glorious haze of Porsche beauty. Sun up to sun down, the days were filled with all things vintage and air-cooled. Most car guys will, by now, be familiar with the Irvine, CA Cars and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 356 Speedster Autocrosser Powered by 2/3rds of a 911 Engine.
There are some of us in the automotive culture that are somewhat more insane than others. We are tweekers, seeking to shave the ever evasive extra second from our elapsed times. We are addicted to a drug called grip. We spend our summer Sundays praying at the paved church of the heavenly orange traffic cone. We are autocrossers, and we have a …
Continue to the full articleSpeedster “Garden Find” For Sale In California
There can't be many of these remaining. The barn find/yard find Porsche is more and more rare every year. The joy is in the hunt, and the hunt becomes more difficult with each unit unearthed. With only a few thousand constructed more than 5 decades ago, this type of find is rapidly becoming as rare as the proverbial hen's tooth. The …
Continue to the full articleThe Making of the Stop Motion Porsche Engine Tear Down Video
Like so many of you who saw last week's stop motion video of the Porsche engine being torn down we wanted to know who was behind it and how it was done. Here's what we found out. If you watch the credits closely you'll notice a website for hoeingmotoren.de. This is a Porsche specialty shop in Hamburg, Germany. The owner, Matthias Höing …
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