In late July we broke the news that Magnus Walker would be offering his beloved 1972 911 T known as "STR II" for sale during the Gooding & Company auction in Pebble Beach. When the Porsche was first listed by Gooding it was shown as being sold with no reserve and had a pre-auction estimate of $125,000 to $150,000. Some thought selling without a …
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Porsche 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 articleVideo: How to Perform Paint Chip Repair on Your Porsche
Larry from AMMO introduced us to his recently purchased Porsche 964 when he walked us through the steps of performing a Porsche pre-purchase inspection. Since then we've learned how to perform paintless dent repair on Porsches and how Porsche wheels are repaired and refinished. Today, Larry walks us through the process of performing paint chip …
Continue to the full articleThe DP Motorsport Project 911 Sleeper 3.2
Design and Plastik, those are the two pillars built to hold the success of DP Motorsport, in addition to the namesake of the company. As early as 1976, DP Motorsport was designing and producing glass reinforced plastic (GRP or “fiberglass) panels for the Porsche 911 platform. Working in racing for several seasons, the DP lightweight panels were a …
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 article2016 Porsche Club of America Porsche Parade Venue Announced
I know what you're thinking, the 2013 Parade just wrapped up and there are two more Parades to go (Monterey, CA in 2014 and French Lick, IN in 2015) before you could even start thinking about 2016. Well, we're thinking about it now! Earlier today we learned, via a friend we made this past winter at the Porsche Winter Driving Experience in …
Continue to the full articleThe New Porsche 911 Turbo is a Shape Changer Thanks to Active Aerodynamics
Obviously, the physics involved in optimum aerodynamics are fairly complicated. Maybe that's why Porsche's narrator talks to us so slowly in this video. Regardless, by the time you're done you should fully understand the concept of 'Active Aerodynamics' and how it helps the new Porsche 911 Turbo grab the ground harder than any of it's predecessors. …
Continue to the full articleListening to a Porsche Panamera S Hybrid Drive Silently By is Quite Eerie.
One of the things that I love about Porsche is the exhaust note. In fact, it was this sound that first drew us to Porsche motorsports (you've gotta love a sport you can hear before you can see it). So watching a new Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid drive by silently just seems wrong. On the other hand, the fact that you can seamlessly switch between …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures in the ALMS at Road America
The Porsche 911 GT3 R/RS/RSR family has had a great finishing record at Road America, winning seven out of eight GT victories between 2003 and 2008, so it seemed fitting that the current version of that race car had its best showing of the season at the most American Le Mans Series race – the Orion Energy Systems 245 at Road America today. …
Continue to the full article‘Memoirs of a Hack Mechanic’ Book Review
Rob Siegel, author of "Memoirs of a Hack Mechanic", might be best known for his love and affinity of BMW (he's written a monthly column called "The Hack Mechanic" for the BMW Car Club of America's magazine for the last 25 years) but that doesn't mean he's not a Porsche fan or owner. In fact, he drops a metaphoric Porsche "bomb" right up front and …
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