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Porsche 356: My First Porsche (Part II of II)

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Last week I presented the first part of Porsche 356: My First Porsche by Wilhelm (Billy) Roedenbeck. Today's post is part II of that story. As a reminder, Billy was born in Lima, Peru. He bought his first Porsche in 1973 and never looked back. He resides in Miami, Fl. with his wife and her Boxster. My First Porsche 356: Part II It turned out the …

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Porsche Doppelkupplung (double clutch) or PDK Explained

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If you can't pronounce the name of Porsche's new double clutch, seven speed transmission technology, you're not alone. Not to worry, the Porsche marketing folks were kind enough to add to the growing list of alphabet soup options by providing the Porsche Doppelkupplung with its very own acronym: PDK. Originally developed for Porsche Motorsports, …

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Porsche 356: My First Porsche (Part I of II)

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Today's post was written by Wilhelm (Billy) Roedenbeck. Billy was born in Lima, Peru. He bought his first Porsche in 1973 and never looked back. He resides in Miami, Fl. with his wife and her Boxster. Back in the sixties Lima, the capital of Peru, was a city of perhaps 2 million people. It had beautiful boulevards and very little traffic. Cars …

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Wish You Didn’t Sell? How to Find a Porsche Previously Owned and Other Tips.

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How many of you sold a car in the past, Porsche or otherwise, and wish you hadn’t? Whether it was 30 days ago or 30 years ago you would do almost anything to have that car back and more importantly the memories and experiences that car represents. I can think of at least two of my cars that fit into this category. Well, over the past few weeks …

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Video History of Porsche Racing

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As I was doing additional research for my ongoing series on the history of the Porsche 917 I came across the following series of videos. The end of the third video in this series, and most of the fourth, does a better job than I ever could in completing the history/documentation of the 917. The rest of the videos are here for your enjoyment. …

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History of the Porsche 917. Part II

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In the first part of this post I explained how the 917 came into production and how it made Porsche synonymous with endurance racing. This post, Part II on the history of the 917, explores some of the early problems Porsche ran into prior to their win(s) at LeMan and how the fix for those problems turned the 917 into one of the most storied …

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Win your Choice of a Porsche Related Book

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A couple of weeks ago I posted an interview I had with Randy Leffingwell. Randy, as many of you know, is a Porsche author and photographer who has a number of well-received Porsche books to his credit. Shortly after that post, I was contacted directly by Motorbooks (the publisher of Randy's most recent book) thanking me for my review. In …

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