As most who read this site know, Luftgekühlt is the brainchild of Porsche factory driver Patrick Long and Southern California creative director Howie Idelson. Now in its fourth iteration, Luftgekühlt embodies air-cooled vehicles from the extensive Porsche narrative, from the Pre-A 356 through the Type 993 911 (1948 – 1998) on the street side, and 550 Spyders to 935s on the motorsports side.
Despite an early morning rainstorm, Sunday’s Luftgekühlt gathering reached its reserved capacity for vintage, air-cooled Porsche vehicles under the backdrop of the port of Los Angeles.
Even with the shaky weather to start, this year’s event drew upwards of 6,000 owners, fans and enthusiasts to experience the 600 vehicle capacity venue filled with Porsches.
A pair of off-road safari type 911s that competed a week ago in the NORRA Mexican 1000 Off Road Race and the 1973 Can-Am championship winning 917/30 were two examples of the diversity on display.
The event was the largest yet for the stand-alone happening celebrating the unique car culture in California. Fortunately, for you, we had two photographers on site to document all the Porsche goodness.
This first grouping of photos below, and the pictures and words above, come by way of Dave Engelman. If Dave’s name is familiar to you, that’s because he currently serves as the Spokesperson, Motorsports and Brand Heritage for Porsche Cars North America. In other words, if there was ever someone more appropriate to be at an event like this, it’s Dave. A lover of photography, writing, motorsports, history and more, Dave takes his inspiration from photography greats like Dr. Leonard Turner (featured here on FLATSIXES.com in “The Last Turn“) and Marc Urbano. You can follow Dave on Instagram @porschedave09.
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Our second photographer at Luft was Brett Sloan. Those who have been reading FLATSIXES.com for some time now will recognize Brett’s name and work from posts like this, this and this, as well as covering such events for us like Rennsport Reunion and the delivery of the 911 GT3 CUP 4.0 Brumos Commemorative Edition to name but a few. You can follow Brett on Instagram via his two accounts @sloanmotors and @olde_ways.
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