Terry Gilliam's "Patsy" said just one line in all of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" while looking at a distant Camelot. That line continually comes to mind while watching this video, as it is extremely difficult to believe that what I am seeing is "only a model." This wonderfully rendered 964 Turbo was rendered by Djordje Ilic, and it's beauty …
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Book Review: Carrera 2.7 – The Soul of Porsche’s Legendary Carrera 2.7 RS Lives on Within the Carrera 2.7 MFI
Some brands of cars have rather skimpy biographies available. Like Rodney Dangerfield, they don’t get no respect. Take the Iso Grifo for instance, there is no book I'm aware of that shows every variation, every color, every nut and bolt, every serial number, yadda yadda. Yet, fortunately, because of their small numbers, they have multiplied greatly …
Continue to the full article40 Years of the Tamiya 934: Time to break out the Jägermeister!
2016 is the 40th Anniversary of both the real 934 and its RC little brother; Tamiya's long lived kit. Back in June of this year, to celebrate the model's anniversary, Tamiya announced a completely up-to-the-minute version of the 934 based on their TA-02SW architecture. Where the original 934 produced 485 horsepower (or more) from its turbocharged …
Continue to the full articleHave You Seen Porsche’s Most Recent Interactive Print Advertisement?
Porsche enthusiasts around the world have The Gotthard Pass on their "bucket list" of best driving routes. At nearly 7,000 feet, this famous mountain pass connects northern and southern Switzerland and was originally opened in 1830. Today, it is comprised of more cobblestone covered hairpin turns than your Porsche's GPS can keep up with and counts …
Continue to the full articleHow To Build A LEGO 911 Cabriolet From An Inexpensive Mini Cooper Kit
Porsche and LEGO have been on a roll lately, from the enormous GT3 kit, to the smaller Porsche themed playsets. LEGO has launched contests and even facilitated trips to Le Mans. What LEGO hasn't done is show the world how to turn a Mini Cooper into a 911 Cabriolet. Thankfully, the bountiful LEGO enthusiast community has solved the puzzle and …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Curves: Porsches Were Built For Them
9 Porsches, 20 Passes, 4 days, 2000 kilometers over and through the Italian and Swiss Alps. That's the trip a group of enthusiasts in a Porsche GT4, 964 Cup, Porsche 1970 ST, 911 Turbo, 1968 911 and more took while doing the principal photography for the book "Porsche Drive" and filming this short video for Curves Magazine. The video itself takes a …
Continue to the full articleMaking sense of the numbers; the Porsche 917 film cars.
All told Porsche produced 59 917s*. Over the course of the model's run it came in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. With turbochargers, without turbochargers, short tail, long tail, with and without a roof. The 917's history is so varied, it even raced a decade after its heyday under the Kremer banner. With such a wide array of 917s built and …
Continue to the full articleWhat’s Your Favorite Porsche Car Chase Scene?
A long time ago we took a poll asking what was the best car movie ever made that involved a Porsche? That got me to thinking about car chases involving Porsches so I started surfing around on YouTube this weekend and found the video you see below. It's a clip from Against All Odds featuring Jeff Bridges (in the 911) and James Wood (in the 308) as …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 917K- CFD designs can’t compare…
... Aesthetically, at least. 1970 was the 917's first truly successful year of racing, thanks to the efforts of John Wyer's Gulf team to improve the car's aerodynamics. After noting an absence of dead gnats on the car's rear bodywork during testing, Wyer's chief engineer cobbled together new rear bodywork in the pits from scrap aluminum. The new …
Continue to the full articleCheck Out This Porsche-Themed Kid’s Book!
When I was a youngster, my parents spent a lot of time reading to me, and later reading with me. I was inspired to continue my love affair with the written word, and have read hundreds of books because of it. My imagination was expanded drastically, I was imbued with a desire to learn, and I enjoyed spending time with my folks. These were …
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