Ever since the 2013 Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance, the crew at Jay Leno's Garage has been publishing a series of interviews and videos showcasing many of the cars and people that make Amelia Island so special. The first Porsche related video we saw documented attendee Yoav Gilad and the 2700 mile road trip he undertook in a just purchased 1977 …
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Would You Buy A Cheap Porsche and Then Immediately Take it on a 2700 Mile Road Trip?
That's what Yoav Gilad did after purposefully purchasing the least expensive, but road worthy classic Porche he could find. His idea was to buy a Porsche specifically to travel from California to Amelia Island, Florida for the Concours and 50 Years of the Porsche 911 Celebration. When asked about his intentions for the trip Yoav said, "Basically, …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsches of Amelia Island Through the Lens of a 14 Year Old
Meet T.J. Kessler. He's the one responsible for the photos in this post. T.J.'s name may not be familiar to you, yet. However, my guess is, that over time, you'll be hearing a lot more from him. T.J.'s interest in photography started before he was 11 years old and long before he owned a decent camera. Hanging out with his mother and …
Continue to the full articleWhy Didn’t This Porsche 908/3 Sell at Amelia Island?
The sale of the Drendel Family Porsche collection last year at the Gooding Auction during the Amelia Island Concours set more records than we could count. So with that experience still fresh in our minds, and knowing that a 1973 Carrera RS had just sold for $550,000 at the Gooding Auction, we were hoping to see some serious action on Chassis #04 of …
Continue to the full articleWhy You’re Going to Wish You Attended the Porsche 911 Seminar at Amelia Island This Year
At every Concours we've attended the cars are always the stars. Yesterday, however, Porsche put on a seminar at the Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance that, in our opinion, deserves the best of show award. Billed as the "Porsche's Flagship at 50" this Porsche 911 seminar brought together a star filled panel of racing legends unmatched in …
Continue to the full articleAmelia Island Concours D’Elegance 2012
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance should be on the bucket list for any Porsche fan. 2012 was an exceptionally good year as it featured the "Cars of Vic Elford" which of course were mostly Porsches. The event kicked off with Vic driving a Seinfeld owned Porsche 908/3 onto the field and officially opening the two day event. More than …
Continue to the full article11 World Records Set at Gooding Auctions. All of Them Porsches
As the Gooding and Company auction gets underway Friday morning it appeares as if the heat and humidity is sucking the life, and the will to spend money, out of the bidders. The first lot for sale, a 1912 Ford Model T Speedster, sells for just $22,000 (before the 10% buyers premium); barely 50% of its predicted low-end estimate of $40,000. Things …
Continue to the full articleLive Results and Pictures from the Drendel Family Porsche Collection Auction and Amelia Island Concours
FlatSixes.com spent the afternoon previewing the Drendel Family Collection in the Gooding auction tents on the Omni Plantation property (just up the road from the main event at the Ritz Carlton). Below is a short gallery of some unedited pictures from today's preview. There was a fairly good turnout for the preview so we're expecting a lot of …
Continue to the full article“Bad Boys” Porsche, a 1997 GT1 and 16 Other Rare Porsche Turbos For Sale
In November of 2010 the Porsche community tragically lost a friend and patron with the untimely passing of Matt Drendel. At only 35 years of age Matt was known throughout the Porsche world as a man with a generous spirit and the curator of an incredible collection of rare and exciting road and racing Porsches. Drendel Family Porsche …
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