By this point it should be pretty well accepted that everyone reading this website knows who Rod Emory is. The guy is a legend in the vintage Porsche community, and has built some truly amazing machinery over the years. The "outlaw" movement owes pretty much everything to Rod and his father, and it's probably time to pay it back with a charity …
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You really need this old Porsche-liveried bus to haul your vintage racers
This vintage 1963 Gillig Model 590 bus would be a piece of history on its own, but built as a modern tribute to the original Brumos hauler "Buster" it is an incredibly cool piece of Porsche ephemera that the biggest and best collections will never be complete without. The bus was purchased by the seller back in 2016, and treated to a full …
Continue to the full articlePorsche is building its own Bring A Trailer competitor
You've probably seen the headlines by now, "Bring A Trailer Sold $829 Million In Cars In 2021" or "Hearst Autos Acquires Bring A Trailer" and the implication is quite clear; the collector car market is hot right now. It's so hot, in fact, that even a major international sports car company like Porsche wants in. That's why Porsche Digital kicked off …
Continue to the full articleWhy have Carrera GT values exploded lately?
Arguably Porsche's most exciting supercar, the V10-powered manual-transmission-only Carrera GT was a celebration of Porsche's engineering prowess in the pre-recession boom. It took the fight directly to Mercedes-McLaren's vaunted SLR and Ferrari's eponymous Enzo. It stood then as a testament to the power of carbon monocoque technology and …
Continue to the full articleHere’s Your Chance To Buy James Dean’s Cursed 550 Spyder Transmission [Updated]
(Editor's Note: The transaxle from James Dean's 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder sold for $382,000 by the time the auction ended. The auction is now closed.) Famed Hollywood star and amateur racer James Dean once had a 550 Spyder. That car no longer exists, but some of the parts for it have been documented and preserved since then. One of the only pieces …
Continue to the full articleHere’s Your Chance To Buy A Rare Fuhrmann Four-Cam Engine On Bring A Trailer
Is there a more iconic and legendary Porsche motorsport engine than the famed Fuhrmann four-cam? It's such a recognizable shape with a unique sound and a tremendous amount of power for an aircooled engine developed in the 1950s. These engines trade hands in the low six figures, and are generally only installed in cars that cost seven figures. It's …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Is Building A New GT Model, And Now You Can Bid On The Chance To Buy One
As has been customary since at least the 991 generation came out, Porsche will really only sell its most desirable products to customers who have purchased its most expensive products in the past. You simply could not buy a 911R if you hadn't already paid up for a 918 Spyder, for example. It's the Ferrari method of proving your worth to the company …
Continue to the full articleLord Help Me, I Cannot Explain Why This Modified 1982 Porsche 911 SC Sold For $133,000
Last Friday a Porsche sold on the auction site Bring A Trailer for a whole lot of money. This, in and of itself, is nothing new. That sort of thing happens all the time. What made this one different, however, was the fact that the car in question was a "tribute" or "replica" selling for similar money as the real deal might command. It's not the …
Continue to the full articleBuy Some Great Porsche Art To Support Benton Performance
If you think back to early November, we reported that legendary California Porsche shop Benton Performance suffered a massive shop fire that cost nearly their entire store of spare parts. Wheels, engines, entire chassis went up in smoke. But John Benton is never one to sit around and mope. Once the fire had been put out he and his …
Continue to the full articleOur Favorite Porsches For Sale This Week: Volume 132
We've been compiling some amazing Porsche models on the internet for over five years now, and we've seen some pretty astonishing examples pop up now and again. This week we're looking at Porsche models without any real theme or driving force, we just like them. There's a little something for everyone. Hopefully you've enjoyed our "curated" look at …
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