What started as an idea quickly turned to reality when artist Nic Hunziker located a donor GT3 for his "Art Car" project. Over the last 9 days Nic, along with co-pilot and FLATSIXES.com contributor Brett Sloan, drove the newly acquired 996 GT3 from Nova Scotia back to L.A. Along the way they covered: 9 Days 4856.6 Miles 2 Countries 19 US …
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HUNZIKER ART CAR: NOVA SCOTIA TO CALIFORNIA IN A GT3 DAYS 7 & 8
Last month we introduced you to Nic Hunziker's new "Art Car" project where he'll be bartering art in order to build what he calls "the missing link between the 996.1 GT3 and the 996.2 GT3 RS" a 1999 GT3R Strassenversion. If you're not yet familiar with the project you can check out our original post or head over to the project's website for even …
Continue to the full articleHunziker Art Car: Nova Scotia to California in a GT3 Days 5 & 6
Last month we introduced you to Nic Hunziker's new "Art Car" project where he'll be bartering art in order to build what he calls "the missing link between the 996.1 GT3 and the 996.2 GT3 RS" a 1999 GT3R Strassenversion. If you're not yet familiar with the project you can check out our original post or head over to the project's website for even …
Continue to the full articleThe Hunziker Art Car Project: Bartering Art for a Porsche
With artists ranging from Andy Warhol to Sandro Chia and Jeff Koons having painted or designed cars for BMW, it's likely they are the most famous car marque known for art cars. However, Porsche is no stranger to them either. Officially, Porsche put a toe in the water of art cars with their exhibition of 24 painted GT2 bonnets at their Museum in …
Continue to the full articleHunziker Casual Driving Shoe Review and Discount Code
By this point, you’ve likely heard all about the new line of sport driving shoes available from Hunziker Design. In the interest of full disclosure, we were given a pair of these shoes by Hunziker to test out and report back to you the findings. I’m particularly hard on shoes, so expect a proper discussion of the daily-usability of these shoes, as …
Continue to the full articleHunziker Design’s Racing Inspired Shoes Are Back!
Back in 2010, FLATSIXES.com sponsor, Nicolas Hunziker developed a line of driving shoes with an artistic flare. That first run sold out almost immediately, and they have been gone from the market since. Their popularity and sudden scarcity left people who didn't get in on the original availability, like myself, waiting. A few weeks ago, however, …
Continue to the full articleThe 20 Best Porsches We Saw In Monterey
We literally saw thousands of Porsches this weekend in Monterey. It was a case of overload, for sure. Everywhere you looked, there was something rare and amazing. It's hard not to get distracted by all of the myriad goings on and happenings. We managed to narrow our Porsche picks down to just twenty, so here they are, our favorite Porsches that we …
Continue to the full articleRain Can’t Dampen Our Spirits At The LA Porsche Swap Meet Weekend
This last weekend, we spent our time with thousands of other Porsche enthusiasts down in Los Angeles, and that is never something to complain about, even when the weather doesn't quite cooperate. It was a three-day whirlwind of amazing cars, parts, toys, and literature on display and on sale for all to see, and a couple of days later we're still …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Carving Canyons In Longhoods With Nicolas Hunziker and Chad McQueen
There are very few experiences in the world that are more fun than a romp through the canyons with a good friend in vintage 911s. A pair of R Gruppe cars driven by a pair of reasonably capable drivers, one bright orange 2.2 liter 250-ish horsepower ST clone driven by none other than Chad McQueen, and one little "white mouse", the personal "Sports …
Continue to the full articleVisiting Patrick Long’s Luftgekühlt With Magnus Walker, Patrick Dempsey And Chad McQueen
What the heck is Luftgekühlt? For starters, that's the German word for "Air Cooled" (pronounced louft-guh-kewlt). In addition it's also the name of the Porsche world's coolest (pun intended) car shows. Last weekend Porsche factory racer (and one of the most dedicated Porsche enthusiasts, might I add) Patrick Long decided to host a gathering of the …
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