Coming up for auction early next month at the Amelia Island weekend is this 1968 Porsche 911 S Coupe. Once the FIA relegated the 911 R to Group 6 Prototype classification, Porsche decided to offer many of the parts from that project as after-sales add-ons in a 60-page Sports Purpose Handbook. This allowed customer racers to add factory racing parts …
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Hans Mezger died before his 911 restoration was finished, so his son finished it in his memory
Oliver Mezger has a long familial history with this particular Porsche 911. When he was just a boy laying in bed while his father Hans worked late, the car was a lullaby to let young Oliver know that his father had arrived home from a long day of making Porsches go faster, and he was free to fade into the depths of slumber. The family's house was …
Continue to the full articlePorsche gave this 962 a perfectly exact restoration
Porsche has always been a racing company that happens to build cars for the street. It has earned its reputation as a reliable and dynamic sports car from decades winning sports car competition. Perhaps no car is more connected to Porsche's reputation than the iconic 962, which along with its 956 cousins won hundreds of races in the 1980s and …
Continue to the full articleThe 2020 GP Ice Race Looks Like A Really Cool Time
Get it? A cool time. On ice. Last weekend at Zell am See in Austria the second of what will hopefully be an annual ice racing party, GP Ice Race, went off without a hitch. The 26-year-old Ferdinand "Ferdi" Porsche was a major driving force behind the event, hoping to create the kind of enthusiasm for this event that his ancestors have …
Continue to the full articleBob Ingram Discusses The Fire Which Destroyed The Building Housing The Ingram Collection
Following the tragic explosion at the building next door to the warehouse where much of the Ingram collection was housed in downtown Durham, NC, the community rushed into action. The locals in the area, from first responders to neighbors and friends, put in time and effort to ensure everything got back to normal as quickly as possible. No loss …
Continue to the full articleWatch This Classic 911S Inspire Your Next Great Road Trip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar1yHoaWMUs There's nothing quite like going for an early morning drive across the Southern California desert in a vintage aircooled 911. The folks at CPR Classics have the right idea here, as they bomb across the wide open expanses in a 1971 911S. If you've never had the glorious experience of desert driving like …
Continue to the full articleHere Are The Most Expensive Porsches Ever Sold
Porsche's fan favorite video series "Top 5" is back for another season, and this time they're tackling some truly interesting lists. To open the season, Porsche is focusing on the cars that made the brand famous, the ones with incredible pedigree and rarity, the ones that people spent gobs of money to buy at auction. Here is the list of the top …
Continue to the full articleReturn To Rennsport With 9:11 Magazine
It's difficult to tell a compelling story in just a few minutes, but Porsche manages to make that happen with every new issue of the video magazine 9:11. It's always limited to nine minutes and eleven seconds, making the stories hot and fast. This episode focuses in on Rennsport Reunion, and it is an incredibly awesome series of vignettes. If …
Continue to the full articleIf You Want To Know More About Porsche, Ask John Benton
The man has been a Porsche fanatic since he was 23, and has forgotten more about building fun to drive air-cooled back road burners than most of us will ever learn. He is an indelibe piece of the Southern California Porsche scene, and has had his hands in the engine compartments of many of the Porsches that live there (and all over the world) …
Continue to the full articleThis ROCS Restomod 911 Is The Antithesis Of Singer
If, as the the saying goes, the devil is in the details, then this 1977 Porsche 911S is positively satanic. Every inch of this Porsche is festooned with details you would never notice if it wasn't pointed out. In the same way that Singer re-imagines every single component of their customized 911s for ultimate perfection, New Jersey shop ROCS has …
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