The Smoking Tire's Matt Farah has been doing a series of 'one take' videos on YouTube that are quite interesting. He solicited his fans in the LA area to bring their modified performance cars to the Angeles Crest area north of the city where he proceeded to shoot series of fast and loose videos featuring as many of them as he could. Each video is a …
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2014 RM Monaco Auction Porsche Results
This year's RM Auctions Monaco event was nothing short of exceptional. There were a quintet of excellent Porsche lots, and Monaco is known as a place where the cash flows from hand to hand quite freely. All five Porsches brought a great hammer price, and none of them went unsold. Each Porsche sold to a new owner for their pre-auction estimate or …
Continue to the full articleVideo: A Snowy Ride In Jeff Zwart’s 356 Pre-A Coupe
Automotive film artist Will Roegge and full-blown Porsche headcase Jeff Zwart have teamed up to provide the world with one of the most gorgeous short films of all time. This little four minute video showcases Jeff's simplistic white 1953 'bent window' 356 Coupe against a backdrop of freshly fallen snow. When one thinks of winter driving, Porsche …
Continue to the full articleA Pair Of Four-Cam 356 And A Familiar 959 Headline Porsche Offerings At RM Auctions Monaco Event
RM Auctions' consignment team has done another 'bang-up' job from a Porsche perspective. Five of the most exciting Porsche lots in recent memory will be crossing the block in Monaco next month. Porsche Lots Available At RM's Monaco Auction Lot 165 - 1956 Porsche 356A Carrera 1500 GS Speedster - 780,000 and 900,000 euro Lot 174 - 1957 …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Jeff Zwart And His Gmünd – The Beginning
The Gmünd coupes are really the beginning for Porsche. Before they moved to Stuttgart, they were assembling these little sports coupes in an Austrian sawmill. Jeff Zwart is probably one of the most enthusiastic of Porschephiles, and he certainly recognized the history that is the Gmünd. In the video, he brings up an interesting point. The …
Continue to the full articleKnow Your Roots: A 50th Anniversary 911 Meets Its Predecessors
A Photo Opportunity Presents Itself Recently, Sloan Cars took delivery of a gorgeous 991 50th Anniversary Edition and as it was sitting next to an early Short Wheelbase model, they decided to gather the cars for an impromptu photo shoot. Soon after, they also realized that there was a 25th Anniversary Edition model from 1988 in their stable as …
Continue to the full articleDid You Know Frank Lloyd Wright Designed One of Porsche’s First Showrooms in the US?
UPDATE: 3-10-2013 We received this photo earlier in the week from one of our readers. Unfortunately, the showroom in this story was sold and gutted. It's being turned into a bank. What a waste. As Porsche enthusiasts, the majority of us likely know the story of Max Hoffman. Often heralded as the originator of imported European sports cars …
Continue to the full articleBertone’s Gorgeous 1966 911 Roadster
Students of marketing understand that a truly successful product is one which fills a gap in the marketplace. Something which answers a question asked by thousands. When 356 production ended and was replaced in the market by the 911/912 pair, nearly everyone wanted to know when Porsche would again produce an open air version of their new sports …
Continue to the full articleThe Mystery of Porsche Chassis 1021
Deep within the recesses of Porsche’s Kardex system lies a card that holds the long kept secrets of an interesting vehicle. What I like to call the “356A and a half speedster” is a Porsche that, perhaps, should never have been built. Given the confusing chassis number of 1021, this mystery 356 is of great interest to the “academics” among the …
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