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Peking to Paris in a Porsche
WEVO engineering smartypants Hayden Burvill, and his Porsche-road-trips-for-the-soul cohort Steven Harris, have been given the thumbs up to take part in the 2010 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge.
Carrying the same DNA that spawned the Paris-Dakar, Peking to Paris is perhaps the ultimate test of ingenuity and endurance, communicated through the medium of classic cars. A [...]
Jagermeister 934 Build continues
I spent a day with my buddy Dominic Delaney of Worcester Independent Porsche/Specialist Vehicle Preparation last weekend. We were at Cadwell Park, testing the Boxster Dom’s just built for Dave Hughes to race in the BRSCC Porsche championship.
The night before the test, we stayed over at a B&B near the track, where I caught up [...]
Check your Carrera Points
Here’s a important maintenance bulletin for Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera owners.
Later Carrera models have jacking points fitted front and rear, to help get the car off the ground at tyre depots and on two-post garage lifts. Those jacking points were useful in the early life of the cars but nowadays are a rust trap. A [...]
My Early 911 Project
I’ve had a longhood for a while now and have been to and fro on selling it or keeping it. My business plans for the next two years leave almost no project time, so I’m getting close to selling and letting someone else have the fun of building it up.
A friend of mine is [...]
Porsche 911 Buyers: Wake Up!
I’m seeing quite a few Porsche cars around at the minute that, in my opinion, were hastily bought. When it comes to pre-’89 911s, this is not a good idea.
The usual Buyers’ Guides point out where to look. The spots are always the same but, since many guides have not been updated for a few [...]