Classic Porsche Blog

Zuffenhaus Porsche: Alive and Well in Charlotte, NC

May 15, 2012

I spent a large part of today in touch with friends in the US. Some positive feedback on the new Ferdinand artwork, and interesting discussions with potential Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 buyers stateside*. Anyway, while chatting over a few features coming up in Ferdinand Magazine, and a potential features trip to the US East Coast [...]

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Manthey Porsche picks R not RSR for Nürburg 24

May 15, 2012

This weekend is the 2012 Nürburgring 24-Hour race. I’m there with Falken Tyres Europe and in the garage with Porsche works driver Wolf Henzler, Peter Dumbreck, Martin Ragginger and Sebastian Asch. As 170 cars take to the most famous racetrack in the world for the 2012 24-Hour, I’ll be attempting some live Porsche reportage through [...]

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Classic Porsche Blog RSS Feed Address Update

May 15, 2012

Here’s a quick post to let you know of changes to the Classic Porsche Blog RSS feed address. The new address is here: Classic Porsche Blog RSS feed. What’s an RSS feed? RSS is well explained here: it’s an aggregated feed of the latest posts from the blog. By picking up the RSS feed, you [...]

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Porsche Phalanx for Mille Miglia

May 11, 2012

Porsche is sending shades of 1953′s “downright phalanx” to this year’s Mille Miglia. Mille Miglia – literally a thousand miles – is for cars approved by the FIA or FIVA that would have raced in period, so up to 1957, when the 24th and final Mille was run. From the press release, it sounds like [...]

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EB Motorsport joins Mighty Motor Media

May 8, 2012

I’m excited by the latest arrival to the fans of Ferdinand Magazine and the Mighty Motor Media digital Porsche promotions stable: Yorkshire-based EB Motorsport. Parent company EB Engineering is a rare beast nowadays: a family firm with a fifty-year history of UK manufacturing and no plans to send production overseas. EB makes high quality composite [...]

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Porsche 924 Turbo tested: latest eBay purchase update

May 6, 2012

British law says that cars over three years old must have an annual safety inspection, known here as the MoT (Ministry of Transport). Today, Racing Restorations UK took my new Porsche 924 Turbo for its test. It’s the first step in registering the Italian-plated hatchback here in England.   The test checks what you’d expect: [...]

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