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Classic Porsche Blog

Close Encounters of the Alpine Kind

July 18, 2010

Just sorting through the pics of the recent R Gruppe Bergmeister Tour for a Porsche World magazine feature. Here’s one that brings back happy memories: the time the front runners came around a corner at a rate of knots, to find one collapsed mountain and a road full of Volvo earthmovers shifting the debris. Everywhere [...]

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Classic Le Mans: Porsche Parking Hero

July 17, 2010

Classic Le Mans was HOT. Too hot! As we were so busy with shooting a Total 911 piece and sorting bits for Jamie’s uber-cool Renault 8S, I didn’t get much time to wander around the car park either. Thankfully, I can count on some stalwart Porsche pals to help me out with keeping an eye [...]

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Autojumble and Porsche World Picnic in September

July 15, 2010

Just had this through from 911 & Porsche World magazine.  Sounds like it might be good. NEXT GRAND NATIONAL AUTOJUMBLE Following the success of this year’s long-running Porsche Autojumble at The White Horse pub, Husborne Crawley, the organiser, Gerry Gibbins in conjunction with 911 & Porsche World has returned the event to its twice-yearly status. [...]

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Porsche 908 warm up at Classic Le Mans

July 14, 2010

I’ve been back from France for a couple of days but, thanks to some serious deadlines and a couple of big (ultimately successful) meetings, I’ve not yet had time to sort through the pictures and video shot with my cameras. However, here’s an iPhone vid I think some of you will like. I shot it [...]

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Le Mans Classic: All the Fun of the Fair

July 11, 2010

As I write, the 2010 Le Mans Classic is in full swing. The weather here is incredibly hot: Porsche restaurant tent temperatures hit a reported 45 degrees yesterday and Arnage lunch was taken in similar heat. Not all that comfortable, unless you went to McDonalds for the air conditioning and free wifi, like myself and [...]

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The Grand Porsche Tour Continues

July 7, 2010

Today was the last day in Monaco for the 2010 RGruppe Bergmeister Tour. With no group plan for the day, I was up at 7.30 and out in the Orange 911 Carrera 3.0, to repeat yesterday’s drive up the Col De Turini, and the amazing road from Turini to Sospel. Col de Turini is the [...]

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