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Singer Vehicle Design: 911 & Porsche World magazine, November 2009
Jamie and I shot this piece while in California in September and October of 2009. The day was fraught, with huge traffic on the way to our rendezvous on Mulholland Drive, then the car had a few running problems and stopped on the bottom of a bumpy and incredibly busy Friday afternoon rush hour Mulholland [...]
Classic 911 trackday at Spa: June 2010
2009 was a fairly quiet year in terms of UK and European miles covered in my own cars, so I am delighted to be announcing the first of many classic 911 events in 2010.
I’ve teamed up with my new friends at RSR Nurburg to put a 20-car early (preferably pre-’89) 911 posse together for their [...]
Retro 914 is Front Page News
When I first saw Bob Marx’ 914 in some pics of a gathering at Danville, CA and then again in snaps from a meet at EASY Porsche in Emeryville, San Francisco, I knew it was something different: it just had that air about it. I spoke to my buddy John Gray, who I knew would [...]
Express 911 Tracking
As you know, my number three 911 is currently on its way to the UK with Hapag Lloyd. The first leg of its voyage is aboard the Valencia Express, which is taking it from LA to Caucedo in the Dominican Republic. After unloading the Varmint and who knows what else, Valencia Express will then head [...]
Varmint: a Californian Success Story
Our recent features trip to the US was the out-and-out scene on many levels, but one huge plus was the success of my first US-bought 911: the Varmint SC.
Varmint is an 1980 911 SC Coupe that I spotted on Craigslist in Berkeley, California. The same guy had owned it 20 years, commuted in it for [...]