Interactive Porsche Racing Driver Events: Feb 2011

August 22, 2010

James Redman recently whizzed me a mail about the Gathering of Legends Racers Symposium being organised by Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty Six, the team behind Rennsport Reunion. The idea is to gather a bunch of old racing drivers and race fans for five days in the sun with golf, surfing, sunbathing and whatever else you [...]

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Retro-Pimp my Orange

August 22, 2010

Life is pretty good at the minute. Freelance has got off to a great start; my little magazine and internet content company – Mighty Proton Media – is doing a good job for its clients, and earning this blogger a bit more than I was making as a salaried employee. It’s also giving me a [...]

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Porsche 904 across America

August 20, 2010

The trans-America drive is something all petrolheads dream of. Landing on a sunny coast, ocean breeze in the hair, you sit into a cool car and then blast off: hauling ass across the USA in a flurry of sights and adventures. My good buddy Arjen has now done that twice! Count me extremely jealous. Arjen’s [...]

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Porsche 918 Spyder: Driving Video

August 19, 2010

Back in the ’70s, Porsche promo was the number one. Think back to ad campaigns for the 911, and motorsport images of the 917, 935 and 962, and you’ll know exactly what I mean. I hold the opinion that, somewhere in the early 1990s, Porsche marketing and publicity lost its edge. To some extent, I [...]

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Massive Porsche Parts Clear Out

August 18, 2010

There’s a huge Porsche parts sell-off advertised on The Samba right now. A seller in Wyoming has put 60 cars in various conditions, plus lots of parts in who-knows-what condition: could be some great stuff in there for the truly committed! Here’s the ad text: 60+ cars now a couple of truckloads full of parts [...]

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The German Gold Standard

August 16, 2010

I had a ton of eBay listed last week. Most of it sold, which was the intention, and it all appears to have gone to to good homes. A few people have asked after my H1s. They went to Historika, the British Porsche specialists. The lights were picked up in person, and it was good [...]

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