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Taking Classic Porsche from Road to Race

July 25, 2010

It’s a real buzz to see Porsches in a car park at a classic event one year, and on the grid the next. On my first visit to Classic Le Mans, 356 devotees Andy Prill and Richard Clark had just pulled off their own South American coup by tracking down and buying one of the [...]

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Husborne Crawley Porsche Autojumble 2010

March 27, 2010

The date has been announced for this year’s Husborne Crawley Porsche Autojumble.  It’s happening on Saturday May 22nd, at the White Horse pub in Husborne Crawley, Beds – just off junction 13 of the M1. My ImpactBumpers.com Porsche buddies and I like Husborne Crawley – a lot. It’s one event where there are no clubs [...]

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Peking to Paris in a Porsche

March 17, 2010

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. [...]

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Porsche Design: Timeless?

December 11, 2009

I dropped in to Tuthills today, to get some advice on a tiny knocking sound from the steering on my SC. There’s no play and it was not an MOT fail, but I thought a second opinion from number one mechanic Chris Dale would be good. While I was there, I noticed this very nice [...]

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A New Sensation

September 2, 2009

Fantasy Junction in Emeryville, CA have the Jeff Dutton 356A ‘Silver Bullett’ up for sale at the minute. The car is a fascinating mix of many Porsche ingredients. Built from a modified 1955 356 Continental body on a 914/6 chassis, it runs a 280 bhp 3.0 motor on carbs with the 915 box. Big brakes from [...]

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