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Porsche 911/997 Turbo Cab with PDK: in Lego

January 21, 2012

Flicking through Youtube the other night, I tripped over this wickedness. It’s a 997 Turbo Cab with working PDK transmission, all remote control and all made from Lego. Some stats: 3,500 parts: all standard Lego All-wheel drive Working 7-speed PDK dual clutch gearbox Disc brakes all ’round Working lights Folding roof & folding spoiler Progressive [...]

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Classic Porsche Podcast: Who do you want to hear?

January 7, 2012

So I finally won a Samson microphone on eBay. This is the tool that good buddy, Tim Brown (now of the Apple Car Company) and I used to create some really great podcasts when we both worked for Glass’s Guide, so I will start doing the same here. The pics here are of Tim’s latest [...]

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London to Cape Town: Porsches Claim More Scalps

January 7, 2012

Pics by Gerard Brown Day 6 of the London CapeTown was always going to be tough. Here’s Hayden’s first text of the day: Brilliant morning. “Digger” the goat 912 clambered through the mud of the first World Cup section of the morning. Lots of cars were stuck and collected a lot of time penalties. In [...]

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London to Cape Town Rally 2012: End of Day 5

January 5, 2012

Pics by Gerard Brown Day 4 of the 2012 London to Cape Town World Cup Rally took the competitors from Florence to Ancona for the ferry to Greece: 300 kilometres, including stages. Day 5 brings the rally from the port of Igoumenitsa to Kamena Vourla in central Greece: a total day’s drive of just under [...]

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Porsche Origin: 935 Moby Dick video

December 29, 2011

Porsche Origin shared a link to nice little video today. It’s a discussion between Klaus Bischof and Jim Richards at the Two Days of Thunder race meeting, held at Queensland Raceway on June 25th and 26th, 2011. The boys are talking about 935/78 “Moby Dick”: the longtail 935 that won the 1978 Silverstone 6 Hours [...]

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Steve McQueen Le Mans Race Suit sells for $1M

December 29, 2011

MSN Cars UK reports that “a set of overalls worn by Steve McQueen during the filming of the 1971 film Le Mans has just sold at auction for $984,000. The staggering sum is more than three times the original reserve price set for the Nomex overalls, and equates to £628,000 in British money. Embroidered with [...]

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