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Steve McQueen: Porsche Driver

March 24, 2010

One of the great delights of running a classic 911 is being part of the fellowship of owners and drivers who have gone before. Perhaps the most revered is Steve McQueen. I say ‘is’ as, though the man is no longer with us, his sun-bronzed spirit of cool lives on in every turn of a [...]

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My Early 911 Project

March 13, 2010

I’ve had a longhood for a while now and have been to and fro on selling it or keeping it. My business plans for the next two years leave almost no project time, so I’m getting close to selling and letting someone else have the fun of building it up. A friend of mine is [...]

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Porsche 914 Endurance Racing

March 4, 2010

It’s time once again for the endurance racing series that has taken America by storm. No, not ALMS. I’m talking of course about the 24 Hours of LeMons. Lemon racing has been popular for a while in the UK (£500 bangers to Morocco etc) but in the ‘States they do it right. No charging ex-eBay [...]

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Boxster Racing is Coming

January 20, 2010

Dominic Delaney at Specialist Vehicle Preparations, the Porsche independent and race car fabrication workshop in Droitwich, just sent me some pictures of his first Boxster race car build. The car has come together quickly and without drama, and is said to be lots quicker than a standard car. Looks pretty good to me. Dom reckons [...]

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Derek Bell, Porsche Hero: 911 & Porsche World teaser

January 7, 2010

This month’s 911 and Porsche World magazine features another Glynn/Lipman UK classic: a piece on Derek Bell and his 928 Club Sport. Thanks to Derek’s hectic so-called retirement, the job took me a few months to set up, but it was well worth the wait: the experience was 100% fantastic from start to finish. At [...]

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Porsche: Roots in Racing

January 6, 2010

Tuthill Porsche have just uploaded a link to some full-fat Youtube goodness. It’s a montage uploaded by Porsche, under the title: “Racing, not posing.” If this video is any kind of signpost about the new Porsche under Doctor Piëch, I have to say I like it. There’s some great archive footage in here including the [...]

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