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Peking to Paris in a Porsche
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. A [...]
Martini Porsche: Perfection in Paint
UK enthusiast Mike Moore’s flawless work in recreating the 1972 2.8 RSR Targa Florio ‘Martini’ Prototype car 107 (below) continues.
Originally purchased from fellow R Grupper and good buddy Gib Bosworth out in sunny Arizona, Mike has brought this already lovely 911 to another level of tribute car excellence, with the help of Porsche expert Neil [...]
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 [...]
Old meets new – with a twist
I was talking to my remarkable friend Leonard Stolk at classic Porsche racing parts suppliers Twin Spark Racing in Amsterdam on Tuesday, just before he left to take his Winter Trial rally car out for a good blast to blow out some cobwebs, and get the 2.7 RS engine in the back of [...]
San Francisco: A Lag-free Zone
I’ve now been back from the USA for 36 hours. Our trip took us to lots of really great locations, so there are some fascinating features to write up over the next few weeks. Not everything will make it into a magazine though, so I thought I’d tell the story of the trip via a [...]