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Ready, Steady, Go on the Classic Porsche Euro Tour

July 2, 2010

Crazy day today, moving cars around and dragging my Carrera 3.0 out of storage, to give it a quick service before tomorrow’s departure on the RGruppe Bergmeister Tour, followed by Classic Le Mans. Today was the first time I had done valve clearances on a 911. I was using a standard feeler gauge and I [...]

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Porsche RGruppe Euro Tour: Get ready to rumble!

June 30, 2010

Things are absolutely flat out here, as I try to get two US features and a pair of magazine columns done, before readying my Orange 911 Carrera 3.0 for the 2010 RGruppe Bergmeister Tour, and our subsequent trip to Classic Le Mans; back to our beautiful gîte in Dissay-sous-Courcillon. The Dutch posse leaves Amsterdam at [...]

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Spa says ‘non’ to a Porsche 908

June 28, 2010

I’m following an interesting story on Twitter at the minute. Much-loved journo and classic Porsche enthusiast/owner Richard Meaden (@dickiemeaden) has taken a 911 GT3 down to Spa for the Goldtrack track days, to hook up with a beautiful white 908. Conditions are perfect for fast laps in the classic Porsche race car, but the old [...]

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Classic Porsche Spa Track Day – few spaces left!

May 19, 2010

My upcoming track day at Spa on June 7th still has a few spaces available. The event is in association with RSR Nurburg: we currently have 33 early 911s set to come on track, in a field of 55 cars. We are aiming to run 65 cars, which compares very favourably to the normal 90-100 [...]

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Essen Porsche Pictures: Part 1

April 26, 2010

Juggling the day job and preparations for the US trip has left little time for blogging in the last week or two. Here’s part 1 of my Essen pics – I took quite a bundle. Hopefully you’ll find them interesting. First up is the 917K, brought from Stuttgart for the show. I must have taken [...]

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Driving to Essen Techno Classica

April 13, 2010

Since our first visit to the Essen Techno Classica back in 2006, I have always wanted to drive my own car over. The sight of all those great old classics on show and for sale made me miss my 911s, and Dusseldorf city centre seemed an ideal place for a cruise around amidst ancient German [...]

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