The first day of the rest of your life Certain things/events/people define our lives, our beliefs and attitude. Most of these are somehow scheduled, but a few appear out of nowhere and create irreversible impact, good or bad. It was... Read More
911 Carrera 3.0 “Arschloch” I have an Australian delivered 1977 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0, which I purchased in 1985 from the car’s original owner. The car had 80.000 km on it and no major work carried out. In January of... Read More
A Porsche 911 Turbo “Barn Find” Having first driven a naturally aspirated 944 for seven years and then spending another five behind the wheel of a turbocharged version of the same water-cooled transaxle Porsche family member, it was finally time... Read More
Porsche Automuseum Pfeifhofer in Gmünd, Carinthia, Austria Porsche Near Gmünd in 1944-1949 As the Porsche construction office had to move away from Stuttgart’s bombing raids, in 1944 a new location was set up near Gmünd in Carinthia (Gmünd in Kärnten),... Read More
Porsche Museum Stuttgart Overview & Guide The new 100 million euro Porsche museum was built a 1 minute walking distance away from the old tiny museum that was located on the factory plot. The new museum project was announced in... Read More
This car belongs to the Porsche Museum. It is worth millions of dollars. And they let Chris Harris spank it at their Weissach test track. Good times.... Read More
Held in the grounds of Hedingham Castle, Classics at the Castle is a very special Porsche car show held annually. One of the highlights of the show was the Le Mans winning, Number 23, 917K as driven by Richard Attwood.... Read More
Held in the grounds of Hedingham Castle, Classics at the Castle is a very special Porsche car show held annually. This year marks 40 years of the ‘RS’ and to celebrate a wonderful collection of iconic 911 RS models were gathered... Read More
Klaus Bischof, Director of the Porsche “Rolling Museum” in Stuttgart, talks about the special cars from the Museum running at the 2011 Phillip Island Classic and the development, evolution and race history of the 718 RS60, 908/02, 935 “Moby Dick”,... Read More
Wizeman WP 928 S4 Marine Engine (1986) J. Wizemann & Co. was founded in 1923 in Stuttgart by Julius Wizemann (1882-1957). The company has produced different iron and steel components and since 1960’s Wizemann has been engaged also in engine... Read More
Movie star and racing driver Steve McQueen had an idea to make a film based on the Le Mans 24H racing. He had a personal Porsche 908 K Flunder Spyder (chassis 908-022) in which he had scored second in 1970... Read More
Both Mark Webber and Peter Dumbreck flipped their Mercedes CLR-GT1s during practice for the 1999 Le Mans 24 hour race. Eleven years later Webber has flipped again after his Red Bull gave him wings at the 2010 European GP... Read More
The works Porsche 911 GT1 was leading with a decent margin by 2pm on Sunday. Around after 1.40pm, Ralf Kelleners jumped into the Porsche after a pit stop. He would drive for an other stint, only for the Porsche to... Read More
Porsche GT1 versus McLaren F1 GTR Great battle between the Porsche GT1 and the McLaren F1 GTR at Le Mans in 1996. Listen to the great sound of the McLaren en see the nice flames at the back site of... Read More