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Porsche 911 Racer – With A 3.2 Liter Stroker by Torque Power Racing

Ben Branch August 21, 2018
Custom Porsche 911 Race Car Wheels
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I’ve always thought of the Porsche 911 as the automotive equivalent of Keith Richards. Both rose to prominence in the early 1960s, both have…

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You Can Now Buy The Fastest Porsche 962 Ever Built

Ben Branch August 6, 2018
Porsche 962
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This is thought to be the fastest Porsche 962 ever built – chassis 962-108. Legendary racing driver Derek Bell drove the car to victory…

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The German Giant Killer – An Original Porsche 550A Spyder

Ben Branch July 31, 2018
Porsche 550 A Spyder
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The Porsche 550A Spyder has a well-earned reputation for being a giant killer – it took on and handily defeated far more powerful cars…

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The Only One Ever Made – This Is The Dean Jeffries Porsche 356

Ben Branch July 26, 2018
Dean Jeffries Porsche 356 1
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A couple of years later in 1957, Dean Jeffries set about customizing a Porsche 356A Carrera GS he’d bought secondhand, he wanted to showcase his abilities as a body-man as well as a painter, and he knew the best way to do this was to create a show car.

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The Porsche 953 INK Print – 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally Winner

Ben Branch June 20, 2018
Porsche 911 Rally
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The Porsche 953 The Porsche 953, sometimes referred to as the Porsche 911 Rally or the Porsche 911 4×4, is one of the most…

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1972 Porsche 914/6 – Race-Prepared to FIA Standards

Ben Branch May 7, 2018
Porsche 914/6 Interior
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The Porsche 914/6 is the flat-6 version of the popular 914 model – a car developed by Porsche to slot into its line-up below…

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1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight – Factory Built For Finnish Racing Driver Leo Kinnunen

Ben Branch April 18, 2018
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  • Porsche
  • Rare

All surviving examples of the Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 are special, but this one is more special than most. It was built to…

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5-Time Daytona 24-Hour and Sebring 12-Hour Competitor – 1981 Porsche 924 GTR

Ben Branch April 14, 2018
Porsche 924 GTR
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The Porsche 924 GTR was the mightiest iteration of the 924 – Porsche’s first road-going car to have a front-mounted, water-cooled engine – a…

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A 1964 Porsche 356 Outlaw with a 236 HP 2.8 Liter Flat-6

Ben Branch March 7, 2018
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  • Porsche

This 1964 Porsche 356 Outlaw has suspension and a tubular steel chassis developed and built by Porsche racing legend and former Brumos Racing Crew Chief Mike…

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Documentary: Tuthill Porsche on the East African Safari Classic Rally

Ben Branch February 11, 2018
Rally Porsche 911
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This documentary covers the entry of Tuthill Porsche in the East African Safari Classic Rally. The team was fielding a series of comprehensively rally-prepped Porsche 911s,…

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Paris-Dakar Rally Porsche 959 Plain Body Prints

Ben Branch January 19, 2018
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  • German
  • Porsche

The Porsche 959 The Porsche 959 was the first of the modern supercars. It was originally conceived for the borderline insane world of Group…

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Barn Find: 1965 Porsche 912

Ben Branch January 18, 2018
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche

As with most barn finds, this 1965 Porsche 912 has a special story. It was bought new in the Netherlands on Christmas Eve in 1965…

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