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APAL-Porsche 1600 GT Coupe

Ben Branch December 16, 2015
  • Cars
  • Porsche
  • Rare

APAL was originally a Belgian company that built lightweight sports cars based on VW Beetle floorpans. During the early 1960s they experimented with a…

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Porsche Type 917 Engine – Working 1:4 Scale Model

Ben Branch December 7, 2015
  • Engineering
  • Gadgets
  • Porsche

It’s difficult to fathom the level of engineering ability that it would require to build yourself a fully-functioning twin-turbo Porsche Type 917 engine with…

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1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring

Ben Branch December 3, 2015
  • Cars
  • Porsche
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Porsche 911 Carrera RS is considered by many in the motoring fraternity to be the pinnacle of the 911. Porsche have built many…

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Porsche 356 by Claudia Liebenberg

Ben Branch November 24, 2015
  • Art
  • Cars
  • Porsche

Claudia Liebenberg is a talented South African painter whose work we’ve featured before, she specialises in the use of watercolours because it means she…

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Steve McQueen’s Porsche 911T

Ben Branch October 26, 2015
  • Cars
  • German
  • Le Mans
  • Porsche
  • Vintage

The Porsche 911T made its debut in 1967 as a direct replacement for the 912 as an entry level version of the now legendary…

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Porsche 911S Barn Find

Ben Branch September 17, 2015
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche
  • Project Vehicles
  • Vintage

In 1967 the Porsche 911S was released to the general public, it received an exceptionally warm welcome from both automotive journalists and those who…

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Urban Outlaw – Full Film

Ben Branch September 13, 2015
  • Cars
  • Films
  • Porsche

Urban Outlaw is a documentary that’s quickly become a bit of a modern car culture touchstone. It’s a half hour long film that offers…

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Porsche 356A Carrera 1500 GS

Ben Branch September 3, 2015
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche
  • Vintage

Amongst the early road-going Porsches one of the most desirable models is the updated “A” specification 356 fitted with the highly successful Type 547/1…

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An All-Original Porsche 912

Ben Branch July 29, 2015
  • German
  • Porsche
  • Vintage

The Porsche 912 was developed and produced as almost an afterthought by the Stuttgart-based automobile manufacturer, the out-going Porsche 356 had been priced about…

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The Porsche 911 RSR In The Lobby

Ben Branch July 11, 2015
  • Cars
  • Porsche
  • Racing

In 2013 at the Grand Prix of Baltimore the 911 RSR belonging to Team Falken Tire was wrecked beyond repair coming off the start…

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Porsche 959 Komfort

Ben Branch July 9, 2015
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Porsche

The Porsche 959 is famous for many things, but in the United States it’s probably most famous for the fact that it was illegal…

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Porsche 944 Turbo

Ben Branch June 25, 2015
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche
  • Retro

The Porsche 944 Turbo was the pinnacle of 944 development, which itself had started with an ill-fated agreement between Porsche, VW and Audi to…

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