Some 50 years ago, Porsche introduced a new vehicle to fill the bottom end of their range. To do so, they collaborated with parent VW […]
The Early Early 911
The production Porsche 911 did not appear until the mid 1960s, but as early as 1959, work was beginning on the successor to the popular […]
2 Doors to 4 – Porsche Reluctant Persistence
Today it is pretty commonplace to see a 4 door Porsche on the road, and it is not uncommon for even ardent Porschephiles to accept, […]
Petersen Porsche
The Petersen Museum is routinely regarded as one of the world’s best. From the building itself, now with an artistic exoskeleton, to the contents, it […]
Dakar Rally Record Setter
One of our favorite cars of all time is the Porsche 959 Rally Car (see Porsche 959 Paris Dakar). Partly because it is so far […]
On Receiving Gifts II
A bit of recycling here from 2012, but it became relevant once again due to this quote we stumbled across this holiday season in Santa […]
The $800 CV Boot Revisited
Some summer recycling here with a post from 2010 made relevant again due to a current S mall repair that turned into a much bigger bill. […]
Hershey 2017
The weather forecast was not helpful. Not that this is unusual for an April event in Pennsylvania. We have attended this event in snow flurries, […]
Of Krausers and Kronenburgs
Right there, between the doors of the two door garage, in a pair of cubby holes designed to fit them, were a pair of Krausers. […]
Clash of the Marques
It had been a long time since the tribe gathered at the traditional summer breakfast spot along the river. The impending end of the driving […]
Beauty and the Bratwurst
Porsche napkins, Porsche water, a Porsche Super 90 Cabriolet on display, an RS2 parked at the entrance, and yet, this was not a white tablecloth […]
Porsche Pilgrimage
It happens every year. The calendar says April and two events immediately spring (pun intended) into focus. The first this year is the Hershey Porsche […]
Porsche Sportomatic: Visionary or Delusionary?
Nobody asked for this. Not in a Porsche. Not in 1967. Some say that this was the emerging influence of Sales and Marketing. Some say […]
A Plethora of Porsches
The annual assemblage of Porsches old and new at Hershey in April is now an international event. You are likely to hear several different languages […]
Porsche Targa
In September of 1965 at the Frankfurt Auto Show, Porsche introduced the Targa variation of the 911, but it took over a year for the […]
Porsche HLS
A great story about a Porsche which never made it. This was an engineering project to create a racing coupe with a “folding” roof. We […]
Porsche 908/01
For 1968, the FIA’s Commission Sportive Internationale which determined rules for sports car racing outlawed the big 7 liter engines popularized by Ford, and introduced […]