With our first races behind us it’s time to start focussing on the BergMeister Tour 2012. It’s hard to describe what the BergMeister is all about, but I’ll try. I have regularly spe...
Lex Proper drove The Hulk, our 1974 Porsche 911 RSR to 2 consecutive P2s in the first round of the Dutch Historic GT & Touring Car Championship! The races were driven in mild spring weather with ...
I spent a large part of today in touch with friends in the US. Some positive feedback on the new Ferdinand artwork, and interesting discussions with potential Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 buyers stateside...
Work has continued at a feverish pitch this week at TwinSpark Central! The rear trailing arms in steel put up too many fitment issues and we decided to pick up the project again after the first races...
TwinSpark friend and GT3 enthusiast Ivo van Riet has organized a Porsche only track day on June 23 2012 at the venerable racing venue of Zandvoort. Registration fees are Euro 450 per car for the day....
Having your classic 911 sit on its wheels in a well-balanced manner makes an incredible difference in its road behavior. Sounds like it makes perfect sense, right? You’d be surprised what we fi...
Leonard recently unearthed a Porsche press release from 1972, talking about the transmission changes for that year: the arrival of four speeds as standard and five speeds as optional, and the replace...
I came across some confusion on a Porsche forum the other day, where one user was telling another that WEVO do not make a transmission mount for the Porsche 915 gearbox, only the G50. This is incorre...
I dropped into Francis Tuthill Porsche this morning and was greeted with a nice surprise: one of the mechanics was fitting a TwinSpark Racing Porsche 911 RS steering wheel: our 380mm version complete...
Crazy weather in California all week hurt the Porsche 911s racing at this weekend’s Long Beach ALMS event. With a wet track during free practice and qualifying cancelled due to heavy rain, Falk...
Porsche has announced that it will take over the test facility at Nardò in southern Italy from next month. Located inland along Italy’s southeast Mediterranean coastline, Nardò’s dependab...
Car culture lost a favourite son last Friday, when the sad announcement came that Ferdinand Alexander Porsche had passed away. Ferdinand ‘Butzi’ was the eldest son of Ferdinand ‘Fer...
I drove an interesting car the other day. It was a Porsche 911 – Type 964 – backdated to give some early-style looks with modern day creature comforts. In some ways, the 964 was a bit of ...
I just got back from two days at Essen Techno Classica. I really enjoyed myself, but the show was a little disappointing compared to previous years in terms of the things I like to look at. One gap I...
Tomorrow morning, we drive from the UK to Essen for the 2012 Techno Classica. Porsche has just released details of a greatly increased AG presence at the event, which I’m really looking forward...
Porsche legend, Hans Hermann, has been inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame. Hermann’s award came this weekend, during the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring. 2012 was the 60th running of the historic ...
Tuthill British Historic Rally Championship contender, Dessie Nutt, has decided to return home with his rarely seen 3.0-litre Porsche 911, to compete in this year’s Circuit of Ireland, which ru...
The Drendel Collection broke all previous auction records when it was put on sale at Gooding and Company’s Amelia Island sale last Friday. I live tweeted the Drendel Porsche Collection sale fro...
The legendary Drendel Family Collection of important Porsche road and racing cars goes to auction tomorrow at Gooding’s Amelia Island event. Likely the finest private collection of its kind, Ma...
The 2012 Kololi Beach Club MSA British Historic Rally Championship starts today, with the Rally Marketing Mid Wales Historic Stages. A field of over 65 cars will tackle five classic Mid-Wales gravel ...
Last weekend was Race Retro: the UK race and rally show held annually in Warwickshire. Silverstone Auctions had a sale of sports and classic vehicles at the show, including some Porsche road and race...
The 2012 Essen Techno Classica is now just three weeks away. With seventeen halls packed to capacity by car manufacturers, classic car clubs, historic vehicle dealers, parts suppliers and more, Techn...
Porsche recently sent out their 1st motor sport news bulletin of 2012. The season hasn’t even begun yet and already the news bulletins are almost 1000 words long. Headline was the ALMS winter t...
Issue Two of Ferdinand magazine – the FREE digital-only Porsche magazine – features the Viper Green Porsche 911 RSR of TwinSpark Racing’s Leonard Stolk, photographed by yours truly ...
Organisers of The Winter Trial 2012 are taking their sweet time uploading pictures from the event to their website, so I thought I’d have a little cruise on Youtube and drag the videos uploaded...
After an exciting morning running regularities through Western Slovenia, we all made it to the finish line in Trieste, where we were greeted by organiser Bart Rietbergen and his wife Jolijn, I can ho...
Today the men were separated from the boys. We had a very full program on Winter Trial 2012. The roads were very tricky due to alternating wet, icy and dry surfaces. One 911 driven by a WRC crack fol...
Today was a tough day… We managed to climb 8 positions since yesterday, but there is no rest for the rally driver! We ran our regularity in the morning and came out feeling invincible. As we he...
Winter Trial Day 3 What a beautiful day we just finished! It had all the ingredients you look for in a historical rally in winter time. Several tough regularities that seemed easier than they turned ...
Today’s report: the matanza has started! Under grey skies we entered the Black Forrest where we encountered the first heavy snow cover. Gorgeous landscape and great driving roads. Somewhat icy ...
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