Porsche Puts Oldest 911 They Own on Display at Museum + Meet This Carrera RSR Clone Named Edith + 12

Published: Sun, 12/24/17

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OUR FAVORITE PORSCHES ON EBAY: VOLUME 101
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FUTURE BARN FINDS
We've been compiling some amazing Porsche models on eBay for nearly three years now, and we've seen some pretty astonishing cars pop up now and again. This week we're taking a look at Porsche's history of entry level sports cars. Hopefully you've enjoyed our curated look at the Porsche market. Keep in mind, some of these Porsches could be great collection investments, while others might prove to do more financial harm than good.

 
 
SMALL SCALE OFF-ROAD ADVENTURES AWAIT THIS RC SAFARI 911 
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SAFARI 911 RC
Safari 911s are very much in vogue right now. Matt Farah is having one built by Leh Keen, who has built more than a few of them. This 964 Carrera 4-based Safari build is among the wildest we've seen so far. Now, Instagram user Trialpsycho_RC is bringing us the smallest Safari 911 we've seen to date. 

 
 
WOLF HENZLER OUT AS FACTORY DRIVER. TRANSITIONING TO NEW ROLE.
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Wolf Henzler
German racing driver Wolf Henzler is many things. He is a 42-year old father of two, a Daytona 24 winner, a Le Mans winner, a Spa 24 winner, two-time Petit Le Mans winner, and owner of multiple championship titles. And, until recently, Wolf was one of the longest-standing Porsche factory drivers.

 
WOULD YOU EVER EXPECT A 918 TO MAKE A 3500 MILE ROAD TRIP? THIS ONE DID! 
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918 Road Trip
Porsche recently orchestrated an elaborate road trip, "Le Mans Unravelled",  to show people just how much effort goes into driving the distance of the Le Mans 24 Hour race winners (5,233 kilometers). You kind of expect a Panamera, a Macan or Cayenne to make a trip like this. 

 
 
THIS IS HOW THE RALLY-SPEC 'LUFTAUTO 2' WAS BUILT
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901 restoration
Remember the original LuftAuto, a 911 Safari build that was auctioned for charity during Luftgekühlt 3?  Well, the same team that created that machine came back together for another go.  

 
 
THE RESTORATION OF 901 #057 IS COMPLETE AND IT'S ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM
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901 restoration
Before a trademark dispute with Peugeot created one of motoring's most iconic badges, Porsche produced 82 901s. These cars were primarily treated as pre-production cars, and were reportedly not officially sold. For the last five decades, the Porsche Museum has not had a 901 of their own. In 2014, a German television crew uncovered #057 while working on an antiques program. The Porsche museum purchased the car, which is now the oldest 911 in their collection. Porsche spent the last 3-years restoring it.  

 
 
PORSCHE CARTOON
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Porsche Cartoon Fall
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MEET DR. JIM LOWE, THE WORLD'S FASTEST NEUROSURGEON
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DR. JIM LOWE WORLD'S FASTEST NEUROSURGEON
Dr. Jim Lowe can stake a pretty good claim to the title of the "most interesting man in the world". In addition to racing Porsches, Dr. Lowe is a golfer, competitive surfer, and 30-year veteran of the Marine Corps. As you can probably guess from the cover of his book, he's also a Neurosurgeon! How one man finds time for all these pursuits simply defies belief. 

 
 
THIS CARRERA RSR CLONE, NAMED 'EDITH', IS OUR KIND OF HOT-ROD
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Porsche restoration time lapse
Come for the gorgeous yellow widebody 911, and stick around for the interesting stories that its owner, Nick Cassidy, has to tell. We're particularly taken in by the story of his mother chasing a group of bank robbers around London in an old 911.

 
 
COULD SUPPLY CHAIN TROUBLE STRANGLE PORSCHE'S HYBRID PANAMERA SUPPLY
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panamera ehybrid plugin
Just a few days ago, Porsche issued a report stating that as much as 60% of Panamera customers, in some markets, are purchasing hybrid models. In certain countries, demand for a hybrid Porsche is even higher than that average. For example, Belgium-bought Panameras are 90% skewed toward hybrid power.  

 
 
BOOK REVIEW: SMALL SILVER SPEEDSTER
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SMALL SILVER SPEEDSTER
It's worth mentioning that I purchased this book over a year ago ahead of the 2016 holiday season, and it just arrived at my doorstep this past week. Even after all that time, it was well worth the wait.  

 
 
CHECK OUT THE NEW COLLECTIONS AT PORSCHE DRIVER'S SLECTION
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Porsche Driver's Selection
For a number of months the online shop at Porsche Driver's Selection was "on holiday" as it went through a complete revamp. The new and improved site recently came back online with an easier to use interface, a whole host of new products and some very attractive price points. Driver's Selection recently sent us a bag of swag to review.  

 
 
PORSCHE SETS A NEW NÜRBURGRING RECORD. THIS TIME TOWING A TRAILER
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PANAMERA TOWING TRAILER
No, this isn't some stunt where a fake lightweight trailer is hooked up to the back of a high-powered 911 variant in order to set a quick lap and garner a few extra lines of copy in buff books. Instead, it's a stunt where a Panamera Turbo, hauling a proper custom-German-built Moetefindt Fahrzeugbau trailer with another Porsche (a Junior tractor) inside it, manages to set a seriously fast 12-minute 6-second lap of the Nürburgring, in the wet.

 
 
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