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The Book of the Porsche 356 by Brian Long
Porsche 928 by Brian Long
Ferrari 312P & 312PB by Peter Collins & Ed McDonough

PORSCHE 914 PHOTOS WANTED!

Can you help?

Veloce Publishing is seeking assistance sourcing photographs for one of its forthcoming titles: Roy Smith’s Porsche – The Racing 914s.
The pictures required are any racing shots of Porsche 914s – in the paddock, practising, mid-race, or even stationary – taken between 1971 and 1980. Any kind of competitive event is suitable, from rallies to circuit races to hill climbs.
Images need to be as clear as possible and of high resolution, though due to the period in question it is appreciated that this may not always be achievable. Colour or black and white images are both acceptable.

If you or anyone you know can help with this, please contact Veloce Publishing via social media or email, and we will forward your correspondence to the author:

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Published books by Roy Smith.

NEW SERIES OF WHEELER DEALERS!

Wheeler Dealers is back! Check out series 11 schedule ...

Ford Fiesta XR2

17th March

Mike decides to go back to the 80’s and bags a bargain example of one of his dream cars - but there’s only £1000 to spend on repairs or the profit’s at risk. Edd isn’t convinced the XR2 deserves all the praise, but comes up with cheap and innovative solutions to add value. Mike finds a clever way to get Edd all the rare parts he needs and pulls out all the stops to prove the Fiesta is the hot hatch that started a fast Ford revolution.

Porsche 993 Targa

24th March

The last of the air-cooled legends. Mike goes in search of what many fans consider to be the last truly great Porsche. What he finds is the cheapest, tattiest 993 in the country. Mike however, can see a mechanically sound motor and potential profit lurking beneath seventeen years of muck and grime. Edd sets to work on a rescue mission to restore the car’s racing pedigree. It’s unloved and underpowered but after Edd lavishes some care and attention on the car, will the smart engine fixes and custom handling package spell profit on a Porsche that is still major money?

Mazda RX7

31st March

With its legendary mix of unique technology and awesome performance, Mazda’s coupe is unlike any other. Mike finds one that appears to have nothing wrong with it and challenges Edd to make a good car even better. But these cars are complex and unforgiving. So while Edd handles with care, Mike sorts out some stylish mods to make the RX7’s looks match its performance.

Citroen 2CV

7th April

Mike finds a fifty-six year old Citroen 2CV, retired in the sunny south of France. It’s a real people’s car with bags of charm. With cheeky bug-eyed headlights and rare suicide doors, the 2CV is one of the most recognisable cars ever designed and renowned, over its forty-two year production cycle, for its stark simplicity. Almost every aspect of this quirky car requires attention; Edd strips it back to bare bones to breathe new life back into the smoky old engine. A fresh paint job and interior will help to secure the car’s future for another fifty years but can Mike get top dollar for a car with no frills?

Chevrolet Camaro

14th April

It’s time for the boys to tackle one of the meanest muscle cars around. But finding the right one won’t be easy as the Camaro is already a cult classic. Mike tracks down a part-finished restoration in California with its fair share of problems. Edd has his work cut out with loads of missing parts to find and fit. With all this time and effort, is there still a profit on the cards?

Maserati 3200gt

21st April

Mike buys a supercar from the super saver menu. An Italian thoroughbred for under £10k. But supercars mean super bills. Mike’s reports of wayward handling and a hair-trigger throttle could lead to either bankruptcy or a very nasty accident. Some of Edd’s smart solutions could help to keep the budget under control but will it be enough to tame this technology packed, turbocharged V8? Techy tyres help get the luxury GT powerhouse back on track and an overhauled air-conditioning system restores some Italian flair.

Amphicar

28th April

Mike takes the ultimate plunge and invests in a car - and a boat, all in one. It’s the Amphicar, an amphibious vehicle that Edd has been dreaming of for years. But when he peels back the layers and discovers the car’s problems are serious, will he find himself in deep water and rinse away all the profit? This challenge truly puts Mike and Edd’s skills to the test and could see them literally sink or swim!



Available from Veloce!

Mike Brewer’s The Wheeler Dealer Know How!
Written by Mike Brewer, cheeky chappie and TV's best-known car dealing expert. In a career spanning almost 30 years, Mike has seen and done everything when it comes to buying and selling cars, and having established a successful career as a television presenter, is eager to share his knowledge, passion and enthusiasm for cars.
Telling you all you need to know about buying, preparing and selling modern classic cars, this book guides you through the minefield that is the world of car dealing, and helps you avoid the pitfalls that await the unwary. Plus, with stories and anecdotes from Mike’s time in the trade, you'll gain a fascinating insight into the world of wheeler-dealing.
Packed full of information and tips, The Wheeler Dealer Know How will give you the confidence to buy the car of your dreams and avoid ending up with a lemon. You’ll find out how to prepare a car to expert standards – from cleaning, to repairs and improvements – and when the time comes to sell, Mike tells you how to get the best price and avoid being ripped-off.
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Porsche 993 – The Essential Companion: King of Porsche
By Adrian Streather

The 993 version of the evergreen 911 is sometimes described as the “King of Porsche”. This book chronicles the development, racing history and all ownership issues of the 993 in tremendous detail. Containing a buyers/owners guide and well over one thousand photographs, this book features incredibly in-depth information about all aspects of the Porsche 993. More info.

How to restore Citroen 2CV - Enthusiast's Restoration Manual
By Lindsay Porter

All the information needed to rebuild your 2CV in step-by-step detail, supported by over 1500, mainly colour illustrations. Covers body, trim and mechanical restoration, and gives advice on what to look for when buying a car or van, and originality guidance (colour schemes and production changes). More info.

AUTHOR PROFILE No.9: ADRIAN STREATHER

The story of Adrian Streather, Porsche specialist, and author of no fewer than 15 Veloce books, so far ...

Adrian Graham Streather was born on December 25, 1958 in Basingstoke Hampshire. His earliest memory of a car is riding on his mum’s lap whilst his father drove around the block in an old 1938 Ford Prefect. Aged about four, Adrian remembers sitting with his father and building their first Airfix model, a Le Mans-winning Bentley. However, Adrian’s interest soon turned to aircraft. In 1975, aged 16, he joined the Royal Australian Air Force as an apprentice, serving 12 years until 1987 as an Instrument Fitter (Scientific Instrument Maker).

It was during Adrian’s military service that he found his niche in research and writing. Technical publication duties always seemed to land in his lap. It was also around this time that his interest in cars was reignited. Firstly, he purchased a Fiat 124 1800S Coupé with dreams of installing an Abarth kit, then one day in 1978 he was overtaken on the freeway by a pair of brand new Porsche 911SCs. He didn’t see them for long, but he certainly remembers yelling out: “I’ve got to get me one of those!”
With his interest in the automotive world reawakened, Adrian took up motorsports. He joined a local car club (becoming its Confederation of Australian Motorsports (CAMS) representative) and went racing. And not just in cars – he also dabbled in motorcycle racing. After a very short racing career, a Suzuki GS1000S motorcycle even became Adrian’s personal riding machine.
Adrian and a friend built a Ford RS2000 rally car with a lot of help from rally and racing legend Colin Bond, and he progressed a little further with the Ford brand, but truthfully, the less said about Adrian’s short motorsport career the better! Adrian loved the racing, the gladiatorial contest, but was put off by the politics and pecking order that dominated the period. In the end, the ever-increasing financial cost, marriage and children brought his racing career to an end, thank goodness!
After leaving the Air Force in 1987, Adrian found his way into civil aviation, but the desire to own a Porsche was still there. During Christmas 1992 Adrian was invited to join an Austrian airline that had its main base in Switzerland. He accepted, and in April 1993 he left for Switzerland, where on arrival he was appointed the airline’s Engineering Manager. His family followed in July 1993. In May 1993, Adrian purchased his first Porsche: a model year 1979 924. Adrian progressed onto a 944, and finally in 1998 he purchased his first 911, a 964 series Carrera 4. He was hooked for life.

The 911 bug totally consumed Adrian, and almost became a way of life. However, Adrian quickly discovered that the sum of technical knowledge about the 964 series was extremely limited, and filled with many myths. Having a problem on his own C4 that nobody could diagnose or repair, he set himself the task of finding out everything he could about the inner workings of the C4. Within a year Adrian found himself instructing the mechanics at his local repair facility on how the 964 C4 worked. His experiences and running of technical sessions on the 964 series led him to write his first Porsche book, solely dedicated to the 964 series of 911s. Titled Porsche 911: The Enthusiast’s Companion, it was published by Bentley Publishers of Cambridge Massachusetts, USA.

Other 911s followed, but the 964 Carrera 4, with its mechanical gear, shaft and differential-driven all-wheel-drive system, remains Adrian's favourite of all the Carrera 4s across the five model series. Adrian still runs Porsche 911 technical sessions, with a whole 2014/2015 programme planned for 'down under.'

It was during the time of writing this first book that tragedy struck the Streather family. On March 29th 2002, Gail and Adrian’s daughter, Natalie Louise Streather, aged 17 years and 9 months, died in Zürich. The outpouring of support for the Streather family from the Porsche community worldwide was overwhelming. Natalie’s name was carried to victory on the front of the class winning The Racer’s Group Porsche 911 GT-3 at Le Mans in 2002. Her name was also carried to outright victory at the Daytona 24 hour race in 2003 by the same team.

In June 2005 Adrian and Gail hosted special guests and Porsche enthusiasts from the USA and Europe at the Chateau de la Voloniere. Proceeds from this event were donated to the Natalie Louise Streather Memorial Fund founded by Gail and Adrian in the UK, and transferred to Rennwish in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. The donated funds were used to help construct a new school for young women in Haiti. Previous donations to the fund were used to establish an 'Excellence in Art' award for outstanding art students at Gail’s old school, Salisbury High.
Adrian's second Porsche book was on the 911SC series, and was the first of the Essential Companion series published by Veloce. It was quickly followed by the Porsche 911 (993) and Porsche 911 (996) Essential Companions. Veloce has also published numerous other Porsche-related books authored by Adrian, including the Porsche 964, 993 & 996 Data Plate Code Breaker, and eight Porsche Essential Buyer's Guides. Veloce also published Adrian’s Ford GT: Then and Now book, which included photos of a tour of Essex in the real thing.

Some of Adrian’s published books have been licensed by Veloce for publication in Germany and France.

Veloce created the Battle Cry series and published two of Adrian’s books on Soviet military uniforms, of which he is a collector.

Adrian has also written an automotive-related biography for another publisher, released in English and Turkish. His next contracted book with Veloce is another Essential Companion, this time covering the first generation of the 997 series. He will also be writing an Essential Buyer’s Guide on the same series. In October 2013, Adrian and his wife Gail relocated from Switzerland back home to Adelaide, Australia, which for the moment has left him Porscheless. He’s not without wheels, and he has an Adelaide Metrocard, but it’s a major change from the good old days.

Click here to view all Veloce books by Adrian Streather.

RETURN OF THE “P1” – WORLD’S FIRST PORSCHE DESIGNED VEHICLE

The first Porsche branded design was the Type 356 in the year 1948, but the very first vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche dates back to 1898 with the “Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model”, known as the “P1” for short. After 115 years, the original and unrestored “P1” has been recovered from a warehouse and untouched since 1902. It will be on permanent display at the Porsche Museum, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary.

Designed and built by 22-year old Ferdinand Porsche, the “P1” took to the streets of Vienna, Austria, on June 26, 1898. Young Ferdinand had engraved the code “P1” (standing for Porsche, number one) onto all of the key components, thus giving the electric vehicle its unofficial name. The highly compact rear mounted electric drive weighs 287 lbs. and produces 3 hp. For short periods, up to 5 hp could be achieved in overdrive mode allowing the P1 to reach speeds up to 21 mph. The vehicle speed was regulated via a 12-speed control unit and the overall range of the 2,977 lb. vehicle could span up to 49 miles. Another innovation was the Lohner alternating vehicle body, which was mounted on the wooden “chassis” and allowed the vehicle to be a coupe style or an open Phaeton design.

First testing of the “P1” was completed in September 1899 at the international motor vehicle exhibition in the German capital of Berlin. An all-electric vehicle race over a distance of 24 miles was announced in Berlin for September 28. With three passengers onboard, Ferdinand Porsche steered his “P1” across the finish line 18 minutes ahead of the next competitor. More than half the participants failed to finish due to technical problems. Ferdinand also came out on top in the efficiency competition, as the “P1” recorded the least amount of energy consumed.

Five years since the opening of the Porsche Museum in January 2009, the addition of the “P1” will be the centerpiece that introduces visitors to the first part of the newly structured product and motorsport history exhibition. It will bridge the gap between the past and present-day developments such as the Porsche 918 Spyder. The 918 Spyder follows the long tradition to be a technological benchmark that first started 115 years ago with the “P1”.

Source: Porsche

AUTHOR PROFILE No.8: JOHNNY TIPLER

Motoring journalist & author Johnny Tipler has a new book published this month. He's no stranger to scribbling about cars – here's his story ...

Driving a Porsche 356 Carrera Cabriolet.
Driving Porsches for a living? It’s tough, but someone’s got to do it. And one of Veloce Publishing’s original authors, Johnny Tipler, does just that: writing for three of the UK’s independent Porsche titles, 911 & Porsche World, Total 911 and Classic Porsche. Topics include interviews with famous names who’ve raced or rallied Porsches – aces like Walter Röhrl, Bjorn Waldegård, Hans Stuck, Jürgen Barth and Vic Elford – and the specialists who tune them, such as Alois Ruf, Willy Brombacher, Josh Sadler and Duel’s Ed Poland, with reviews of important and specially-commissioned cars offered by the likes of Paul Stephens, Lee Maxted-Page, Specialist Cars of Malton, MCP Motorsport, and Adrian Crawford.

Owned for eight years, Johnny’s own car is a Porsche 964, affectionately dubbed The Peppermint Pig, thanks to its original mint green hue. This vehicle also provides Johnny with a fund of stories, since he drives it when following events like the Monte Carlo Historic Rally, Mille Miglia and Roger Albert Clark (RAC) Rally, or when covering meetings such as Le Mans Classic, Spa Six Hours, Nürburgring Old Timer and the Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix. It serves as transport when he visits defunct racetracks like Berlin’s Avus, Reims, Rouen, and Porto. In February 2013, when it had logged 315,000km, the 3.6-litre flat-six was rebuilt at Kontich-based 911Motorsport near Antwerp, and in November it carried Johnny to Portugal and back while he put his Douro holiday home on the market.

'Peppermint Pig' in Portugal.
With some 35 books published over the last 25 years, including driver biographies of Graham Hill, Ronnie Peterson and Ayrton Senna, Johnny’s first tome was also Veloce Publishing’s inaugural title, Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT and GTA, just re-printed in a new large format third edition. He’s written three books on Alfas – another Veloce title, now out of print, was Alfa Romeo Berlinas; other marque and model books cover Morgan, Jensen, Caterham, TVR, Fiat (124 Spyder), Land Rover, Mini-Cooper, Triumph Motorcycles, and Harley-Davidson, as well as more general tomes on heavy equipment, racing cars, automobile stylists, and trucks.

The first ever Veloce book! From 1991, (part number V000): Alfa Romeo Giulia Coupé GT & GTA by Johnny Tipler.
Johnny verges on the prolific when writing about Lotus, with eight titles published, mostly on racing cars like the Types 25/33 and 78/79, plus the Elise, and the gestation and construction of the Evora. For six years (from 2005 to 2011) Johnny wrote most of the features for Lotus Cars’ in-house Lotus Club International quarterly magazine, in the course of which he travelled to locations as far-flung as Las Vegas, Marrakech, Indianapolis, Stockholm, Lake Garda, Daytona, Morzine (Geneva), Monticello (New York), Route Napoleon (Grasse), Route 66 (Arizona), The Ice Hotel (Kiruna), Porto, and Lime Rock (Connecticut). He composed drive stories at the wheel of various Elises, Exiges, Europa, 2-Eleven and Evoras, and interviewed aces associated with the marque, such as Mario Andretti, Sir Stirling Moss, John Surtees, Johnny Herbert, Jackie Oliver and Emerson Fittipaldi, plus Lotus affiliated stars like Jay Leno, Rick Wakeman and Chis Rea. As well as key factory personnel, Johnny also established an amiable rapport with Clive Chapman, who provided access to legendary Lotus racing cars, present-day drivers like Duncan Dayton, James King, Dan Collins, Katsu Kubota and Chris Locke, as well as the CTL mechanics, some of whom, like Bob Dance, Eddie Dennis and Chris Dinnage, Johnny knew when he was JPS Motorsport Press Officer, an era spent mostly living at racetracks during the ’70s and ’80s.
Johnny puts his vehicular passion down to his father’s job as a commercial traveller, having spent a great deal of his school holidays as passenger in dad’s cars: an Austin Westminster and VW Beetle are fondly remembered, and it was his father’s pirouette into a hedge in a Porsche 356 that kindled his childhood obsession with the Zuffenhausen marque. The most exotic Porsches he’s driven – for features in 911 & Porsche World magazine – include the 906 and 910 prototype sports-racing cars, and the Ruf RT12S, probably the most evolved example of the 911. As well as a 3.2 Carrera, other notable cars Johnny’s owned over the years include a 1340cc Ford Anglia, a trio of MGBs and an MGC, Lotus Elan S4 and BMW 1602. There has been a glut of Alfa Romeos, including a Giulia 1300Ti (upped to 2.0-litres), a 1750 Berlina, two Alfetta GTVs and a GTV6 – converted into a race car for the AROC series in 1989 and then back again – and an Alfa 75 3.0 and a 155 V6. Current family hack is an Alfa 156.

Johnny’s previous Veloce offering is La Carrera Panamericana, subtitled ‘the world’s greatest road race,' which he covered as a journalist in ’06 and ’07, and then wrote up as a book in 2008. He went back in 2011 to drive the event as a competitor, spending seven days and 2000 hair-raising and hilarious miles travelling the length of Mexico in company with 115 other gung-ho racers, which he regards as his ultimate motoring experience. The tale is soon to been reissued by Veloce as an eBook, and includes a new chapter on Johnny, and co-driver Sarah Bennett-Baggs’ exciting experiences in their Porsche 914/4 GT, as well as some video clips. It was so good he vows to go back and do it again. And then another chapter can be added!

Johnny Tipler and Sarah Bennett-Baggs,with Porsche 914:GT4 in Oaxaca, at La Carrera Panamericana, 2011.

Alfa Romeo Giulia GT & GTA – Enlarged & revised 3rd edition (Limited to 1500 copies) by Johnny Tipler. Coming soon! Click here for more info.

AUTHOR PROFILE No.6: ROY SMITH

Roy Smith is the author of 5 Veloce books. His latest, Alpine Renault - the fabulous berlinettes, is published this month.

Roy Smith has owned over 50 cars since the age of 17! His love of the four-wheeled machines began at an early age, coming from his grandfather who had engines and machinery in his blood. Roy’s middle childhood years saw his interest spread to aircraft – not unnaturally, as it was only a few years after the war and Spitfires and Meteors could still be seen flying around on a regular basis. But in his teens it was racing cars that commandeered Roy’s thoughts, along with girls ... both expensive!

In a Vampire Fighter at RAF Benson aged around 7.

The F1200 race car self-built aged around 19.

The rallying Mini Van in 1968.
At 18 Roy joined the Craven Motor club in Reading, at the time a hot bed of rallying. A few years later, having been sick in other people’s cars so many times whilst navigating that no one would give him a ride, he built a Mini Van Rally car and got behind the wheel himself.
Roy soon began writing articles for local clubs. His first interview was with John Horseman and the JW Gulf team, then running Jo Sieffert and Pedro Rodriguez in the 917 Porsches (1969/70). Over the coming years, various cars passed through Roy’s hands. A Ford Anglia, A Viva SL 90, several Minis including Coopers. He built the Formula 1200 race car whilst functioning as Reading Centre Secretary of the 750 Motor Club.

Hillclimbing a Ford Anglia in 1969.

Cycle racing team in the early 1980's (Roy second from left).

Testing a factory Alpine A110 berlinette in 1984.
The motoring life was always a learning curve, sometimes easy, sometimes steep. Roy continued writing for several years until work, marriage and a family intervened. The Formula 1200 car was sold unraced. Life settled down in a career that would span 40 years in sales – first in retail, then advertising, then machine tools, onto special equipment for chemical and pharmaceutical companies, and latterly water treatment works equipment, including entire plant contracts. As a company director for French and German companies until his retirement in 2003, BMWs, Citroëns, Peugeots, Alfa Romeos, Alpine Renaults and Porsches all came his way.

Castle Combe trackday in the 1990s.

Spoils of victory in 1996.

Hillclimb Championship winning A110 berlinette in 1997.

Racing an MV Agusta in 2001.
Roy hillclimbed and sprinted with a single-seater Jedi in the early ’90s, winning five regional championships. In 1997 he won a classic hillclimb championship with an Alpine Renault A110 berlinette, and raced an MV Augusta not so successfully in the late ’90s. But it was after his retirement that he returned to writing; for magazines at first, before moving on to books. So far he has given the motoring world five specialist titles: four about Alpine and Renault – three covering their Formula 1 and Sports Prototypes stories, plus his latest about the berlinette A110s – and a book about the life and times of racing engine legend Amédée Gordini. Roy is currently working on a book about the almost forgotten Porsche 924 Carreras. His hallmarks are intricate research, sourcing hundreds of photos, first-person interviews, detailed diagrams, and a talent for uncovering fresh new information about a rare subject. Roy won the Mercedes Benz Prize and Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy in 2010 for his work on the Sports Prototype Alpines.

Who knows what the future may bring? Roy’s current stable of cars includes a Morgan +4, a Porsche 911 and one of the 924 Carrera Porsches that form the subject of his next work. A member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, Roy continues to look for new and interesting subjects, preferably to be the first to document their history in English before it is all forgotten.

Click here to view all books by Roy Smith.

TRADITION: FUTURE - 50 YEARS OF THE PORSCHE 911 CELEBRATED AT GOODWOOD

Goodwood is honouring one of the world’s most versatile and popular sports cars – the Porsche 911 – with the main Central Feature at the 2013 Festival of Speed from 11-14 July. The bespoke 911-inspired sculpture promises to be a highly distinctive ‘art installation’ and will be displayed, as has become the tradition, prominently outside Goodwood House.

For five decades, the 911 has been at the heart of the Porsche brand. Few other cars in the world can look back on such a long tradition and continuity as the Porsche 911. It has been inspiring car enthusiasts around the world since its debut as the model 901 at the IAA International Automotive Show, Frankfurt, in September 1963. Today it is considered by its many devoted fans as the quintessential sports car, the benchmark for all others. The 911 is also the central point of reference for all other Porsche series. Every Porsche is the most sporting car in its category, and each one carries a piece of the 911 philosophy.

Porsche at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Over 820,000 Porsche 911s have been built since 1963, and examples of each of its seven generations will be present at the 2013 Festival of Speed. From the very beginning the car has been at home on race circuits and rally stages all over the world, earning a reputation as a quick and dependable winner. In fact, two thirds of the 30,000 race victories achieved by Porsche to date have been recorded by the 911.

Demonstration runs by historical Porsche road and race cars spanning the seven generations of the 911 will be a highlight of the event, and many of these cars will instantly evoke fond memories among spectators. At the wheel will be a variety of famous drivers with strong affinity to Porsche including two-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours and German Touring Car Champion, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Porsche Supercup factory Junior driver Michael Christensen, alongside former works aces Richard Attwood and Vic Elford.

With support from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, private collectors and enthusiasts, a number of significant editions of the 911 will be in action at the Festival. Further examples of significant Porsche competition cars including the 917 and 962 will also feature.

7 x 7 x 911

Porsche Cars GB has gathered together a stunning line-up of seven generations of 911 road cars, which clearly shows the evolution of the iconic sports coupe over the past five decades.

To lead the procession, the Porsche Museum is sending a very special, original 911 to Goodwood. As part of an innovative ‘Follow the 911’ world tour, this 1967 car has been engaged as a rolling ambassador for Porsche at various international events, trade fairs, historic rallies and racing events inFrance, China, Pebble Beach, California and Australia during the year. The car’s progress can be followed at porsche.com/follow-911.

This will be joined by successive examples of the 911, each of which is sure to have a special place in fans’ hearts. As a consequence of its evolutionary development, the 911 is one of few cars that is referred to by its model series, in a vernacular that can be confusing to newcomers. Hence the ‘G-Series’ (1973-1989), ‘Type 964’ (1988-1994), ‘Type 993’ (1993-1998), ‘Type 996’ (1997-2005), ‘Type 997’ (2003-2013) and the latest ‘Type 991’ (from 2011).

Original Porsche 911

Porsche 911 G-Series

Porsche 911 Type 964

Porsche 911 Type 991

Porsche 911 Type 993

Porsche 911 Type 996

Porsche 911 Type 997
The 911 is one of the world’s most versatile racing cars, with successes on the circuits and rally stages around the globe. As a counter-point to the road-going models, there will also be a parade of seven 911 race cars.

A highlight will be the 1973 911 RSR 2.8, which won the Sebring 12 Hours in the USA that year and effectively established the reputation of the Porsche coupe as a serious race car in America.

Illustrating perfectly the extremes of achievement by the 911 in motor sport, the Porsche Museum is sending two examples of the rallying 911 - an SC ‘Safari’ and ‘Paris Dakar’ Carrera 4x4 - and two race cars, a ‘Type 964’ 911 RS from the 1993 Porsche Supercup Championship and ‘Type 996’ 911 GT3 RSR from the 2003 American Le Mans Series.

Like every Porsche, the 911 has its roots in racing. From its earliest days, the rear-engined coupe was triumphant. In the 50th anniversary year, Porsche Cars GB has developed an exciting initiative to celebrate this heritage in a very fitting manner; racing a classic 911 in Historic motor sport. The 1965 ‘short wheelbase’ 911 races under the ‘Project 50’ team banner in selected ‘Masters Series’ events alongside appearances at larger festivals such as Silverstone Classic and the Nurburging Oldtimer GP. The distinctive ‘Project 50’ 911 will be proudly participating at the Festival, in a break from its race programme.

Source: Porsche. Click here to view Porsche books from Veloce!