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1952 Porsche 356 The page where I found this picture calls the car “Bertrand’s Porsche 356”. It’s a ‘52 so it’s “pre A”1 and it is gorgeous. In the early 2000s there was a trend here in Australia for white-wall tyres on sports cars. People would take their candy pink Nissan 200SX, rolling on 19” chrome rims, and get a thin groove cut into their sidewall and then have the groove filled with white rubber. It looked terrible and led me to declare that sports cars and white-wall tyres went together like Vegemite and marmalade. I think you’ll agree that (1) white-wall tyres have no place on a sports car and (2) we can make an exception for Bertrand’s 356. Porsche 356s come in Type A, B and C. And in Pre A which are really quite special. My favourite is the Type B. ↩ Click for high-res photo

1952 Porsche 356

The page where I found this picture calls the car “Bertrand’s Porsche 356”. It’s a ‘52 so it’s “pre A”1 and it is gorgeous.

In the early 2000s there was a trend here in Australia for white-wall tyres on sports cars. People would take their candy pink Nissan 200SX, rolling on 19” chrome rims, and get a thin groove cut into their sidewall and then have the groove filled with white rubber. It looked terrible and led me to declare that sports cars and white-wall tyres went together like Vegemite and marmalade.

I think you’ll agree that (1) white-wall tyres have no place on a sports car and (2) we can make an exception for Bertrand’s 356.

  1. Porsche 356s come in Type A, B and C. And in Pre A which are really quite special. My favourite is the Type B. ↩

1974 Porsche 914 2.0L I will never own a Porsche 914. I must keep telling myself this. Davey G picked up a 914 a few months back and I’ve been hearing tell of how awesome it is just about ever since. I will never own a Porsche 914. I’ve no patience, and in truth, barely enough skill, for replacing fuel pumps, re-installing jacking points and chasing down sneak currents. And I live in a country where the number of worthy, and indeed unworthy, 914s can probably be counted on, if not one, then both hands. I must resist the stern modernist lines. I must resist the gloriously optimistic 1970s German palette. The minimalism so severe as to make an MX-5 seem Baroque. I will never own a Porsche 914. /via Clemson on flickr. You should check out the whole 106-image set. Click for high-res photo

1974 Porsche 914 2.0L

I will never own a Porsche 914.

I must keep telling myself this. Davey G picked up a 914 a few months back and I’ve been hearing tell of how awesome it is just about ever since.

I will never own a Porsche 914.

I’ve no patience, and in truth, barely enough skill, for replacing fuel pumps, re-installing jacking points and chasing down sneak currents. And I live in a country where the number of worthy, and indeed unworthy, 914s can probably be counted on, if not one, then both hands.

I must resist the stern modernist lines. I must resist the gloriously optimistic 1970s German palette. The minimalism so severe as to make an MX-5 seem Baroque.

I will never own a Porsche 914.

/via Clemson on flickr. You should check out the whole 106-image set.

1976 Porsche 911 Pale suit: Hello, Frank, thanks for flying in. Dark suit: Hello, Henry, not a problem. Sounds like the Almquist account needs some hands-on work. Pale suit: Yeah, we’ve been struggling but now you’re here we’ll really make some headway. Ready to go? Dark suit: Sure. Hey, new car? Where’s the Mercedes? Pale suit: Oh, I sold it. With the fuel crisis, I couldn’t justify the V8 any more. Dark suit: So you bought a sports car?! Pale suit: It’s only a 2.7L. And it weighs much less than the 560 did. I’ve halved my fuel bills! It was a completely rational decision. Dark suit: Well, if you put it that way… So it’s good to drive, then? Pale suit: It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. /via production cars Click for high-res photo

1976 Porsche 911

Pale suit: Hello, Frank, thanks for flying in.
Dark suit: Hello, Henry, not a problem. Sounds like the Almquist account needs some hands-on work.
Pale suit: Yeah, we’ve been struggling but now you’re here we’ll really make some headway. Ready to go?
Dark suit: Sure. Hey, new car? Where’s the Mercedes?
Pale suit: Oh, I sold it. With the fuel crisis, I couldn’t justify the V8 any more.
Dark suit: So you bought a sports car?!
Pale suit: It’s only a 2.7L. And it weighs much less than the 560 did. I’ve halved my fuel bills! It was a completely rational decision.
Dark suit: Well, if you put it that way… So it’s good to drive, then?
Pale suit: It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.

/via production cars

1987 Porsche 944 S Cutaway I love cutaway drawings. See the simple-yet-effective rear suspension? See the transaxle gearbox? Cool. /via Serious Wheels’ Porsche 944 period photos. Be sure to check out the 924 and 928 sets, too. Look for the other, spectacular, cutaways (which are also brown!). Click for high-res photo

1987 Porsche 944 S Cutaway

I love cutaway drawings. See the simple-yet-effective rear suspension? See the transaxle gearbox? Cool.

/via Serious Wheels’ Porsche 944 period photos. Be sure to check out the 924 and 928 sets, too. Look for the other, spectacular, cutaways (which are also brown!).

Porsche 944 I much prefer Porsches that are driven as Herr Doktor Porsche intended than ones that are used for posing. Consequently, I prefer old, dirty, slightly beaten-up Porsches to super-shiny brand new überwagons. And I’m one of those weirdos who thinks that real Porsches have 4 cylinders. So this is awesome. (Photo by gregory_gdp)

Porsche 944

I much prefer Porsches that are driven as Herr Doktor Porsche intended than ones that are used for posing. Consequently, I prefer old, dirty, slightly beaten-up Porsches to super-shiny brand new überwagons. And I’m one of those weirdos who thinks that real Porsches have 4 cylinders. So this is awesome.

(Photo by gregory_gdp)

Porsche 928 Interior Don’t look too closely, coz you’ll get a headache, but I love the interior in this 928. What’s more, that’s factory. (Pic via Michael Banovsky’s awesome 60 image (!) “Inspiration Volume 1” post at Carchat, which is also awesome.) Click for high-res photo

Porsche 928 Interior

Don’t look too closely, coz you’ll get a headache, but I love the interior in this 928. What’s more, that’s factory.

(Pic via Michael Banovsky’s awesome 60 image (!) “Inspiration Volume 1” post at Carchat, which is also awesome.)

Make your own!

Everyone knows about the BusSelecta, right? And the BugSelecta? And PorscheSelecta?

Well, you do now. Enjoy.

The mother-lode of brown Porsche 911s

Friends, its fair to say that sports cars are the most elemental of cars. It’s quite possible that the 911 is the most superlative sports car that world has seen. And it’s more than likely that a brown 911 is the apogee of 911 perfection. So, I present for you the pinnacle, the acme, nay the zenith of brown 911s, the truly epic “show us your browns” thread on the Pelican Parts BBS.

(Can you tell I’ve been playing in the thesaurus under “ultimate”?)

Porsche 928 There’s a lesson somewhere in the apparent failure lack of success of the 928. Or course, Porsche AG may be having the last laugh. (Photo via LandSharkOz’s desktop images page, taken by Andrew Rosario’s wife (according to the attribution)) Click for high-res photo

Porsche 928

There’s a lesson somewhere in the apparent failure lack of success of the 928.

Or course, Porsche AG may be having the last laugh.

(Photo via LandSharkOz’s desktop images page, taken by Andrew Rosario’s wife (according to the attribution))

Perfect for picnicking and weekending Davey G may or may not have been at Laguna Seca for the Monterey Historics and he took some lovely photos of the Eisen iron that was out and about. This ‘79 911SC was the brownest and is quite perfect. I’d also recommend the delightfully worn-in steel-bumper 911 though the Lobster Car is perhaps too obvious. And not brown enough. Click for high-res photo

Perfect for picnicking and weekending

Davey G may or may not have been at Laguna Seca for the Monterey Historics and he took some lovely photos of the Eisen iron that was out and about.

This ‘79 911SC was the brownest and is quite perfect. I’d also recommend the delightfully worn-in steel-bumper 911 though the Lobster Car is perhaps too obvious. And not brown enough.