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Kyosho offers Ferraris, Porsches, BMWs

You probably already know about Kyosho’s highly detailed 1:18-scale models–they’ve been leaders of the high-detail field for more than a dozen years. Now they’ve turned their attention to 1:64 scale...

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The $8,600 hulk

There’s no question that prices for open Porsche 356s have been climbing lately. But what are we to make of this rusting, engineless hulk, recently sold in an online auction for $8,600? The seller...

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Question: How do you get a vintage 356 off the second floor?

Answer: Very carefully. We went down to the Boston area over the weekend and stopped by KTR European Motorsports for a Ferrari club dyno day they were hosting. KTR is well-known amongst vintage racers...

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funhouse mirror

It’s raining again in New England. So what else is new? At least we can look back at the Memorial Day weekend, and our first-ever Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car Show that fell on one of the three...

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Porsches and Vintage Guitars

On my way to the start of the Great Race in Philadelphia, I stopped in to take some photos and spend some time at Paterek Brothers, Inc. These two guys are widely recognized 356 restorers. John’s on...

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Porsches in Pennsylvania

If you’re into Porsches, vintage French coachwork and Triumph motorcycles, get yourself to Malvern, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, September 10, for “The 100 Motor Cars of Radnor Hunt,” the 10th annual...

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braketacular: the Kreuzer

Weak, and I cry foul. You’ve already used a Jaguar. Can’t come up with something new? I’m the Martin Brody to your girl-who-gets-eaten-in-the-first-scene, the Nathan Bridger to your Lucas Wolenczak...

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Old home day

For about 11 months about 35 years ago, Rich Taylor was editor-in-chief of SIA. He’s better known from The New York Times, R&T or Popular Mechanics, but today, he runs GT car rally/tours. The New...

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gonna hit the lakes with my Porsche…

In the hot rod vernacular, going to the lakes usually means going to the dry lakebeds of the Southern California desert – El Mirage, Muroc, those sorts of places. Perhaps the long-lost owner thief...

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Hemmings Find of the Day – Waibel sport cabriolet

Ah, we meet again, Mr. Waibel. I last saw your Porsche prototype sport cabriolet in the Imperial Palace’s collection in April, for sale for $275,000, and it seems you found a buyer, because now Cooper...

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Family albums ‘n four-speeds – Charles Lindbergh!

Okay, so we didn’t get a relative of Charles Lindbergh sending in his family album car photos featuring the famous aviator, but we did get a photo in which Lindbergh makes an appearance. Actually,...

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The $55,000 Question

We’re still sorting through the numbers from the Monterey auctions, putting together coverage for our various titles. While looking over the spreadsheets, I happened to notice that these seven...

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Music Video Trope No. 348: Driving aimlessly around SoCal in a convertible

Both McCourt and LaChance submitted a few videos for this week’s foray into the world of music videos with old cars in them. First, above, LaChance’s suggestion of the 1960 Buick that appeared in the...

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The Porsche Museum’s Competitive Road Show

1960 Porsche 356B 1600GS Carrera GTL Abarth The Porsche Museum is not one of those stuffy museums where people can look at pretty, if lifeless, automobiles that, in their immobility, are shells of...

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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1964 Porsche 356C

Man, if you’re gonna sell an outlaw Porsche, this is the way to do it – by showing it kicking up some dirt. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that this 1964 Porsche 356C for sale on Hemmings.com seems to...

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Lou Fageol’s twin-engine Porsche

Our friend Charles Beesley is back at it with more photos of unusual cars. This time, it’s one we already know, but worth taking another look at: Lou Fageol’s twin-engine Porsche 356, shot in August...

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Four-Links – amazing Porsche 356 resto, Hot Shot No. 1, Rust in Portugal,...

* We’ve seen some pretty involved restorations in our day, but the restoration of this Porsche 356 – which looks like it went a couple rounds with a cement mixer and lost – by Kustom Coach Werks takes...

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Fletcher Flair – a Porsche designed for paddling

Porsche engines have found their way into a number of interesting one-offs and prototypes over the years, perhaps enough to fill an entire book. Should that ever happen, then certainly a few...

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Bentley, BMW, Jaguar and Porsche relive history at this year’s Mille Miglia

Italy’s historic 1,000-mile race, the Mille Miglia, was run annually from Brescia to Rome and back, from 1927 through 1940, and from 1947 through 1957. This year marks the 35th that the Mille will be...

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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1961 Porsche 356B T-5

Essentially a Porsche 356 speedster cabriolet with a permanent hardtop, the 356 notchback today has become relatively rare in unmodified form, particularly with its original top still intact. This...

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The Porsche as graphic art – Porsche Museum highlights work of Hanns Lohrer

Images courtesy Porsche In the 1950s and 1960s, Stuttgart painter and commercial graphic designer Hanns Lohrer created some of the most stylish and striking Porsche advertising artwork to ever whet the...

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Karl Ludvigsen’s “Porsche: Origin of the Species” wins Dean Batchelor Award

Photo by Jim Donnelly. Karl Ludvigsen, longtime automotive author, researcher, and contributor to Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, obviously knows a thing or two about writing a good book, whatever...

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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1965 Porsche 356C

Even if we didn’t know that this 1965 Porsche 356C for sale on Hemmings.com has extensive Brumos history, it’s readily apparent after just a quick browse through the photos that this Porsche has seen...

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Porsche’s “Rolling Museum” to attend Mille Miglia, Le Mans, and more

The 1970 Le Mans-winning Porsche 917 KH of Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood. All photos courtesy Porsche. As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the iconic Porsche 911, the automaker’s...

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Found Footage: 1950s Central American race action

When I think of hotbeds of sports car racing activity in the 1950s, Central America rarely comes to mind. But, just as they raced on the streets of Watkins Glen or across Sicily in the Targa Florio,...

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North Carolina Museum of Art to feature “Porsche By Design” exhibit

Porsche Type 901 Prototype. Photo by Michael Furman, courtesy North Carolina Museum of Art. Porsche automobiles will be the celebrated art form at a new exhibit entitled Porsche by Design: Seducing...

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Video collection celebrates “Porsche by Design” exhibit

Porsche Type 904. Still image taken from Vimeo video. Next month, the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) will debut an exhibit celebrating Porsche’s history and legacy of racing victories. Entitled...

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Four-Links – Cross-country Jensens, cross-country baby car, baby Wildfire,...

* What better reason for a cross-country road trip than to attend a monthly club meeting? Or, at least, that was the thinking behind the drive made by four couples in their Jensen Healeys traveling...

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Janis Joplin Porsche sells for record-breaking $1.76 million

Janis Joplin’s 1965 Porsche 356 SC Cabriolet, sold for $1,760,000/All photos by Terry Shea The initial results are in and RM Sotheby’s second New York City auction, dubbed “Driven by Disruption,”...

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Four-Links – first Porsche, first Sebring, first street sweepers, last...

Other vehicles designed and built by Ferdinand Porsche going back to the turn of the century have adopted the Porsche name in the years since, but the first to actually wear the Porsche name,...

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Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car Show to celebrate a pair of golden anniversaries

The Fiat 124 Sport Spider and the Alfa Romeo Spider, two Italian twin-cam beauties introduced 50 years ago this year, will be among the special classes at the 11th annual Hemmings Sports & Exotic...

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Hemmings Sunday Cinema – building a 356, Jeep guts, La Polizia Incrimina La...

Making the rounds this week has been this Porsche-produced video targeted to the American market showing how Stuttgart built the 356. * How many times does the narrator of this early Seventies Jeep...

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Recommended Reading – Porsche: The 4-Cylinder, 4-Cam Sports & Racing Cars

They are considered the most coveted Porsches ever created. Be it the nimble little 550 Spyder, the 356 Carrera or the stunningly beautiful 904, the one common element that binds them together is...

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