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here to start?
Editor Steve Bennett Well it goes
01379 668748; porscheworld@chpltd.com
without saying
Deputy Editor Brett Fraser
brett@brettfraser.co.uk that in our
Features Editor Keith Seume
mammoth
01208 871490; keith@fastbrit.com overview of the 911 at 50,
Consultant Editor Chris Horton we’ve reached the noughties.
porscheman1956@yahoo.co.uk
You can tell that because the
Contributors Les Bidrawn, Antony Fraser, Paul
Lawrence, Delwyn Mallett, Ray Northway, Ollie Preston,
cover features some very dark
Per Schroeder, Matt Stone, Johnny Tipler, Peter
Tognola, Adam Towler
and bland coloured cars, plus
an obligatory silver one,
Studio manager Peter Simpson because of course come the
Art Editor Joel Mitchell new millennium, we all
Colour origination Paul Nilsson
suddenly became very sophisticated, or something like that.
Conducting the group test at the Chobham test track in
Surrey proved to be the usual interesting experience and threw
Group advertisement manager James Stainer up a surprise winner. Well a surprise to me that is. This was
james.stainer@chpltd.com
supposed to be a look at the key 911 models of the decade, and
Production Ant Menhennet
ant.menhennet@chpltd.com
to chart the 911’s progress from beginning to end. OK, there
Tel: 020 8655 6417; fax: 020 8763 1001 wasn’t supposed to be a winner as such, but there will always be
CHPublications Ltd Nimax House, 20 Ullswater Crescent, a car that strikes a personal chord, and from the collected
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Administration Allie Burns, Sandra Househam that the 996 was quite an achievement for Porsche, it being the
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“about the 996. Reckon I’ll be buying one!
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particular late model 996 C4S seemed to back that up. From the
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Garnett Dickinson Print Ltd; tel: 01709 768000 shifting gearbox and more than adequate performance, it made
the other cars present feel like they were just trying too hard,
particularly in the suspension department. Each and every one
was way too stiff for our UK roads. So there you go, that’s the
second time in two months I’ve been nice about the 996. Reckon
I’ll be buying one soon!
As I scribble this Le Mans is but a day away and Porsche is
back in the race with a factory entered team of 911 RSRs. But for
the bigger story check out the new Porsche LMP1 car in News. Le
Mans 2014 can’t come soon enough.
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FEATURES
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YOU AND YOURS
Meet Danny Sargeant and his 944 S2
GOING FOR A SONG

Can’t afford a Singer 911? Here’s two takes
on the theme for a fraction of the cost
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AIR-COOLED 924: THE MISSING LINK?
Slammed and with an air-cooled VW engine
in the back. Is this 924 the missing link?
46
964 CARRERA CUP ROAD RACER
The 1993 Supercup Championship winning
car turbocharged and on the road
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PORSCHE 911 AT 50 Part 5
Into the 2000s for our 911 at 50 celebrations
DESIGNING THE 911: 2000s 911 evolution
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THE DEFINITIVE MILLENNIUM 911S:
Bringing together the 996 C4, 997 C2, 997
Turbo S and 997 GT3 RS THE LAST ROAD
TRIP: Around Britain in a 997 Turbo
THE 911 AND ME: Delwyn Mallett’s
personal take on the 911 so far
HOW TO: 996 DOOR HANDLE REPAIRS

DIY repair for broken door handles 98
SPECIALISTS: SOUTHBOUND TRIMMERS
The masters of the interior makeover 106
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Celebrating 50 years of the Porsche 911 63
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PORSCHE NEWS
2014 LE MANS
RACER REVEALED
The long awaited, and much As its name indicates, the car Porsche has, however, been demonstration duty fell to
anticipated race car that will see will run in the LMP1 category, very economical with details of German born Timo Bernhard, who
Porsche participate in the top which is for specially built, the car, at this stage painted in along with Frenchman Romain
level of endurance racing at Le prototype cars. Developed in the motor industry’s classic detail Dumas, will race the car in 2014.
Mans for the first time in 16 years, house by Porsche Motorsport and defying colour scheme. No Porsche boss Matthias Mueller
has been unveiled. The LMP1 raced by a Porsche factory team, information of the engine, emphasises that the LMP1 car
sports prototype, the it will run in the 2014 World expected to be a form of hybrid was a clean sheet design, and
development of which is ahead of Endurance Championship, which powertrain, or its output have that much of its technology
schedule, has completed test includes the iconic Le Mans. The been revealed, nor anything about would feature in the company’s
laps amidst tight security at 2014 calendar has yet to be the chassis. road cars. ‘After all, there’s a race
Porsche’s Research and finalised, but the WEC is likely to The full Porsche AG board car in every Porsche,’ he said.
Development Centre at Weissach, be an eight-race series, kicking showed up for the first test run of Porsche’s last entry to Le Mans
near Stuttgart, from where these off at Silverstone in April, Le Mans the racer, which was announced was in 1998, which it won with
photos were issued. in France happening in late June. two years ago. The the GT1 (pictured below).

NEWS – PEOPLE – PERSPECTIVES
LOOKING GOOD AT FIFTY

Given the fervour of Porsche’s half century the same event at which the original 911 “911 50” badge on the tail.
celebrations for the 911, a limited edition made its debut. It will reach UK showrooms Inside, the Sports seats have a 1960s style
model was inevitable, and in early June it the same month. “Pepita” chequered material, while the
duly popped up. The 50 Years Edition It is priced at £92,257, which is £8809 instruments have white pointers and silver
amounts to a Carrera S with the wider body more than the regular Carrera S, with its 3.8- instrument pivot pins. A further 911 50
normally reserved for the four-wheel drive litre, 395bhp flat-six engine. Apart from the badge adorns the passenger side of the
Carreras 4 models, and sprinkled with special 44mm broader at the rear body, this gets facia, with the batch number of the car.
trim and equipment. you special five-spoke cast alloy wheels The 50 Years Edition is not exactly another
Reflecting the year the 911 story kicked (loosely based on the classic Fuchs design), Sport Classic (the RS lookalike 997 of 2009
off, production will be limited to 1963 units, chrome strips on the engine lid grille, that was snapped up fast), but then the
and the car will be shown to the public at different trim on the front air inlets and on price is 10 per cent more than the standard
the Frankfurt motor show in September – the panel in between the rear lights, and a car, not double.

NEWS
OUR TAKE CATCHING UP WITH

CASH BACK
Hedge funds who ‘short
BRUCE JONATHAN AUCOTT
sold’ VW shares back in

2008 and lost billions
are set to sue Porsche
to get their money
ANDERSON
back. It’s a waste of
everyone’s time except
the lawyers’, who’ll
1938–2013
cream off a fortune,
David Sutherland It is our sad duty, writes Chris
reckons.
The four-year saga of Horton, to report the death The founder and proprietor
of German classic car
Porsche’s David and
Goliath style attempt to
earlier this year of 911 & specialist, Avantgarde,
recalls with fondness his
Porsche World’s former US
Leonard Turner
buy out Volkswagen that first Porsche, a 944 he had
began in 2005 was
fascinating, reaching a
correspondent, Bruce when he was 20, but
nothing tops the Carrera
climax in 2009 when the Anderson, at the age of 75. 2.7 RS he now owns
Zuffenhausen sports car
maker very nearly pulled Famous for a number of books, including the iconic Porsche 911 Performance Handbook, Bruce first How old are you and where
it off – but at the 11th appeared in the magazine more than 20 years ago, in our Spring 1992 issue’s Guest Speaker pages. Having do you live, and work?
hour stumbled. It was the read his authoritative and always strongly held views, publisher and then editor Clive Househam I’m 38 years old, and live and
kind of heroic failure we immediately and quite rightly realised that we needed an expert correspondent on the ground in such an work in Tamworth,
British love so much. important Porsche marketplace – Bruce had been a Porsche Club America stalwart since as long ago as Staffordshire.
As corporate stories in 1964 – and the first of his many regular columns appeared in the following edition. Anderson, as it became
the sober car known, was thus a regular and much-loved fixture by the time I took over as the magazine’s editor What was your big break
manufacturing world go, in mid-1996, and it continued until Issue 62, in May 1999. into the motor industry?
this was one of the best, In those early days, before the widespread use of e-mail, Clive and Bruce communicated entirely by fax, My first taste of the
particularly towards the but in July 1997 Anderson and his wife, Stephanie, visited not just England but also the big Porsche event at motor trade was buying a
end when the stakes Walton Hall near Stratford-upon-Avon, sponsored by Coventry-based independent specialist Autobahn – five-year old Vauxhall Nova
became ever higher and itself now deceased, as it were, but effectively replaced by PCT. They even very graciously attended one of SR while still at college,
the amounts of money our own Monday-night Blue Ball pub meetings in Surrey, where not surprisingly they were enthusiastically and selling it within weeks
involved truly greeted by an even larger than usual number of 911 & Porsche World readers. for a good profit.
preposterous. Were it a Unfortunately, however, we all rather lost touch during the years that followed, and it came as a genuine
movie, you could imagine shock to read of Bruce’s untimely passing in the June edition of Porsche Club GB’s monthly magazine, Summarise your career
the camera cutting Porsche Post. Our sincere if somewhat belated condolences, then, to both Stephanie and the rest of Striving to buy and sell the
between the sacked Bruce’s immediate family, as well as his many friends and colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic, highest quality stock
instigators COE Wendelin if not throughout the world. He will be missed. available.
Wiedeking and chief bean
counter Holger Harter, Are you a petrolhead?
ruefully clearing their Absolutely, cars are my life
desks into a cardboard
box as the credits roll.
But now the story
FULL SALE AHEAD and I couldn't be happier with
my profession.
looks like getting rather Serious Porsche collectors may be August. Recently rebuilt from the ground
What was your first car?
boring. Harter’s recent liquidising a few of their assets in up by Segal Motorcar Co Inc in Toronto, Ford Escort Mk4 1.3.
fine of €630,000 for credit Insurance was extortionate
fraud will no doubt
preparation for upcoming high profile Canada, it is claimed by proprietor Jeffrey
in 1992.
encourage the various classic car auctions featuring covetable Segal to be ‘the best restoration of this
hedge funds who are Porsches. In its London sale in September, car in the US’. What was the first Porsche
suing Porsche for an you ever drove?
estimated €5bn, and the RM Auctions will be selling the world- A two-owner car, one keeping it for 41
A seven-year-old 944S2.
case, which started out renowned Laidlaw Competition Car years, it is in the rare colour combination Unfortunately I had the car
unsuccessfully in the US Collection (the owner, Irvine Laidlaw, is of Aetna Blue paintwork and red leather, trade bug by then, so I ran it
courts will presently get daily for a while, then it had
under way in Germany. retiring from racing and wishes to sell up), and is a ‘matching numbers’ car (in other
to go.
Why are these which includes a 1965 ex-works Porsche words the original engine and gearbox are
financiers bothering? Which Porsche, past or
They were deftly out
904/6. The 904 was introduced in 1963 as present), and number 209 of the 472
present, do you like best?
manoeuvred by Porsche a GT racer with a four-cylinder engine, the roadsters with bodywork by the Belgian My Carrera 2.7 RS Touring is
over the value of VW 904/6 a six-cylinder evolution for 1965, coachwork company D'lteren. ‘We began the best car I have ever
shares, something they driven.
would have been proud of with just four cars built. It has a pre-sale work on in it November 2012 and finished
had they done it. But estimate of £900,000 to £1m. in June, and we have 3500 photos of the What car do you
more importantly – even if A less expensive, but nonetheless restoration,’ says Segal. drive daily?
they win, will they ever Either cars from stock, or the
get their hands on the interesting Porsche classic that RM will The car is being sold with no reserve,
wife's VW Scirocco diesel.
cash? The case is bound be selling is a 1961 Porsche 356B 1600 but Segal reckons it will make £125,000-
to grind on for years when What gets you out of bed in
the inevitable appeals are
Super Roadster, which will appear at RM’s £140,000. More details on these two
the morning?
taken into account, so sale at the Pebble Beach Concours auctions can be seen at The thought of being
Porsche, even if it loses, d’Elegance in Monterey, California in mid www.rmauctions.com surrounded by fantastic
might not write the German cars all day, and
cheque for a very long dealing with like minded
time, if ever, if other high enthusiasts.
profile legal battles are
anything to go by. What has been the biggest
It would surely be challenge in your
better if the money men working life?
took it on the chin and About 10 years ago I made
concentrated on the change from selling
maximising our pensions, modern performance cars
leaving Porsche to do what to classic cars. It was a
it does best – making the steep learning curve, but
world’s best sports cars. well worth it.

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1000 PORSCHES AT SILVERSTONE

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charity. So not only will the attendance pass 911, but will break the second threshold of 991 cars exhausts, and also carries out
(this denoting the model code of the latest 911), resulting in a four-figure total. suspension alignment.
Famous Porsche faces such as Derek Bell MBE will be present, while on the Saturday, under It is a retail only operation, which
the “Project 50” banner, Richard Attwood and Gordon Robertson will race a 1965 short-wheelbase does not handle motor trade work,
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Supercars from all ages will be put through their paces on the
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up the demanding Brooklands test hill.
In 2012 the event proved to be popular with car clubs that put

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY 911 – FROM MINI

It was a shameless piece of PR on the part of BMW, a ploy to generate column inches where no story
exists. And by even mentioning it, 911 & Porsche World has, it could be argued, feebly swallowed
EVENTS
Munich’s bait. THE PORSCHE
The BMW-owned Mini brand has offered the 911 hearty congratulations for its 50th birthday in
September, and at the same time highlighted a number of, at best, spurious, similarities between the
MONTH AHEAD
two cars, despite their positions at the opposite end of the motoring spectrum. It points out that, for SHOWS AND EVENTS
example, the pair’s designers – Ferdinand Alexander Porsche and Alexander Issigonis – created an icon July 12-14
Goodwood Festival of Speed
but did not know it at the time, and that the 911 has been Porsche’s most successful racer, while the Nr Chichester, West Sussex
Mini Cooper S was a rally legend in the 1960s. One of the world’s great classic events
in the grounds of Lord March’s home and
As can be seen from the photo, BMW went to some trouble to colour match the Mini and Porsche for this year celebrating 50-years of the
its photos – although some might feel that the post 1967 Mini Mk2, recognisable by its angular grille Porsche 911
and squared tail lamps, is too new for a 1963-based comparison. www.goodwood.co.uk
It is not the first time Mini has tried to engage Porsche to generate publicity. In 2010 the boss of Mini July 21
USA Jim McDowell challenged Porsche to field a Carrera S against a Mini Cooper at the Road Atlanta Classics at the Castle
circuit, but Porsche declined, saying, ‘we welcome you at Sebring, Le Mans, Daytona or any other Sherborne Castle, Dorset
Classic event covering the full gamut of
sanctioned race where there is more at stake than T-shirts.’ the classic car scene in a wonderful
location too
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July 26-27
Silverstone Classic
Silverstone, Northants
Biggest historic race meeting of the year.
On top of that there will be an attempt by
Porsche Club Great Britain to get 1000 911s
on to the circuit to celebrate 50 years of
the 911
www.silverstoneclassic.com
July 29
911&PW Readers’ pub meet
The Chequers, Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey
Our second Pub meet of the year at the
Chequers. Great excuse for an early
FORMER PORSCHE MAN FINED £540,000 evening drive out and shandy with fellow
With Porsche accelerating ahead in sales and profit, the failed takeover of VW that Porsche enthusiasts. Supported by our
friends from the Surrey region of PCGB
left it almost bankrupt in 2009 is now a fading memory – unless you are the
carmaker’s former chief accountant, who recently had to relive every excruciating Sport
detail in court, the ordeal ending with a €630,000 (about £540,000) fine being July 5-7
slapped on him. German Grand Prix/Porsche Supercup
The Stuttgart District Court convicted Holger Harter (pictured) of credit fraud Round 4
Nürburgring, Germany
perpetrated in 2009, on the grounds that he had understated the amount of cash
Porsche needed to buy control of VW, and also that Porsche had not fully disclosed July 13-14
the full extent of its options on VW stock. This held down the value of the stock BRSCC Porsche Championship
Rounds 9/10
significantly in the period immediately before Porsche planned to acquire it. Snetterton, Norfolk
In Germany fines are calculated on the basis of the defendant’s finances, hence Harter’s estimated www.porscheracingdrivers.co.uk
€3500 (about £3000) daily income plus reported assets of €35m (£30m) left him exposed to a large hit. July 21
Following the judgement, he said he would appeal, but in any event this story still will run for a long time Porsche Club Speed Championship
yet, possibly years. Round 8
Clay Pigeon Raceway, Dorset
Porsche’s former CEO Dr Wendelin Wiedeking – who along with Harter left the carmaker in 2009 has also www.porscheclubmotorsport.co.uk
been charged in connection with the attempted takeover, but has yet to go on trial. Harter’s criminal
conviction is likely to give added impetus to investors who are pursuing a string of civil claims against July 26-28
Hungarian Grand Prix/Porsche
Porsche, the full amount reckoned to be around €5bn (£4.3bn). Supercup
Round 5
NEWS IN BRIEF Budapest, Hungary
G The downsized 2.7-litre flat-six used in the Boxster and Cayenne has been named Engine of the Year in the 2.5- to 3.0- July 28
litre category by the UK magazine, Engine Technology International. It is the fourth time in the 15 years of the contest MSA British Historic Rally
that a Porsche engine has been a winner. Championship
G At a recent press event based in Hockenheim in Germany, during which journalists drove the “plug-in” Panamera S E- Round 6, Harry Flatters Rally
Hybrid over a mixed road route, the average economy of all drivers was 4.4/100km, or 64mpg, and the best 2.8/100km Epynt, Wales
– 100.9mpg. www.hrcr.co.uk
G In May the last of the Porsche family members to hold a very senior position in the company, Dr Wolfgang Porsche
turned 70. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche, he is the son of Ferry Porsche, who founded the car maker, August 3
and died in 1998, and the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, the outstanding automotive design engineer. Porsche Club Speed Championship
G Car production lines normally only shut down due to lack of demand or, rarely, industrial action. But Porsche’s Round 9
Leipzig plant, which builds the Cayenne and Panamera, ground to a halt recently because of floods in the Goodwood, West Sussex
region, the worst in a decade. www.porscheclubmotorsport.co.uk
G Maria Sharapova has been signed up the face of Porsche. Fresh from a similar deal at Land Rover, the statuesque grand
slam winner is “brand ambassador”, and besides promoting the cars, her duties include raising the profile of women’s August 4
tennis in Germany, Porsche being a sponsor of the national team. Porsche Carrera Cup/BTCC
G Technical information specialist Autodata is now offering independent workshops an on-line package that includes Rounds 11/12
servicing and repair data on Porsches. The models included are the 996- and 997-series 911s, all Boxsters and Snetterton, Norfolk
Caymans excluding the latest generations models, and Cayennes and Panameras. www.btcc.net

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THIS MONTH’S MUST-HAVES AND PORSCHE ACCESSORIES
Bright spark
Elf Ignition, based in Rednitzhembach in Southern
Germany, has recently introduced a range of electronic
ignition systems to upgrade sparking and combustion on
all 911s made up until the introduction of the 964-series in
1989, and also on the last of the 356s. They are “plug and
play” kits, contained in a retro look aluminium casing, and
which come with a replacement coil.
The basic, HKZ Standard kit is for owners who simply
wish to improve reliability, with greater resistance to damp Bush territory
and so on, although it does give 2.5 times the ignition power times, and the €1550 (£1330) price for all models includes Powerflex, the Middlesex-based
of the original ignition system, and the rev limit can be converting the existing distributor to a completely supplier of the well known purple
adjusted up to 7950rpm. The HKZ Super kit is designed to electronic function. The distributor obviously has to be sent aftermarket suspension bushes, has
improve engine performance, with a double spark action, into the company, and once modified serves only to actuate introduced its first catalogue of
and might appeal to those racing pre-1989 Porsches. With the ignition module, the job of the ignition advance being upgrades for the 997-series 911, and
this kit, new spark plug leads are recommended to prevent taken over by the ignition module itself. also the second generation, 987-series
the more powerful spark arcing, and causing engine This kit can be supplied with optional PC software (€100 Boxster. They are stiffer than the
misfires. Prices for the Standard and Super kits are €1048 extra) to allow the ignition to be programmed in more detail, Porsche factory bushes, and therefore
and €1198 (about £890, and £1030), and €50 (£43) extra for able to obtain ignition curves that a conventional distributor should tauten up the handling by a
the later, 3.3-litre 930 Turbo. can never achieve. Shipping is around €20 (£17), and further small degree – but they are also
The HKZ Dynamic kit increases the spark power 3.5 information is available at www.elf-ignition.de claimed to side step a wear issue.
‘The original rubber bushes can start
to degrade within a year, and within
three to four years they will have lost
Rise and shine a bit of tension,’ says Powerflex’s
A driver’s delight they may be, but some owners feel that the gearlever on Boxsters design manager Paul Solbe. ‘Being
and 911s, bar the latest models, is too far away, especially for track work. This was made of polyurethane, Powerflex
not lost on Porsche parts specialist Rennline, in Vermont in the US, which has just bushes do not degrade.’
launched its Shift Tower Riser kits, which raises the lever either by four or seven Included in the 997 range is an
inches and makes it feel more like that on a 911 Cup racer. adjustable set of front bushes, allowing
The raised supporting platform is made from aircraft grade aluminium, and is camber and caster angle to be altered
secured into four existing bolt holes in the floorpan. Fitting is quick, though the to optimise the suspension geometry,
centre console has to be removed and left off. It does not make the shift action and with a special spanner included in
shorter – but you can fit a short shifter on top if you want that. the kit, this can be done once the
Available in an anodised or powder coat finish, the four-inch riser is available for the bushes are on the car, which is
first and second Boxster generations (986 and 987), and costs $225 (about £150), convenient. As an option for the GT2/3
while the seven-inch kit additionally fits the 996 and 997 911s and is $240 (£160), and RS, the inner adjustable bush gives
with UK shipping about £25. Obviously it only fits manual cars. additional camber adjustment. All
More details at www.rennline.com bushes are priced individually, and are
fairly inexpensive, though of course you
must allow for fitting, which for a full
Light work set is about a day’s work, including
resetting the geometry. More details
Weight saving – even if it is nowadays largely a nominal and prices can be seen at
affair, given their prodigious output – has always been an www.powerflex.co.uk
issue closely associated with Porsche, hence an exhaust
system claimed to tip the scales at half that of the
factory item is bound to stir up interest among
enthusiasts. It is made by Guildford-based Quicksilver
Exhaust Systems, and is available for the 997-series,
generation 2 911 Turbo, and the rear-drive versions of it,
the GT2 and GT2 RS.
Made from 100 per cent titanium, the two sections revs, along with more turbo whistle.
together weigh 2.7kg, which Quicksilver – in the exhaust Fitting is straightforward, as the original catalysts are
business since 1973, when systems could last a mere 18 retained and the factory mounting points used. The UK-
months – says is less than half that of the original Porsche made system costs £4416 including VAT, and is supplied
items. And ‘added lightness’ is not all it delivers, as there with a 25-year warranty. For more details call Quicksilver on
is an extra 8-10db worth of sporty exhaust note at high 01428 687722 or visit www.quicksilverexhausts.com

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Feel the noise

Exhausts can be likes buses - none arrive for a while, then they all show up together. And at the moment we’re
being inundated with 911 systems, particularly for the latest 991-series. German tuner Cargraphic is among the
latest to launch one, which is a direct replacement on the 3.4-litre Carrera and 3.8-litre S, and on both is claimed
to give an extra 10bhp and 18lb ft.
Like most aftermarket exhausts for the 991, it comes with a flap control to increase the sporty noise at higher
revs, though for this to work straightaway, the exhaust needs to be the factory optional Sport exhaust.
Otherwise a module is required, which allows the flap control system to be operated via the key fob.
The system, the wheel arch silencers and the tailpipe set, is priced at €5495, which comes to around £5650
once VAT is added, with fitting extra. Hence the question must be, how many owners of 991s with a Sport
exhaust are going to want to replace a system that will be good for perhaps 10 years or more? ‘Some people are
underwhelmed by the noise of the standard car,’ reports Lawrence Stockwell of Cargraphic stockist Parr, in
Crawley in West Sussex. “We’ve been surprised at the number of customers doing things to their new 911s.’
Forging ahead
Further details are available on 01293 537911, or at www.parr-uk.co.uk If you believe that the wheels should be the talking
point on your Porsche, then this new rim from
Porsche tuner SpeedArt in Stuttgart might appeal.
Named the SpeedArt LSC, and designed specially
for Porsches, it is made from forged alloy, which is
stronger than cast alloy, and therefore allows
slimmer spokes to be used which in turn saves
weight. The novelty is obviously the contrast
between the black spokes and the silver rim, with
the bolts around the rim adding to the effect.
The LSC comes in three diameters: 20-inch (8.5-,
10.5- and 11.5-inch widths), 21-inch (9- and 11-inch)
and 22-inch (9.5- and 11-inch), with prices ranging
from £5760 per set of four including VAT to £7156.
For more details, call SpeedArt UK based in Essex
on 020 8598 9115, or go to www.speedartuk.com
or www.speedart.de
Polished Avert a fuel crisis 928’s sporting

performance Fuelling and engine management specialist Webcon, whose brand chance
These days there is line-up includes the iconic Weber carburettor name, has put Suspension specialist Bilstein tells us
a bottle of together an all inclusive kit that will ease the job of renewing the that for some reason it has had an
cleaning, polishing carburation on the Porsche 356, 912 and 914. This trio originally increasing number of enquiries about
or youth used Solex or Zenith carburettors, but parts for these have long dampers for the 928, Porsche’s V8-
enhancing fluid been difficult to obtain. powered grand tourer made from
for almost Branded the Webcon Weber IDF Kit, it comprises a pair of 1977 to 1995. It has therefore dusted
every part on a Spanish made Weber carburettors (the genuine article, now off its stocks of B6 Sport dampers for
car, so why not made in Spain rather than Italy), manifolds and reusable air filters, the veteran coupe – once intended as
one specifically thus at a stroke eliminating the problems of tracking down Porsche’s future – and, so to speak,
for the missing or worn parts. Webcon, based in Sunbury in Middlesex, put them back on the shelves.
exhaust, also offers an extensive range of choke and jet sizes, to suit One damper fits every 928 model,
thought various states of engine tune. from 4.5- to 5.4-litre, a mono-tube
exhaust The part number of the 356/912 kit is PPO202, and the price is design rather than the factory twin-
specialist £870 including VAT, while that for the 914 (PPO203) is £906. Having tube. As with the original, it has a
Milltek. Aimed twin Webers on your car isn’t quite the boast it was a few decades small amount of adjustment, and, as
at owners ago, but they will probably make the car go quicker if set up might be expected, is stiffer than the
wanting to revive properly, and with all that extra sucking noise from the induction, Porsche damper, bringing about a
the look of an exhaust while will sound sportier too. More information is available on 01932 reduction in body roll on corners and
detailing the car, Milltek Metal 787100, or at www.webcon.co.uk less squat and dive under braking.
Polish was developed by Milltek’s They are said to be longer lasting too.
own people together with car care They are priced at £306 including
experts Dodo Juice. It is a mildly VAT each for the front, and £325 for
abrasive fluid, so is said to make the rear. The damper shown here,
quick work of soot, dirt and fuel incidentally, is not the actual 928
deposits, and is priced at £15 for a one, but the nearest to it that
100ml bottle, enough for 20 Bilstein could give us, and very
applications. To find a stockist, go similar, we’re told. For more
to www.millteksport.co.uk information call 0116 247 8930, or
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FEATURES EDITOR, KEITH SEUME, COMPARES THE SIZE AND
WEIGHT OF PORSCHES OLD AND NOT SO OLD. HE ALSO DRIVES A
RATHER NICE 911ST AND PONDERS ON HOW SOME THINGS (NOT
JUST BAD PENNIES) KEEP SHOWING UP IN HIS LIFE…
KEITHSEUME
Classic Porsche
SIZE MATTERS
length is all in the overhang, but the blame for
that can largely be laid at the door of the
impact bumpers.
However, when you come to the width, I
was surprised to see that, at 1652mm, the
narrow-bodied ‘non-Sport’ Carrera 3.2
Speedster is, in fact, 18mm narrower than the
356 version (1670mm). Even the wide-arched
Turbo-Look ‘Sport’ model is only 105mm (or a
shade over four inches) wider than the old’un,
despite looking so wide-hipped and aggressive
in comparison.
Where the big difference is, though, is
weight: empty, the 356A Speedster officially
tipped the scales at 765kg compared to a
whopping 1150kg for the non-Sport Carrera,
and 1220kg for the Turbo Look version. So
If there’s one thing I dislike about modern a 1989 Carrera 3.2 ‘update’. even the narrow-bodied Carrera 3.2 Speedster
sportscars, it’s the fact that, almost without Whenever I see (or drive) a Porsche 356, I weighed 50 per cent more than its forebear!
exception, they have become bloated and am always amazed how tiny it is (jewel-like, is But, of course, the 1600S ‘Super’ Speedster
overweight. At this point, of course, you’re my favourite way to describe it), so it came as produced just 75bhp while the Carrera 3.2
expecting Seume to go off on one of his usual a bit of a shock to see a side-by-side (or Speedster developed 231bhp, and you can’t
diatribes about how the 911 has put on rather, back-to-back) comparison between argue with a 300 per cent boost in power…
weight over the years, how Porsche ought to Speedsters, old and, well, less old. One can But I was reminded by a friend how narrow
build a stripped-down lightweight version, etc hardly call a 1989 Porsche ‘new’, after all. the 911 was in its day. The original
etc. Well, you’re wrong. Sort of. The image, which is reproduced here, made short wheelbase cars were tiny – almost
It was while compiling the latest issue of me turn to my reference books in search of pencil-like in their plan view. In fact, drive an
sister magazine Classic Porsche, that I had their respective dimensions. The 356 early 911 on modern roads and you really do
quite a surprise. No, not because I actually Speedster measures some 3950mm in length, start to feel a little vulnerable as you look
managed to complete the magazine ahead of compared to 4290mm for the 911 Speedster – (usually up) at most modern saloons.
schedule (mind you, that is a surprise in itself) a difference of 340mm, or roughly 13.5 inches.
but because I had the opportunity to compare But the wheelbase is only 171mm different Stefan Bau’s photos illustrate that, even by
the relative size (and weight) of two Porsche (that’s under 7ins in old money) – 2100mm for the late 1980s, the 911 was still a relatively
Speedsters: a 1956 356A ‘original’ and the 356, 2271mm for the 911. The extra small car. Heavy, granted, but compact…

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BRETTFRASER JOHNNYTIPLER CHRISHORTON STEVEBENNETT
THE WEIGHTING GAME

Talking of Porsches putting on a 911 should, with instant turn-in,
weight, I had the pleasure a few instant response to throttle input
days ago of driving a 911 which and a sound that sends tingles
has lost a lot of weight. It’s a 911 down your spine. Take it above
ST re-creatioin built to FIA spec by 4000rpm and you’d believe
Canford Classics down in Armageddon lies around the next
Bournemouth. corner, the banshee-like wail
With glassfibre wings, doors, scaring small animals and children
bonnet and engine lid, a fully from afar. I loved it…
stripped interior and Plexiglas side This, dear reader, is how a 911
and rear windows, it weighs as should be: even with its apparently
much as a snowflake on a diet. uncompromising specification, it
And it’s wonderful. still felt docile at low rpm, happy to
It’s powered by a twin-plugged potter along at 2000rpm, or less,
short-stroke 3.2-litre motor with without complaint. But hit that
46mm PMOs, which produces magic four grand and you’d better
around 300bhp. With a 40 per cent be holding on – things start to
ZF LSD, 915 gearbox, upgraded happen pretty fast. A new 991
suspension and brakes, it feels like may be good, but this is perfect.
THE CIRCLE GAME

I love the way that some things go had a habit of reappearing out of car minus the registration number number RSR 888H for it, which I
full circle. I love the way that, in the mists of time: registration for less money. I did some reverse thought more fitting than the DBY
times past, we say goodbye to numbers keep resurfacing, too. maths and offered him the 860M which had been allocated to
something – a car, a part maybe – Many years ago – 1976, in fact – difference between his two sales it by the DVLA on import.
and then suddenly find it’s popped I bought a 1954 Beetle as daily prices for ‘my’ registration number. Well, I sold the car about seven
up again after several years. transport. It bore the licence plate Well, after some negotiation, a years ago, foolishly complete with
As I mentioned in my previous ‘TLF 25’, which was original to the deal was struck and, 30 years the number. I kicked myself for
‘Usual suspects’ back in December, car, and so the little VW was after I sold the Beetle, I once more letting it go, but we all make
last year I had the pleasure of nicknamed ‘Tealeaf’ (below right). I owned its registration number! It’s mistakes – me more than most!
going testing with Paolo Faldini’s ran it for a couple of years, since been used on my old 912, But then, lo and behold, guess
freshly-restored Porsche 934. modifying it as I went along, before and a Beetle, and is destined to go what has turned up near me? Yup,
What made me smile was the selling it to someone in London, on my 912/6 project car. RSR 888H – on the back of a bl**dy
knowledge I had been a passenger who then sold it to a friend in That’s not the only number Subaru pick-up of all things! It’s
in this very car all the way back in Chichester, before it ended up with that’s returned, if not ‘home’ then used Porsche dealer Adrian
1981 during a track test for Hot someone in Bath. After that, it close by. When I carried out the Crawford’s run-around, which
Car magazine. went up north Manchester way. backdate on my 1974 Carrera 2.7 resides not 25 miles from where
That in itself was quite a In 1987, I saw it at a show, but (oh the folly of youth…), I I live – the number had been on a
coincidence, but more recently, then it disappeared for good, or so purchased the trade-in and he decided to retain it.
while looking through some old I thought. About five years later, I I may let him keep it. For now…
transparencies I had taken at a got a call out of the blue asking if I
muddy, damp Goodwood in or wanted to buy my old car back.
around 1977 or ’78, I spotted a The price was ludicrously high, the
white Porsche sporting tacked-on justification for which was that
rear arches and a deep airdam. ‘the number plate’s worth a lot of
Yes, it was the very same car in an money, you know’. Not to me it
earlier guise. wasn’t… or so I thought.
I’m not complaining, of course, About 20 years later(!), I heard
but I mean, come on guys, there the car was for sale again, but I
must be more than one 934 in this had no interest in buying it and,
world for me to experience? Or am judging by the lack of response to
I destined to go through life living the advert, nobody else did either.
out some sort of automotive After a month or two, the advert
Groundhog Day? reappeared with the note that the
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LETTERS
GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? NEED TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE
PORSCHE WORLD? WELL, HERE’S YOUR CHANCE…
However, you can’t carry a bike been super helpful and

in the back, which is my other informative in the process of
interest. In the championship, restoring the car. I have even
head to head with a 911CS, managed to participate in a few
there was little in it, but better classic car events during the
handling at high speed and in past year.
the wet helped the 968 to win It took two years of nagging
cups at Aintree and Prescott. to convince a friend to sell me
I found out afterwards that his 1988 944 Turbo (see below),
there were only 26 RHD M030s which is absolutely pristine, has
ever built, and that most of the low mileage and is without a
race cars were rebuilt standard doubt the best surviving
968s. When a count was tried it example in South Africa.
was estimated that less than
16 factory 968 CS M030s
remain – this surely is one of
the rarest, most functional, and
fun Porsches of all.
Nick Bromley, via E-mail
HAPPY CUSTOMER couple of uncharacteristic a monthly drive out and visit.

I hope you don’t mind me problems. On the first occasion Chris Waldron, via E-mail 944 DREAMING
dropping you a line as I’ve only I started to experience poor I bought my dream car approx
ever written one other letter to engine starting when warm. Keith Seume replies: It’s great two years ago. When I saw the
a magazine and that was to This turned out to be a to hear someone praising their Porsche 944 in a CAR magazine
complain about atrocious corroded main battery lead local specialist – it makes a roadtest back in 1984, it was Now, can you tell me, is it
customer service. So, it’s nice which, after a phone call to Ray, refreshing change from the love at first sight. I kept that possible to replace the later
to be able to balance things was immediately replaced. tales of frustration we magazine through the years model 944’s four-spoke
out with the exact opposite on More recently, after a occasionally hear! and, 27 years later, flew to steering wheel with the earlier
this occasion! weekend away and covering Cape Town, bought my 1984 three-spoke type?
Having promised myself a 500 miles, I experienced an 944 – it’s Guards Red and Once again, thank you for a
911 some 28 years ago, I finally exhaust blow. Although it CLUB SPORTING identical to the one in the test – great mag, and keep up the
realised my dream in December sounded great, it was quite Back in 2000, I did my own Club and drove it back to Pretoria. excellent work.
last year when I purchased a unnerving as it gradually got Sport ‘group test’ to decide on I have since spent almost as Paul du Plessis, via E-mail
secondhand 997 C2S from Ray louder while driving along the an everyday runner that I could much on the car as what I paid
Northway at Northway Porsche. motorway. The minute I got use in the Porsche Club speed for it, and it is mechanically Steve Bennett replies: Yes, the
My main concern now being home I rang Ray and told him of championship. The car was, in (and otherwise) in reasonably steering wheels are
in a position to actually buy one the problem. That very fact, featured in the September excellent and original interchangeable. Your car looks
was back up and technical afternoon he had the problem 2002 edition of 911 & Porsche condition. Your magazine has great – enjoy it in the sunshine!
expertise, as I have very little fixed within an hour. Apparently World (see photo, right). My
time and even less mechanical two exhaust studs had conclusion was much the same
know-how. From the first phone corroded and broken off. as yours: after a 12 month
conversation with Ray to the Apart from fantastic search I found a bright yellow
subsequent purchase, he has customer service and Porsche 968CS with M030 factory pack.
been fantastic! expertise, Northway also offers You didn’t mention the
I remember him saying the good value, transparent menu weight of the 968CS – this was
first time I spoke to him that price servicing for all models. I an important criteria as, at
‘you’ll get no pinstripe suits live near Swindon and 1320kg, it falls comfortably
here, but we know all there is to Northway are located near below the 928’s 1450kg, which
know about Porsche’ – and he’s Reading but rest assured I will was also rejected on grounds of
right. A few months after continue to use them its size down the narrow
collecting my new pride and joy, regardless. The other benefit is courses. The 911CS had
a shiny 2005 silver 911 (997) that they stock 911 & Porsche everything: 1180kg, small size
C2S manual, I experienced a World, so I’ve got an excuse for and traction off the line.

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PORSCHE SPORT
PAUL LAWRENCE ROUNDS UP ALL THE LATEST SPORT NEWS
Photos: Malcolm Griffiths, New World Motorsport and Paul Lawrence
Porsches blitzed the ninth edition of Tour Britannia as Phil Hindley

took back-to-back wins. Porsches are also on top in the British GT
Championship, while the latest 991-type GT3 Cup car will come to
the Carrera Cup GB next season.
PORSCHES UNDER FIRE IN BRITISH GT

After winning the opening three
races of the season, the speed
of the Porsches in the Avon Tyres
British GT Championship has
been queried by rival teams, with
some team managers calling for
the Porsches to be reined in.
The three 997-model 911
GT3Rs from the Trackspeed team
each took a race win across the
opening three races and then all
qualified in the top four for the
fourth round at Silverstone at the
end of May. Mark Lemmer, boss of
BMW team Barwell Motorsport,
was among those calling for the
championship organisers to make
regulation changes to slow the
Porsches down.
However, championship
organisers SRO say that the car’s
performance across all GT3 racing Porsches to the fore on the Silverstone grid
will determine whether any
changes are made. “The Balance the season at Snetterton when Trackspeed cars are doing better three cars badly damaged in two
of Performance is reviewed after the 911s were required to run with than the others,” he continued, separate incidents. Gregor Fisken
every GT3 race, but it isn't British a 7mm increase in ride height, the pointing to a driver line-up that was heading for the pits with a
GT deciding this, it is the FIA GT distance between the track and includes international standard puncture when the unsighted
bureau and it is based on the underside of the car. GT racers Richard Westbrook and Phil Keen piled into the back of
performances across all GT3 “We can't rein in the Porsches Nick Tandy. his team mate. During the
series,” said a championship because they've had a good start Ironically, the three-hour ensuing safety car period, team
spokesman. There was a small to the season: there are a Silverstone race proved to be a boss David Ashburn collided with
change made for the fifth race of number of factors why the disaster for Trackspeed, with all the pit wall.
Two Trackspeed cars collided in the race The 911 GT3R of Gregor Fisken Porsches are setting the pace in British GT

PORSCHE SPORT
EDWARDS STARS IN MONACO JONATHAN GREENSMITH

British racer Sean Edwards racer Kuba Giermaziak didn’t have to take any THE FORMER MX-5 RACER HAS MOVED
UP TO THE PORSCHE BOXSTER SERIES
underlined his status as the fended off Germany’s Michael risks. This win also belongs to
man to beat in this year’s Ammermüller for second. my team.” “I raced Mazda MX-5s for seven years and
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup by British racer Ben Barker One of the highlights of the then took two years out to see if we could
winning around the streets of scored a commendable Monaco Supercup race was progress up into something bigger and better.
his adopted home of Monaco. ninth in only his second the duel of the rally stars. In We took our time to find out what was the
Edwards won the season Supercup race. the Porsche AG VIP car, nine- best series to go into and the Porsche
opener at Barcelona as the “That was the perfect time World Rally Champion Boxster came up trumps. It’s good value for
latest 911 GT3 Cup car made conclusion to a fabulous Sébastien Loeb finished 16th money, but we’re still finding our bearings
its race debut and then made week,” said Edwards. “On in his second Supercup race. with the car.
it two in a row by winning Monday I won the However, his former team “It is a totally different kettle of fish to the
the big event of the season Nürburgring 24-hour race (for mate Sébastien Ogier, the Mazda and there is a lot more to do. The
at Monaco. Mercedes), and now my current WRC leader, made an slightest adjustment on the car can totally
Edwards pulled clear of his second win here in Monaco: it impressive Supercup debut transform it. The Boxster is a proper
rivals on the first lap after doesn’t get better than that. as a guest driver for the race car with a 3.2-litre engine, so there is a
getting away well from pole Like in qualifying, my car was Allyouneed by Project 1 team lot more torque.
position. He was never simply perfect. I was so much and finished three places “We’re just finding our way and this is a big
challenged again as Polish quicker than the rest that I ahead of Loeb in 13th. learning year. People like Rick Styrin, who has
been doing it for a couple of years, know the
car inside out and it shows in the times. We
bought the car knowing it was more than a
one-year programme. It had been raced for a
couple of years before we got it.
“It’s a brilliant car and it handles like it is on
rails, but the back can step out on you if
you push it too hard. You’ve got to be
smooth with it.”
Edwards en Greensmith
route to victory has made the
switch to Boxsters
BRADSHAW SETS CLUB PACE BOXSTERS ON A BUDGET ATTWOOD TO STAR AT CLASSIC

Tom Bradshaw underlined his status as the man Seasoned race team boss Gerry Taylor reckons Richard Attwood, winner of the Le Mans 24-hour
to beat in this year’s Porsche Club Championship that the Porsche Boxster race series offers for Porsche in 1970, will celebrate the 50th
with a run of four wins from four races during great value for money racing and says that he anniversary of the Porsche 911 by racing at the
May at Brands Hatch and Donington Park. can prepare race-ready cars from £12,000 for Silverstone Classic (26-28 July).
Bradshaw’s Boxster S from the Hartech squad the new production class. Attwood will drive the 2-litre 911 being fielded
saw off one of the strongest fields in the Taylor, who started in 924s two decades ago, by Porsche Cars GB this season in the hour-long
championship’s history to take control at the now runs as many as nine cars for customers. International Trophy for Classic GT Cars, which
head of the points. “We can build a production car for £12,000 all-in runs into the dusk on Saturday evening.
“A good day,” said Bradshaw after his second and a full race car for another £5000,” said Taylor. From an entry of 80 cars, organisers have
Donington victory. “The car has been spot on and The new production class in the Toyo selected a capacity grid of 58 cars for this new
I’m over the moon.” His major rivals are the Tyres/Jasmine Motorsport Porsche high-profile race.
Paragon 911s of Adrian Slater and Mark Sumpter, Championship caters for near standard Boxsters At the same event, over 1000 911s will take to
while in class two John McCullagh (968CS) is and is an ideal entry level category. Cars in the the track in a record-breaking parade to mark 50
matching Bradshaw’s winning sequence. production class can remain road legal. years of the model.
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DANNY SARGEANT YOU AND YOURS
944 CALLING DANNY BOY

Danny Sargeant went to buy a bike and ended up with
a 944 as well. Well, it could happen to anyone. Oh, and
it’s an ex 911&PW feature, too
Words and photography: Brett Fraser
P
orsche ownership doesn’t always run more spiders. However, Matthew also handed over a
smoothly, as some of you will doubtless thick file with a full service history and every receipt
know. Take the 944S2 pictured here. It has for work that had been done to it over the years.’
appeared in 911 & Porsche World once before, Buying the 944 was quite a bold move by Danny. I’m
back in the November 2004 issue, squaring hoping he won’t be offended when I say he’s not really
up to a 968 Sport. Its then owner, Matthew Cook, had a petrolhead, even though he once owned a 1981
by that stage enjoyed the 944 for a couple of years, Jaguar XJ6 that he ‘lost’ in a motorway services – the
and there seemed every likelihood that he would car broke down there, Danny continued on with friends
maintain the relationship for many more years to come. to a party, then a few days later none of them could
And indeed that was the intention… remember which services they’d stopped at. And he’s
But as current owner, Danny Sargeant, explains, not a lifelong fan of Porsches: until recently he lived in
Matthew’s good intentions were sidetracked and the London where, he confesses, he didn’t need a car at all.
944 sidelined. ‘Matthew seemed to have got into ‘To be honest,’ he reveals, ‘I thought I would get the 944
bicycles in a big way and spent more and more time sorted out, looking good, and sell it on for a profit.’
cycling, and less and less looking after the Porsche. Obviously that’s not what happened. ‘Once I took
Apparently it reached the stage where the car failed its my first proper drive in it, I knew I wouldn’t be selling it.
MoT because of rust holes, so Matthew had it crudely It felt so good, so responsive. I don’t think I’ll be
patched up to get it through the test, but then parked getting rid of it ever.’
it up and SORNed it. In spite of its less than ideal long-term storage
‘The car was just left outside, the idea being that arrangements and its arachnid infestation, getting the
work would be done on it eventually. But of course that 944 operational again wasn’t too arduous a task.
never happened. Junk got piled up around it and the ‘Although there were some significant bodywork
944 lay there for years.’ issues, ranging from a hole in the rear wheelarch to
But while bicycles can be blamed for the Porsche’s dents caused by branches falling from a nearby tree,’
downfall, they are also responsible for its resurrection. relates Danny, ‘mechanically it was remarkably sound. I
‘I bought a bike from Matthew,’ recalls Danny, ‘and replaced the front discs and pads, fitted a new battery,
when I took it back to him for a few adjustments I and had a few minor electrical issues attended to, and
noticed a mouldy old cover over the top of a car. I then it passed its MoT.’
asked him what was under there and he told me it was As we’re all aware, having a valid MoT certificate is
a Porsche 944S2. He was about to move house and one thing, but having a perfectly functioning Porsche Right: Danny and his 944
wanted to get rid of it: in fact, he was just about to is quite another. ‘Once the car was roadworthy,’ S2. He didn’t plan on
give We Buy Any Car a call! For an old Porsche that had continues Danny, ‘I took it to Tower Porsche, near to owning a 944, but at £500
lain under a tarpaulin for years! my office, to have it inspected by a specialist. I figured it seemed like a good punt
‘I decided to seize the opportunity and asked if I it was worth the investment of a couple of hours’ at the time, despite having
could buy it. I got it for 500 quid, but on the strict labour to ensure the car was solid. The guys from sat for three years. But
understanding that I would promise to restore it. The Tower assured me that it is a good one: they even they’re tough old things
thing was absolutely full of spiders’ webs inside and offered to buy it from me.’ and it didn’t take much to
the engine bay was stuffed with dried leaves and yet Now that would be recommendation enough for get it going again

YOU AND YOURS DANNY SARGEANT

DANNY SARGEANT YOU AND YOURS
most of us, but Danny’s mother-in-law preferred to but it left another dent on the Porsche.
refer to his 944 as his ‘stupid car.’ Especially as Danny ‘I had already made plans to take the car into a body
had sold the idea of the Porsche to Joanne, his wife, as shop – there was rust on the front wheelarches,
a family car, on the strength of it having rear seats. bubbling on the sills, dents from the falling branches,
While motoring journalists make bold predictions about so rough plating over older rusty holes, and one of the
the back chairs of cars like this as being OK for hauling rear wings had been resprayed to the original colour
drunken mates back from the pub, the reality for the rather than the slightly faded colour of the rest of the
Sargeant family was somewhat different. body – so this meant some additional work.
‘I bought a Porsche child car seat for my two-year- ‘John from Magenta Coachworks (07930 362019) did
old son Jamie, but even that didn’t fit into those rear a brilliant job, cutting out the corroded metal and
buckets. In the end I had to customise it to get it in: properly plating it out. He colour matched the current
even then, Jamie’s little legs were touching the back condition of the paintwork and resprayed both sides of
of the front passenger seat, and that was with the car: I now wish I’d got him to do the nose, too, to
Joanne sitting so far forward her face was almost get rid of the stone chips, and that may well be a job
touching the windscreen… for the future. John had the whole thing turned around
‘Last Christmas we decided to take the 944 up to in a fortnight and for very reasonable money.’
Runcorn to see my parents, and I had to pick up Joanne The Linen metallic paintwork does look very good,
and Jamie from her parents along the way. I’d loaded stone chips notwithstanding, while the 944’s interior is
the car with Christmas presents too, and with ageing well, too, despite being in cream leather with
everyone aboard I had to stuff them all around the matching carpets. ‘Yeah, the carpets shampooed up
The definition of heartbreak is opening your

“
curtains and seeing your Harley on top of your 944
”
cabin, even down the sides of the seats. Jamie’s legs very nicely, and I’m also a fan of the cream upholstery; I
were a bit longer by this stage, so he had them up in can’t understand those who swap it out for black…
the air, and Joanne was hunched up in the footwell. (unlike 911&PW’s Editor!).
‘At the end of our Christmas break, Joanne booked a ‘Although I am planning to tidy up the car on an on-
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to have to get ourselves a proper family car, which, of Sensibly erring on the side of caution, Danny’s most matched the faded paintwork
course, leaves the 944 as my toy… immediate job on the 104,000-mile 944 will be to get Tower Porsche
‘Mind you, we did manage another little holiday in the the cam belts replaced. ‘Well, the car was just sitting www.towe r.yorkce ntraldesign.
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seat was strapped into the front passenger seat, and I also like to replace the windscreen – there are some over after its three year
was riding alongside on my Harley-Davidson.’ scratches on it right in my eye-line. And I’m in the sabbatical. Liked it so much,
And the Harley was ultimately responsible for process of researching the Porsche owners clubs, too, they offered to buy it
Danny’s decision to have the 944’s bodywork sorted as I want to join one of them and perhaps do a few Below: You can’t mistake
out, although not through ideal circumstances. ‘The trackdays. I know that Matthew toured Europe in the those ’80s lines and those
definition of heartbreak,’ opines Danny, ‘is opening your car and took it around the Nürburgring, and it would be flared arches. Interior is in
curtains to see your Harley-Davidson lying on top of fun to have a go at something like that.’ excellent shape and boasts
your Porsche. A van had backed into the bike and It seems that while Danny is a comparatively late Sports seats, surely the
knocked it onto the car, then driven off without leaving convert to the Porsche cause, he looks like being in it best seat that Porsche has
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You don’t have to fork out a six-figure sum to acquire a backdated
911: we checked out two cars that achieved that goal for a tenth
of Singer money
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nock a nought off Singer’s $300 grand price falters: ‘I refer to it as the
tag and you’re not far off what each of our Sport Touring,’ says Johnny.
two feature cars cost, proof that you don’t ‘Does what it says on the tin:
need a second mortgage to own a sport heritage with its wide
backdated 911 that oozes character. But body, but built for touring
though both have the stance of early ’70s 911 racing comfort rather than out-and-
cars they are as far apart in character from one out speed.’
another as it’s possible to be: one’s a trackday Johnny’s love affair with
hooligan, the other’s a limousine. It’s not hard to guess 911s began aged 8 on his daily
which is which. Johnny Lyons’ svelte Silver Surfer (as I’m school walk, past a pair of 2.7
minded to call it) is a lovingly crafted take on a classic RSs. A couple of decades
911 competition car, while ‘Greystoke’ (home of Tarzan, elapsed before he could act.
geddit?) is a no frills, in-your-face track-whacker that ‘It was 1991 when I had just
wouldn’t have looked out of place in the 1973 European got married and moved into my
GT championship. first flat, and I saw a 964 and I
Our rendezvous is arch back-dater Paul Stephens’ absolutely fell in love with it, and I said, “that’s
premises, where Greystoke is on sale. At a shade less going to be my 40th birthday present to myself.”’
than £30K this 3.2 Carrera-based 911 is one of the Meanwhile a succession of project cars came and went:
cheapest cars in the showroom, and a far cry from Paul’s Escort Mexico, MG Midgets, a V8 Dutton (!!). Then came a
exclusive hand-built PS AutoArt cars that start around 964 C4S, but soon enough he needed another project.
£90K; indeed, it’s more on a par with 911s from his The Sport Touring, or Silver Surfer, was built in west
‘budget’ RS Technic range. Its pigmentation may be Yorkshire by a metallurgist. ‘He’s an absolute early
understated, but its swollen contours proclaim high- Porsche 911 addict,’ affirms Johnny, ‘and he did the same
performance pretentions. with a 3.2 Carrera a few years ago. Then somebody else
We had a tip-off about Johnny’s 964-based 911 from asked him to do another one and I think he’s done two or
Des Sturdee, custodian of PCGB’s ‘Modified’ register, so three now. He’s got a little garage with a couple of guys
we were keen to see how good the self-made Singer and they do small conversions. I told him about my
looked in the metal. For metal it is, barring the front and ambition, and how I wanted to be part of the process, and
rear RS Touring bumpers. It’s broad in the beam, with the I felt he was a guy I could do business with.’ A lot of time
attitude of a circuit racer from circa 1972, a 2.8 RSR with was spent deciding exactly the contours and rotundness
no ducktail, perhaps, though that’s where the similarity of the wings, and how to flare them into the front and

BACKDATED 911S FOR A SONG

Flared front arches hint at

the S/T look. Central
mounted fuel filler is classic
911, while small bumper
devoid of the RS oil cooler
box was a preference for a
cleaner look
rear valances. The wing extensions are in steel, S/T front an understated front bumper.’ The back bumper has the
and RSR rear. Johnny was fired by the well-publicised 356 chrome overriders, but otherwise that angle is also
project of Shane Balkowitsch in the US and obtained the uncluttered. The window surrounds are polished
paint code from the Zuffenhausen museum for the aluminium, and the most difficult job was getting the
original 356 of Prof Porsche – K45-286. The Silver Surfer chrome strip to fit within the rubber windscreen surround.
was painted by Overfinch, who normally specialise in What’s most surprising is the plain engine lid, which sports
turning Land Rovers into rocketships. It’s very low with an no ducktail spoiler; this is a fast, powerful car and
extremely wide track, and I asked what his inspiration probably should have an aerodynamic device if ever it was
was. ‘The ’73 RSR Martinis were beautiful cars, and I did to max out on an unrestricted autobahn. He doesn’t like
wonder whether to give it the Martini livery at some them, though, because they spoil the purity of line.
stage. But what I love about this is, whilst it’s poised and The oil cooler is relocated sideways ahead of the right-
a big statement, it’s also an understatement because hand front wheel to accommodate the curve of the wing,
we’ve taken off anything that affects the lines, like the and with the abandonment of the 964 sill cover, the oil
side indicators, petrol cap and door mirrors, so it’s smooth pipes that run along the right-hand side of the car needed
and clean from front to back.’ to be tucked underneath the car to hide them, and the oil
The devil is in the detail, as ever, and the broad tank and thermostat moved back behind the rear wheel
wheelarch extensions took 200 man-hours to achieve. arch. The front jacking point is removed because it’s too
The racing filler cap is plumb centre in the elongated front intrusive, so the car is jacked up just from the rearward
Interior is awash with lid, though Johnny is slightly perturbed by petrol fumes, jacking point. ‘Because the chassis is so rigid it lifts the
sumptuous red leather. which could be to do with the location of the filler front and the back up all in one go.’
Seats are RS recreations, aperture being in front of the cabin air intake, and the jury It’s significantly lighter because both the 964’s impact
while obligatory Momo is still out on that one. bumpers have been removed, and Johnny thinks it’s
Prototipo handles It has a plain front bumper like that of the 2.4 cars with lighter than a 964RS now. ‘I think it’s about 1,265 kilos,
steering duties. no overriders. ‘I didn’t want the RS oil cooler box front,’ and the ride height has been set up to match the RS’s to
Engine remains stock says Johnny. ‘I just don’t like them and I was keen to have make sure the handling’s right.’ Because of the classic

rear bumper and the absence of the deep valance at the The front luggage compartment is also clad in red leather,
back you can see most of the exhaust system, which is and if it was roomy enough you’d be happy to curl up in
concealed with a regular 964. And that is one special there too. ‘Singer did something similar in their engine
system, fabricated by Hayward & Scott at Basildon. I bay,’ says Johnny, ‘but I’ve not done anything in my engine
watched them make one for my old 3.2 Carrera and it bay because it would be filthy in a week.’
was a serpentine work of art, so I can appreciate what’s There’s a period-look Caliber digital radio and a new
been constructed for the Silver Surfer. Like me, Johnny sound system, and with his eye on the traditional
observed it in the making: ‘I spent some time with them, dashboard of the E- and F-programme 911s of the late
working out what the right configuration was, and it’s 1960s and early ’70s, Johnny ordered a strip of the leather
got a separate Hayward & Scott silencer as well, basket-weave to clad the midriff of the dash panel. At
because the first take had no silencer, just a straight- first it seemed it would be impossible to source a genuine
through Cup pipe and no cat, but the din was just dashboard from that era, but whilst visiting Karmann
“Externally, it’s got all the hallmarks of a pugilist.

Internally you could be at The Savoy
”
unbearable! I mean, when you’re a man of my years you Connection in Southend he chanced upon a 911T that
need a little bit of comfort, so I got them to put an extra was being dismantled. ‘They were chopping it up and
silencer on it to quieten things down and restore the using it for parts, and there, staring at me, was this
relationship with my neighbours!’ aluminium dashboard, so a deal was done and off it came.’
The suspension is 964, augmented by coil-over Bilstein Johnny then amended it to fit the 964 switchgear and
dampers. Those 17in split-rim wheels look big on a classic overlaid the 964 strip across the bottom.
911. They’re 9in front, 11in rear, with spacers all round, So, whilst the look is retrospective, the drivabilty is
and shod with Michelin Pilot Sport Cups, 235/45ZR 17s on largely unaltered. ‘The essence is a sporty, nostalgic car
the front and 275/40ZR 17s on the rear. that you can go touring in, get out the other end and not The rear arches are all
Externally, it’s got all the hallmarks of a pugilist. feel like you’ve just driven 500 miles in an old car. That’s metal and took 200 man
Internally, you could be at The Savoy. The cabin is a lavish why I didn’t put anything else on it.’ Johnny gets lots of hours to achieve. Fat Fuchs
feast of awesome red leather, and if it were mine I would people asking about it, and built a website replicas fill them perfectly.
be living in it. The seats are reproductions of the original (www.911sporttouring.com) identified in the back window Twin-pipe exhaust is
’73 Recaros covered in basket weave vinyl and red leather. to field inquisitors because he was spending too long custom made

gassing: ‘On its debut run I lost over an hour chatting And what of Greystoke? Paul Stephens is selling it on
about it, but at least I knew that I’d achieved behalf of its owner. He admits that the Singer
something quite special.’ suggestion is a bit of a come-on, since it’s far removed
The Silver Surfer stands Johnny at around £40 grand, from the finesse of the Californian product, and indeed
and that includes the donor 964 – cheap at £13K – his own PS AutoArt cars, which are themselves
though he reckons the body builder can’t have made any paragons of sumptuous retro. Nowadays there’s no such
money out of the project, treating it more like a paid thing as a cheap 964, so Paul only selects them for his
hobby. There were economies too: the brakes and AutoArt line, and the clock stops at 3.2 Carreras for the
suspension were renewed, but the driveline, which has RS Technic back-daters.
done 77,000 miles, was untouched. But as Paul Stephens Greystoke has ‘been around’. Its service book is
points out, ‘you wouldn’t be able to build it for £40 grand stamped up to 2001, and the bills indicate regular use and
today, because your donor car has gone up £10 grand. His maintenance as if it were a standard 3.2 Carrera. Paul’s
The steering feels surprisingly light. It grips

“securely and tracks true through the bends
”
prompt answer to Johnny’s query about a valuation? ‘I’d right-hand man Charlie flips through the packed dossier:
put it up for £75 grand.’ Malaya Garage in Crawley supplied the car originally, then
Now for a run out on the byways of north Essex. RSR Engineering of Hindhead looked after it, and in ’91
Johnny’s 964 is like a Rolls Royce by comparison with the and ’94 it leapt up to Glasgow to be attended to by OPC
scallywag 3.2 Carrera, though the ‘throne’ seems slightly Glenvarigill at 25,000 miles. After commuting between
narrow and doesn’t embrace the backside in the same Surrey and Scotland, John Miller Engineering saw the car
This backdated 3.2 Carrera way a normal 911 sports seat does. The steering wheel is in 2006, and it went to Kath Burrows in Bolton for some
is all about attitude, it’s a flatter dish, and the gear lever seems short compared work on the 915 gearbox. Then in 2010 things really
only subtlety being its grey with a normal 964. On our tour I found power delivery started to happen and the bodywork modifications were
exterior colour. Super wide undramatic, what you’d expect of a regular 964, inspiring implemented. There’s no evidence of where that work
Fuchs rep three-piece a much more relaxed drive, plus the ride is smoother, and was done: no names, no pack-drill. Mechanically, it’s
wheels fill the arches. That the cabin’s way more opulent than Greystoke’s caged cell documented that NineMeister in Cheshire
exhaust is like a drain pipe! – and indeed a normal 964’s. comprehensively stripped and serviced the engine and

gearbox at this point, fitting new synchros and selector whilst this car looks the part from a few yards away, a Above: Three-piece Fuchs
shafts, differential bearings, new flywheel and clutch, as closer inspection reveals flaws in the fibreglass front look the part, as does racey
well as wheel bearings and brake calipers, and they also wings. And you think, well, if Lotus or TVR could deliver interior. Modified 915
set up the suspension. Which, on the local back lanes, is immaculate glassfibre panels, a recent creation like this shifter improves shift
firm, and Greystoke rides quite well, though I do feel all has no excuse for such rippling. Forget Greystoke, the quality. 3.2 Carrera engine
the humps and bumps. But it’s a surprise that, despite character we have here is surely The Talented Mister provides adequate power
the wide wheels, the steering still feels surprisingly light. Ripley. I jest, of course, but such imperfections distance
It grips securely and tracks true through the bends, the car from the Holy Grail of Singerdom. Though, hang
indicating the potential for some invigorating arm- and on, maybe a ’73 plastic wing does display rippling, and this
footwork at full blast on a circuit. The gearshift is via a tall is just another period authenticity. Presumably the
stick and provides quite a nice change with shorter creator didn’t set out with that in mind, and the aim was CONTACT:
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movements than I’d have expected – once the car is in its simply to construct a road-going track day machine, and it Sudbury Road
stride; at low speed it proves harder to locate the does the job admirably. Sure, it’s a 911 head-turner that Little Maplestead
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rasp than the booming Silver Surfer. On the other hand, the Silver Surfer is a remarkable
The austere cabin equipment consists of four-point aesthetic and tactile success. ‘Art and science are usually
harnesses and OMP racing bucket seats, which are fine at two ends of the spectrum,’ says Johnny, ‘but this is art Grey on grey is a
for the circuit but a drag to access on the shopping run. and science combined, a beautiful iconic design, and the contemporary colour
There’s an ignition cut-off between them, and there are engineering is fantastic.’ Achieved at a third of the cost of scheme and it works adding
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themissinglink?
It’s not unusual for Porsche engines to end up in hot rod VWs, but
not the other way round. Enter then the VW-engined, air cooled
924. Oh, and the engine’s in the back. Is this the missing link
between Porsche and VW?
Words: Paul Knight/Steve Bennett Photography: Dokke Sahertian/Luftwerke

VW-ENGINED, AIR-COOLED 924
I
s this what Porsche had in mind when it originally engine where it is, this would still do the job thanks to
started developing the 924 for Volkswagen? Er, well its clean lines and slammed stance. Oh, and this is
no probably not, but we absolutely love this what’s loosely termed the Euro look.
interpretation of Porsche and VW’s child of So what fevered imaginations created this ‘out of the
convenience and at least it can’t be accused of box’ piece of ‘blue sky thinking?’ Enter Holger Ehlers and
having a van engine! Kai Breyer of Dortmund based Luftwerks, purveyors of
So yes, let’s get straight to the point. This is a 924 some radical VW rides over the years. It takes some leap
with an air-cooled VW engine – in the back. This is though to go from a scruffy 1977 metallic brown 924 to
Porsche hot rodding at its most creative. But how, and this though.
indeed why? Well, the latter is almost irrelevant. Purchased in pretty rough condition, it was missing
Creating fresh concepts from metal is what the hot the engine and rear transaxle, which is kind of how the
rodder’s art is all about. You need also to understand the duo realised that, when on the lift, it was obvious that
whole VW and Porsche scene too. Just as the two there was a fair amount of room in the rear boot area.
companies have always been linked in business, then so Kind of figures really as the transaxle, incorporating as it
have they in the hot rod scene, particularly in Europe. does the gearbox and diff, is out of necessity a chunky
Think Beetles with Porsche running gear, Golfs running piece of engineering. A four-cylinder Beetle engine and
Porsche wheels, brakes, interiors etc. Think also of VW attached gearbox is, in comparison, a masterpiece of
fanatics graduating to Porsches when they’ve done one packaging.
Beetle too many. So there you are, the seed is sewn and out came the
But throughout this long running morphing of the two cutting tools and before long the duo had cut away the
brands, the front-engined cars have failed to capture boot floor and were drawing up plans to fabricate
the imagination, which we’ve always thought to be gearbox and engine support bars and mounts. To make
slightly odd. But then something like this arrives and life even more complicated, they gave themselves a
turns the whole scene on its head. Even without the deadline of 50 days to complete the car and get it to the

And there it is. One VW flat Maikaeffer Treffen at Hannover. there are no issues with modifying or creating a cooling
four sitting in the rear of a With space on their side, the engine and gearbox was system. With the gearbox in it was time to bolt the
924. Looks kind of neat always going to fit, it was just a question of how to engine on. It was apparent that this was going to sit
doesn’t it? Not too heavy make it work. If you look at the build up pics, you can rather lower than expected. A good thing in terms of
either and balanced at the see that a front mount for an IRS Beetle gearbox was keeping the weight low, but this required a rethink
front by the fuel tank fabricated and welded to the original Porsche regarding the installation of engine mounts and an
crossmember, which positioned the gearbox pretty engine support bar. But, after cutting, shutting and
much identically to where the original 924 box lives. fabricating, the compact engine and exhaust system
Amazingly the driveshafts proved to be the perfect looks like it was meant to be there.
length and were mated up to some VW rear drum Indeed, to make it look like it really belongs, the
brakes. The duo then fabricated a bolt-in transmission Luftwerks duo really went to town on the sheet metal
Below: The 924 as it arrived cradle for the bellhousing. Constructed from steel bar fabrication, creating cardboard templates and hand
with Luftwerks in a and box section, this bolts through the now reinforced forming a huge amount of fresh material. The end result
fetching shade of brown. rear crossmember. looks almost factory – you could almost mistake this for
A good deal of fabrication It wasn’t all plain sailing. The gearshift rod proved to being some quirky prototype… ‘the missing link’ in the
was required to take the be too long and to make like easier they decided to evolution of the VW-Porsche vehicles, which of course is
engine and ‘box, but there install the entire gear shifter section from a Beetle where we came in.
was no shortage of room. chassis spine into the transmission tunnel of the 924. The rear suspension was dropped by around 12cm,
Gearbox lined up pretty This also allowed them to fit a white powder coated and a set of height-adjustable coilovers have replaced
much where original had Bug-Tech gearlever, which looks rather impressive. the standard 924 torsion bars and support the
vacated. Bug-Tech shifter Details such as clutch cable routing were worked out additional weight of the engine in the rear of the car.
dominates the interior methodically and, at least with an air-cooled engine, Moving to the front and the Porsche struts were binned

VW-ENGINED, AIR-COOLED 924
Luftwerks 924 isn’t all

about the engine and its
location. Using popular VW
styling cues it’s been
slammed and dechromed
and generally smoothed
off. White suits it well.
Wheels are replica BRM
alloys, again popular in the
VW scene. With the black
spokes, the look is
reminiscent of Fuchs

in favour of the MacPherson struts from the front of a preventing exhaust fumes from entering the car, but Stance is everything and
Beetle 1303S. This allowed the fitment of Beetle discs isn’t especially efficient as a noise barrier! there isn’t anything that
and hubs, which in turn opened up a world of possibilities Talking of noise the original engine made some nasty doesn’t benefit from being
for wheel choices. As it is they’ve chosen a BRM replica terminal ones so was replaced by a tuned 1600cc unit. lowered – especially a 924!
wheel, which looks fantastic on the 924 and have echos With spiky cams, performance cylinder heads and twin Snaking exhaust kind of
of Fuchs about them. 40IDF Webers it pushes out 80bhp, which in turn pushes gives the game away as to
Without an engine the front had a rather gaping ‘black the 924 along quite nicely thank you. what might be in the back
hole’ look to it. To balance things out a bit, and with the So there you are. VW meets Porsche, but in a
exhaust now residing where the 924’s fuel had once completely new sort of way. We like it a lot. Yes, we don’t
lived, a VW tank was installed in the front. Sheet metal suppose it’s done much for the 924’s near 50/50 weight
was then again fabricated to give the front balance, but actually the all alloy Beetle engine is pretty
“This 924, with its quirky running gear, all of a

sudden looks absolutely contemporary
”
compartment a floor and again, thanks to time and light, and with a full tank of fuel up front, it’s probably
effort, the effect is very impressive. Visually it looks not too bad at all. But then that is to miss the point. This
absolutely ‘right.’ is all about pushing boundaries of the modifying art and,
In fact the whole car looks absolutely ‘right.’ who knows, with the VW and Porsche’s history and parts
Debadged, smoothed and lowered, this 924, with its crossover, what’s to say that at some point an air-cooled
quirky running gear, all of sudden looks absolutely engine was actually considered?
contemporary. The white paintwork helps, being the And leaving the engine out of the equation, this
colour of the moment. The interior remains stock in the slammed look and smoothed look could be applied to CONTACT
Luftwerks
tradition and style of the Euro look ethos, apart from any 924 or 944, or even 928. In fact think about that… www.luftwerks.blogspot.de
that incredibly phallic shifter of course. Separating driver Oh, and finally, the Luftwerks boys made their self This is really just scratching the
surface here. For the full build
and passenger from the now rear engine bay is a imposed 50-day deadline and got it to the show on time. story of this 924, check out
Plexiglas window, which apparently does a great job of And, get this, it cost them just 3000 Euros. PW Luftwerks’ website

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TRANSFORMER
Based on the actual 1992 Carrera Cup championship-winning 964 and
fitted with a DP Motorsport Turbo engine, this is the perfect transformer
for Modified Porsche buff, Des Sturdee: impeccable race car provenance,
Turbo performance and classic looks - it’s his ultimate 911
Story by Johnny Tipler
Photography by Antony Fraser

964 TURBO CUP ROAD RACER
R
edundancy, in racing car Blackwater estuary, it’s an ideal site for
terms, is never more acute an aerodrome, and was home to a
than when a model gets squadron of Mosquito fighter-bombers in
replaced, and when the 993 WW2, evidenced by the peculiar
superseded the 964 as the monument featuring a scaled-down
designated Carrera Cup car in 1994, all Mozzie that’s nose-dived into the
of a sudden there was a bunch of ground. Oh, and it’s also just the place
sidelined racers. Years pass, and now, a for a Magnox nuclear power station: if
20-year-old provenance makes them an Des’s car had glowed orange, I’d be
attractive proposition, especially if worried right now. Anyhow, sufficient
they’ve been winners. And they don’t stretches of the airfield perimeter roads
get much more winning than Des’s 964: are still operational enough for us to
it’s one of three chassis used during the unleash his weapon.
1992 season by Uwe Alzen to claim the As Antony photographed the car’s
Carrera Cup crown. At season’s end finer points, Des filled me in on how the
Uwe’s brother, Jürgen Alzen had three modified missile came into his hands.
redundant 964s on his hands and, to He’d been stalking it for a while, and
order, he promptly transformed them he’d nearly bought it from Thruxton-
into road-going cars – with a difference. based specialist Paul McLean at GT
Quite obviously Des’s yellow peril has Classics five years ago. ‘I test-drove it,
evolved significantly from the liveried but we didn’t actually do a deal and it
964 Carrera Cup days, and he was keen was sold to somebody else,’ Des recalls.
for us to evaluate it. The prospect of a However, it wasn’t long before it
drive called for a let-rip location, so we returned to GT Classics and, after it had
rendezvous’d at Bradwell on the Essex been recommissioned, Des could have
coast. It’s almost the furthest and most another crack at it. Much was lavished
remote spot you can reach on Britain’s on the car during its renaissance in
east coast. On the shores of the terms of maintenance and upgrades,

It’s got the look of a 964 RS

3.8, but this machine is
actually an ex Carrera Cup
car from 1993 as raced by
Uwe Alzen to win that
year’s championship.
Provenance indeed
including a new turbocharger, full stainless steel same league as low-volume specialist niche
exhaust system and engine re-map. ‘Its been fettled manufacturers such as Ruf Automobile.
very well,’ he avers, ‘and the suspension is as you’d Though it has the look of a 964 RSR, thanks to the
expect from an old race car.’ Putting his 964 RS up for whims of the customer who ordered it from Alzen, Des
sale with Specialist Cars of Malton released the funds is certain his 964 is indeed one of the 1992 racing cars
to acquire the Alzen car. As Des says, most of its because it hasn’t got the air jack facility that the ’93
history is indisputable. ‘It started life as a Carrera Cup cars had for executing rapid wheel changes. ‘The soul
964, and was rebuilt in ’93 by Jürgen Alzen Motorsport, of the car is Uwe Alzen’s 1992 Carrera Cup
and since then nothing has been replaced, other than championship winning car,’ he says, ‘and because they
one or two cosmetics, plus the exhaust system and a would have fielded two, possibly three cars, it’s either
few mechanicals, which is quite normal over a period of number 15 or number 2, but either way Alzen would
time.’ Jürgen Alzen Motorsport built three road cars in have raced it as the main car or a back up car,
1993, two of which were fashioned from the 1992 because they used to switch around which cars
German Carrera Cup contenders, which his brother Uwe they would race.’
Des at the wheel of his Alzen drove. The third car was fettled from the team’s Other clues to its provenance include the tow-eye in
stripped out road racer. Des 1993 Porsche Supercup car, which, although it the front valance and the external ignition cut off. But
is Register Secretary for superseded the Carrera Cup 964, was a similar spec at Des is most proud of the small areas in the spare
the Modified Register of the time. Creating these rather special 964s provided wheel well in the front compartment where the yellow
Porsche Club GB. This sort Jürgen Alzen Motorsport with the platform to register paint has been abraided to reveal the original Maritime
of machine is in his blood as a German carmaker in 1993, placing the firm in the Blue pigment. ‘That’s the Holy Grail,’ exclaims Des.

‘That’s what proves beyond doubt it’s the Uwe Alzen ‘unfortunately, all his records were destroyed or
car.’ Sure, Alzen’s 964 was indeed Maritime Blue with missing and he can’t find them.’
sponsorship from Porsche Centre Koblenz and HJS Nevertheless, the provenance is still first rate, having
catalysers, though it’s still not clear whether it’s car been built and raced by a winning practitioner even
(race number) 2 or 15. It could even be a 1991 chassis though he also used two other identical cars.
carried over to the ’92 season. According to Des, Jürgen Alzen was asked to build a
After the 1993 season was over the 964 Carrera Cup road-legal race car from a Cup car chassis, so he built
car was redundant as a racer, as it was superseded the one wide body car which is Des’s, and two narrow body
following year by the 993 Cup. No matter how cars, all with Turbo engines to the same spec and
successful it had been, a grim fate usually awaited the finished in the same custard yellow colour which Des
redundant racing car. ‘They were basically worthless,’ calls Alzen Yellow. Those voluptuous front and rear
explains Des. ‘Cup cars were generally broken up for wheelarches and sill extensions were fabricated from
After the 1993 season was over the 964 Carrera

“ Cup car was redundant as a racer
engine parts and any other goodies that weren’t worn
”
authentic Porsche RSR panels and grafted onto the
out. Not until many years later did the Carrera Cup cars 964 shell. The rear wing is a carbon-Kevlar 3.8 RSR
become worth quite a bit of money, especially those part, though Des intends to have the insignia changed
with provenance.’ So Des’s car had a lucky break; as to read ‘964 Cup’. It has the racing ABS, which doesn’t
well it might, having been a winner. Another 964 Cup switch off if the car gets airborne, unlike the road-
car that endures in evolved form is the one-off going ABS. There’s a radio, and aerodynamic Cup-style
Tiptronic 964 raced just once by Walter Röhrl and door mirrors – standard Cup issue from ’91 and
adapted for hand controls only by Hartwig Rietz, which increased in size ’92, and generally hopeless in
we featured in 911&PW issue 213, December 2011. The practice, while the front driving light apertures
1990 Carrera Cup winning car of Olav Manthey is typically serve as air ducts and, cosmetically, the
currently gracing the showroom of Specialist Cars too, headlamp bezels are trad base black. The wheels are Alzen built three road-legal
and like the Alzen 964s, it’s one of three that Manthey BBS split-rim 18in Carrera Cup wheels, now unavailable. cars from the 964 Cup
Racing ran that season, to a similar colour and spec. ‘They’re really rare,’ says Des; ‘genuine Carrera Cup cars. One – Des’s car –
Des has a certain amount of historical paperwork wheels, and it was probably raced on those. I will was widebody and the
with the car, but his efforts to nail some of its early probably get them refurb’d and store them and buy a other two were narrow
history have proved somewhat fruitless. Hoping to set of replica BBS 18in split-rims. They’re more bodied. Each was painted
obtain some data from the horse’s mouth he expensive than magnesium Speedlines, and they’re a bright yellow and feature
contacted Jürgen Alzen, who explained that, different offset.’ They’re shod with Pirelli P-Zero Corsa Turbo engines

tyres, 265/35 x18 on the rear and 225/40 x18 up front. car, but the Carrera Cup 964 wasn’t FIA because it was
But aside from the uncompromising looks, the most a closed race series, whereas the NGT (National GT)
significant evolution is the turbocharged 3.3-litre 964 was eligible for Intermarque and Global racing, and
(965) engine that Alzen fitted. At first glance it looks nowadays, the Classic Sports Car Club’s Future
like a 964 RSR, though as Des points out, ‘if you were Classics series.
going to recreate an RSR you’d go normally-aspirated It was first road-registered in 1993, so there was no
with the 3.8 pistons and cylinders, but to get 360bhp hanging around: ‘the car didn’t race in ’93, so these
from one of those is a lot of work, so whoever decided chassis were sitting there ready to go,’ says Des. ‘So
on the engine spec decided to fit a DP Motorsports 3.3 mine has a sister car, exactly the same chassis but
Turbo S motor, because obviously they weren’t narrow body in Germany. They were numbers 2 or 15,
governed by race rules, so you’ve got the lazy 360bhp but either way, the car will remain original, as Alzen
on tap.’ There’s a monstrous intercooler staring you in built number 1 as per the Alzen chassis number.’
the face in the engine bay, and evidence of the turbo’s The car’s German logbook has a TÜV declaration
presence in the cabin, to the left of the dashboard, in stating that Alzen, as the manufacturer, was
the shape of the aluminium wheel that controls the DP obliged to remove the Porsche chassis numbers and
Motorsport turbo boost, which is set at 0.9 bar but by instate his own in order for the car to become road
twisting clockwise it can run up to 1.3 bar. ‘You can dial legal because the Carrera Cup cars were not
in another 40-50 brake,’ says Des, ‘so I could run over homologated for the road.
400bhp, but it’s quick enough for me at 360.7bhp, Des is a connoisseur of exotic 964s, and whilst the
“There’s a monstrous turbo intercooler staring

you in the face in the engine bay
”
which is the same as my old 996 GT3 Mark 1.’ Alzen car is an extraordinary machine by any
Under the front lid lives the strut brace, and the ABS standards, I’m curious why he wouldn’t go for the
control box is mounted higher up to minimise vibration. authentic Manthey version up at Malton. Price, for one
The cabin interior is resolutely bare, with a pair of NGT thing: ‘my car is an original ’92 Cup spec and, dare I say,
Recaro racing seats, a dished Momo steering wheel it was just over a third of the asking price for the
and the Matter rollcage fitted by Porsche at the Manthey car.’ While the Manthey 964 remains an
factory. The rear downtubes don’t stop at the rear original Carrera Cup car, Des’s Alzen 964 is an
shock turret, they slant right through to the back of evolution, having been taken a stage further, and I
the engine bay. ‘Bloody awful welding,’ comments Des; venture that, in a sense, that makes it a more
‘and that’s a telltale sign: if the weld is too neat it’s not interesting car. Chairman of PCGB’s Modified section,
a Cup car. They were just race cars, weren’t they?’ Des obviously agrees: ‘today, originality is everything.
Another way you can tell it’s a Cup car and not an NGT But I am very much a “modified” guy in how I like things,
car is because of the angle at the base of the welds and I think when Porsche gave you a 911, particularly
differed. The actual cage is the same, it’s just that the the earlier air cooled chassis, they always intended you
downtube mounts on the floor are cut in a different to fettle it yourself with whatever suspension settings You can’t beat that
way on the Cup car. The style of the bracket for the you want, engine enhancement possibly, so a little bit widebody look and
battery cut-off switch that’s welded in the front boot is of modification was expected, particularly for club slammed stance. You just
also different. OMG, we are seriously down anorak alley racing or hill climbing.’ This is a Jürgen Alzen know that this is going to
now! Anyway, the 964 RS NGT was an FIA-compliant Motorsport build, so in that sense it’s original, in the be a wild ride


The DP Motorsport 3.3-litre
Turbo S engine is
dominated by a huge
intercooler. Power is a lazy
360bhp, but adjustable
boost control means it can
be tweaked to over 400bhp
same way that every car that Ruf produces is an couldn’t lose it. It was right on him all the way round!
original – a work of art, even. ‘The thing I love is it’s He says acceleration in fourth is like second and third
built on the chassis of one of the ’92 winning cars. It’s and, well, I did give it a little bit of beans today, and my
no virgin, but it’s in pretty good shape,’ says Des. ‘Uwe god it’s fast when the turbo comes in and propels you.’
Alzen had a reputation for being a hard man; he used The bleakness of the windswept coastal plain is
to jump over the kerbs, so it will have been driven very alleviated by watery sunshine, and it’s time for my stint
hard in its day.’ behind the wheel of the dynamic Desmobile. The
Not everyone shares his tastes: ‘People say to me, Recaro chair is a snug fit and the belts wrap me
“oh, why don’t you convert it back to Cup spec?” And I securely in place. A little juggling to get the driving
say, “well, no, I won’t, because as you say, it’s an position right. At first, as I’m poddling along, it’s as
evolution of the winning car from the winning team docile as any 964. The steering’s nicely weighted, the
that they’ve evolved into GT2 territory.” ’ It left Alzen’s gearshift beautifully light, and there’s no pressure
premises effectively as a brand new car in ’93, with a needed to slot the long lever through the gear ratios.
new engine, everything else new, replaced or refurbed. But when I floor the throttle it really takes off,
It had done 30,000km when the speedo was changed accelerating rapidly in each gear, with just the tiniest
to mph, so it’s 30,000km plus another 10,000 miles, hint of lag. But I’m travelling so fast that it’s irrelevant.
which is about 30,000 miles all told, from new.’ Handling is typically wide-rimmed 964, smooth and Below: Details, details,
It is an extremely quick car, and Des relishes the civilised, rather belying its extreme presentation. Des but check out the bottom
prospect of a Spa trackday to really unleash and says that, of the 35 Porsche 911s that he’s ever owned middle pic. Where the
investigate the performance. ‘It’s amazing to drive,’ he – since he was 18 – this one is his favourite, and I can yellow has flaked off,
declares. ‘It reminds me of my old mint green M003 see why. It’s an intriguing proposition; very fast, to reveal a slither of
NGT 964 RS, but on steroids. For instance, Paul McLean biddable handling and excellent drivability, stunning Maritime Blue, is proof
has a 993 GT2 Evo and he and his racing partner were appearance and that exalted yet enigmatic race enough that this is the
doing a track day and Paul was driving this yellow Alzen history. Performance-wise it’s on a par with a GT2, yet ex-Alzen championship
car, and his mate was driving the 993 GT2 Evo, and he it looks like an RSR: a real transformer. PW winning machine

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Celebrating 50 years of the Porsche 911
Millennium BRING IT ON!

GROUP TEST OF THE GREATEST PORSCHES
OF THE DECADE, AND OVERVIEW OF THE
DECADE AND THE LONGEST, MADDEST DRIVE
evolution
STORY YET IN A 997 TURBO S…
GENERATION
GAME
An overview of the
If the start of the ’90s saw the 911 decade, from 996 to 997
PAGE 64
on the back foot, ten years later it
was a very different story. The 2000S GROUP
quirky, rear-engined sports car had TEST
Bringing together the
gone mainstream and was best 911s of the 2000s
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appealing to a much wider audience
THE LAST ROAD
TRIP
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hat a difference a The 996 appealed to a wider
decade makes. The audience and that appeal South, west, north
’90s was all about continued with the 997. It helped and east in a 997 Turbo
Porsche’s bust and that there was still nothing quite PAGE 82
then boom. The 964 the 911, not in its price range, or
morphed into the 993 and then the from another manufacturer.
revolution came with the water- Of course there was the shock of THE MILLENNIUM
cooled 996 and a worldwide the Cayenne SUV and the YEARS
economic boom. Porsche lapped it Panamera, but the 911 kept The peaks and troughs
up and so did the public. Here was bouncing back with ever faster and of Porsche in the 2000s
a 911 that didn’t require a certain wilder iterations of the concept. PAGE 9O
acceptance of previous models’ It’s been quite a ride so far and
idiosyncracies. it’s not over yet.

Noughtie Children
The water-cooled 996 was firmly entrenched in the
Porsche model line-up as we rolled into the 21st
century. Next up was the 997, and with it ever more
advanced and faster versions of the 911. Some would
say we’ve never had it so good
Words: Johnny Tipler
Photographs courtesy Porsche Archiv
T
he new accommodate its 18in 100mph (160kph). Max- firmly on the roster for production ‘sports car’ is
Millennium hollow-spoke wheels and out was 190mph, and it 2000. Dynamically, the GT3 the Radical R8 of Michael
opened with a their 295/30 R18 tyres. could go from 50 to was the marque standard Vergers, lapping in 6m 48s
bang: Porsche’s The new rear wing 70mph (80 - 120kph) in 5 bearer, though being in 2009, while various
first new model emerged automatically, seconds. Its normally-aspirated it production 911s have
for the new century was while the rear valance comprehensive lacked the outright pace of subsequently gone quicker
the 996 Turbo, unveiled supplied exhaust vents specification included the Turbo, though its than the 996 GT3,
at the 1999 Frankfurt for the charge air leather upholstery, sports racetrack credentials including ones driven by
Salon and prowling the intercooler. The all-wheel steering wheel and, enabled more vigorous Walter Röhrl.
streets by Spring 2000. drive Turbo was equipped exclusively at the time, Bi- agility. It was a trackable The 996 GT3’s water-
Re-introduced after a with larger four-piston Xenon headlights, which car rather than a grand cooled flat-six was derived
two-year hiatus (following caliper brakes all round, provided fantastic tourer. Porsche’s top test from the 964 crankcase,
the demise of the 993 and Tiptronic S illumination as well as driver Walter Röhrl laid which also provided the
version), the water-cooled transmission specially giving the Turbo a down an early marker with casings for the 911 GT1 Le
996 Turbo was configured to provide different frontal the GT3, lapping the 12.9- Mans car and the 996
constructed on the continuously variable appearance from its 996 mile (20.8km) Nürburgring Turbo, distancing it from
broader C4 body and shift points in response to siblings. Nordschleife in 7m 56.33s, the normal C2 and C4
featured a 24-valve driving style and road The other newcomer in a new record then for road- powertrains. It would
420bhp flat-six with conditions, rather than the line up was the 996 going sports cars. That become known simply as
double valve-springs, the normal five shift GT3, known retrospectively compares with the outright the Mezger engine, after
twin-turbos and points. Performance was as the Mark 1. It was lap record of 6m 25.91 set its designer the legendary
intercooler, with formidable, with 0-62mph derived from the factory- by Stefan Bellof in 1983 in Porsche engine man, Hans
reinforced A-pillars and (100kph) attained in 4.2 built GT3 racecars and a Porsche 962 Group C Mezger. The crank was
rear bodywork widened seconds, and just 9.2 debuted at the 1999 racing car, which still specially treated and con-
by 65mm to seconds elapsing to Geneva show, and was stands. Quickest rods were titanium to

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ensure durability at the by the chassis. developed in the wind a fire extinguisher. The Plus two-stage valve lift.
GT3’s 7,200rpm red line. Less extreme in terms of tunnel to obtain a lower GT2’s MacPherson strut All four cars in the
Developing 360bhp, it specification, a special 0.34 drag coefficient. This front– and multi-link rear standard 996 line-up – C2
could hit 62mph (100kph) commemorative edition of meant that it differed suspension was more and C4 Coupe and
in 4.8s, and topped out at the 996 C4 was introduced visually from the GT3 and finely honed than the Cabriolet – were given the
188mph (302kph). The GT3 for 2000 to celebrate the Turbo variants in having a stock 996’s, with Turbo’s headlights, new
used the C2’s narrow body incoming century, with just specially designed nose, adjustable anti-roll bars nosecones, lengthened
with differently shaped 911 units built and painted with deeper spoiler and front and rear and ride- rear valances and twin oval
nose air intakes, violet chromaflair with separate air vents to cool height lowered 20mm exhaust tailpipes. Like the
aerodynamically-shaped natural leather and burr the ceramic brakes and a more than the Turbo’s, soft-window 911 Targas of
sill extensions and a fixed walnut cabin detailing. The strip serving the exhaust and incorporating coil- 1967-’69, the Cabriolet’s
rear wing, and it weighed in regular 996 C2 was now ahead of the front lid. It over dampers from the plastic rear window was
at 2,976lb (1,350kg). Red fed by the C4’s Motronic also had an adjustable rear competition parts bin. The replaced with a heated
brake calipers hid behind ME7.2 electric throttle, and spoiler that emerged from GT2 rolling gear consisted glass pane. Fresh air fiends
18in Sport Design alloy the Tiptronic S included a an embryonic ducktail and of 8.5J and 12J x 18in were treated to the return
wheels, shod with 225/40 manual override of the D whose drooping ends alloy wheels shod with of the Targa, unveiled at
ZR 18 and 285/30 ZR 18 on the shift lever via the resembled dog’s ears; all of 235/40 ZR 18 and the 2002 Frankfurt Salon.
tyres. With a 30mm lower Tiptronic buttons on the which was calculated to 315/30 ZR 18 tyres. Like the 993 predecessor,
ride height than the regular steering wheel. The C2 produce downforce on The big news for 2002 the 996 Targa’s party piece
996, the GT3 came with was equipped with the both axles. The rear wings was the capacity hike from was its sliding glass roof
reinforced and adjustable C4’s PSM, and both featured the air ducts of 3.4-litres to 3.6-litres, that was opened and
suspension and wheel versions got automatic the Turbo model in front of achieved by lengthening closed by a couple of
bearings, and larger climate control and the the wheelarches and slats the stroke and re- electric motors, doubling
330mm diameter Turbo Porsche CR22 in the lower sections engineering the M96/03 the open air space of the
brakes, 34mm thick up cassette/radio as behind the wheelarches. engine to the extent that coupe model’s sunshine
front, setting it up as an standard. For 2001, there The twin-turbocharged 80-percent of the 320bhp roof. The Targa’s other trick
ideal machine for track was subtle upgrading of water-cooled 3.6-litre four- flat-six’s componentry was was its folding rear glass
work. In the cabin, lighter boot and bonnet catches cam M96/70 flat-six had a brand new. Acceleration for window, enabling easier
sports seats were fitted and interior LED lighting, dual-mass flywheel and both C2 and C4 improved, access to the luggage
and the back seats were plus an internal mobile two intercoolers, producing with 0 to 62mph (100kph) compartment at the back
left out. The Clubsport phone aerial. 462bhp, and was good for taking 5.0s and 5.2s for of the cabin. Though
version deleted options The most potent 198mph. A Clubsport the Cabriolet models, and quoted performance
like the side air bags, and package in the 911 model version with carbon fibre top speed rising to figures were identical with
its half roll-cage was tied line was the 996 GT2, wing also offered an 177mph (285kph). Fuel the Cabriolet, the Targa
into the rear shock turrets, introduced in 2001. austere cabin complete consumption remained was heavier than the
which not only increased Influenced by the 911 GT1 with bolted-in roll-cage, static at 21.2mpg average Coupe by 154lb (70kg) due
torsional rigidity but and GT3 racing cars, it was bucket seats upholstered (11.1 litres per 100km), a to its complicated roof
also ensured suspension a Weissach competitions in fire-retardant fabric, six- status achieved by the mechanism and body
loads were borne not just department special, point racing harnesses and incorporation of Vario Cam strengthening measures.
The first of the GT3 road racers and a return to the RS

ethos for the 996. At the time this was the most
powerful normally aspirated 911 ever built

Another car shown first at magic cup holder. appropriately for whichever I’ve had the chance to drive transmission was fitted,
Frankfurt in 2002 was the The 911s’s 40th circuit they were being in the Noughties. But I with self-adjusting clutch
320bhp C4S, endowed with anniversary was marked deployed. The Kevlar rear can’t help commenting on in the S and a 22-percent
most of the Turbo’s with the ‘40 Jahre’ 996, wing was similar to that of the 996’s fried egg limited slip diff, as well as
enhancements, including announced at Frankfurt the Carrera Cup GT3 and headlights, which seemed optional Porsche Active
suspension and brakes, but Salon for the 2004 model was also adjustable for almost perverse at the Suspension Management
lacking the actual year and featuring 996 angle, while the engine lid time but now are just a (PASM), triggered by the
turbochargers, the Turbo front end, GT3 sills featured an air scoop and quirky relic of the early Sport mode switch for
characteristic air ducts in and finished in Carrera GT the front panel was water-cooled cars; and harder-edged driving,
the rear wings, and the big silver metallic. As a designed with cooling that brings us to 2004 and achieved via electronically
fixed rear wing. Perversely, reminder of the year when vents ahead of the carbon the advent of the 997, adjustable damper valving
its broader beam, fatter the 911 was originally bonnet lid. It could be complete with its revised – providing normal and
tyres and rather greater launched, a total of 1,963 ordered only in white, with bodywork, manifest in stiffer sport settings. The
weight meant it was units of the ‘40 Jahre’ 996 red or blue graphics and more boldly sculpted wings S version came with active
fractionally slower in were built. Power rose from wheel detailing. and wheelarches, with damping, and a 20mm
acceleration and top speed 320bhp to 345bhp via the Also for 2004, the more acute panel gaps lower sports setting was
than the normal C2 and C4. X51 performance kit, allied Cabriolet was on sale in C4 around closure panels, and optional for both cars.
Quirky cars stand out, with Turbo radiators and as well as Turbo format, those round dazzling There were thicker antiroll
and as a promotional larger cooling ducts, 10mm and it was also available Xenon headlights that bars at both ends too. The
vehicle for the cartoon lower sports suspension with a hardtop, making ten harked back to the look of new styling enabled a
movie Cars, Pixar and LSD for improved different iterations of the the 993. Two new models wider track (21mm wider at
commissioned Hollywood traction under 996 model. At the end of opened the show: the the front, 34mm wider at
customiser Eddie Paul to acceleration. August 2004 the Turbo S 325bhp C2 with the 3.6- the rear) as well as
build a shortened In 2004 the GT3 was was announced, available litre water-cooled flat-six, contriving a lower drag
wheelbase and taller joined by a homologation in open and closed and the C2S, powered by a coefficient (0.28) than the
screened 996 in 2006, version, the GT3 RS, built bodywork. Bigger turbos new 3.8-litre engine 996, despite being 38mm
based on a 2002 car, as to enable the creation of lifted power to 450bhp at (3,824cc, designated the overall broader in the
“Sally”, one of the film’s the 381bhp GT3 RSR 7,500rpm, with a 191 top M97/01) delivering 355bhp. beam. It was a stiffer shell
lead car-actors. competition car. Red-lined speed and 0 – 124mph Both units delivered more too, with 8-percent greater
What had previously at 8,200rpm, the GT3 RS covered in 13.6s, while power by virtue of torsional stiffness and 40-
been seen as luxury used a single mass yellow caliper Porsche sophisticated gas-flow percent stiffer in bending,
options were now flywheel and was 110lb Ceramic Composite Brakes improvements and achieved by a new
showered on the C2 and (50kg) lighter than the GT3 hauled it down again. engineering upgrades. The longitudinal and transverse
C4 as standard items. Clubsport, with 0 – 62mph This is not meant to be a C2S maxed out at 182mph structure for the chassis,
During the course of 2003 (100kph) accomplished in subjective piece, which is and sprinted from zero to plus a stiffer scuttle hoop
the list of goodies not only 4.4 seconds and a 190mph why I’ve refrained from 62mph (100kph) in 4.8s, that would protect the
included leather seats, top speed. Suspension was citing personal experiences while the standard C2 occupants in the cabin.
automatic climate control, fully adjustable and involving various Porsches topped 177mph and made The 997’s interior was
heat reflecting glass, components were revised it to 62mph in 5.0s redesigned, trimmed with
electric windows, and strengthened, so dead. A new new materials and
electrically adjustable the cars could be six-speed retaining only a third of its
mirrors, but also an on- set up predecessor’s
board computer, three- componentry. There was a
spoke steering wheel, CD multi-function steering
radio, illuminated glove box wheel, with
and, holy-of-holies, the
This chopped down the middle 996

Turbo shows just what a masterpiece
of packaging it is and just how much
engineering and engine you can
squeeze into a tight bodyshell

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controls for the radio, sat- Cabriolet versions of the model year. As with the
nav and phone, and the C2 were launched in 3.6 996, the bodyshells were
seats could be specified and 3.8 S guise, offered 44mm wider in the rear
with electrically adjustable with six-speed manual and quarters, allowing fatter
side supports for coziest five-speed Tiptronic 295/35 ZR 18 tyres on the
cossetting. The pedal transmission. Running gear C2 and 305/30 ZR 19s on
cluster relocated 10mm was the same as for the the C4. The torque split
further forward, coupe models, but dispatched between 5- and
benefitting taller drivers. aerodynamic refinements 40-percent of drive to the
There were now six airbags included an all-enveloping front axle depending on
on board, including undertray and a spoiler for performance and road
revolutionary head-bags in the Cabrio that extended conditions, and the coupe
the doors, and improved 20mm further back than versions could be spec’d
safety belts. Amazingly, the coupe. Despite with lowered sports
the 997 also offered more structural reinforcements, suspension and LSD. The legendary ‘Mezger’ engine in all its naked glory. As
storage space, both the Cabrio shell weighed The 997 Targa model – in fitted to the GT3 and in turbocharged form in the 996/997
internally (7.2cu/ft) and in only 15lb (7kg) more than C4 and C4S spec – was re- Turbo. It’s still going strong in the current 991 race cars
the front hold (4.8cu/ft) – the coupe. Crash launched in November
though the space-saver protection consisted of 2006, bridging the gap window. Doubling as a the manual version. The
wheel was omitted and a steel tubes in the A-pillars between Cabriolet and glazed rear hatch, this nose was reshaped and Bi-
bottle of sealant and and a pair of hoops behind coupe with its clever could be raised to allow Xenon headlights were
compressor supplied the rear seats that would sliding glass top pioneered luggage like my colleagues’ joined by LED indicators
instead; in the event of a be activated automatically in the 993 Targa and camera equipment to be and foglights, while the air
severe tread-wrecking by the airbag sensor in the demonstrated in the 996. stowed more easily. intakes rearward of the
blow out there is no event of a roll-over. There The Targa was only Powertrains and running doors were reshaped,
substitute for a wheel/tyre was also POSIP side impact available as a full-time all- gear were identical to the along with the rear arches,
replacement. The C2 came protection in the shape of wheel drive model, and it other 997 C4 models, now 22mm wider.
with 8J – and 10J x 18in head airbags located in the was most easily though lowered sports Aluminium doors and front
wheels, while the C2S door caps. One never tires recognised by its glazed suspension wasn’t lid were fitted in the quest
came fitted with 8J- and of the electronic retraction top and the half-moon of available for the Targas. for lightness, to counter
11J ‘Lobster Fork’ 19in and erection of the Cabrio polished anodized Meanwhile, that paragon the steady incorporation of
alloys, available with soft-top, achieved at the aluminium that defined the of performance, the 997 more technology systems
pressure monitoring, plus flick of a switch in around arc of the coupe roofline. A Turbo, was unleashed in (PTM, PASM, PCCB, PCM,
bigger brakes with red 20 seconds, even at system of seals, blinds and June 2006. Power went up VTG, AAAGGHHH…!). The
calipers. 30mph. deflectors kept noise and to 480bhp, and PTM – optional Sport Chrono
Lovers of the great The all-wheel-drive C4 wind intrusion to the bare Porsche Traction Package allowed the driver
outdoors didn’t have long and C4S versions of the minimum, while two Management – enabled to implement full-throttle
to wait to feel the wind in 997 coupe and Cabriolet electric motors retracted the automatic acceleration by switching
their faces (if not their hair) were announced in the top sheet of tinted transmission to deliver to Sport mode so turbo
and in April 2005 the October 2005 for the 2006 glass beneath the rear better performance than boost was raised for 10
The 997 was largely a development of the 996, but with

its 911 curves reinvigorated. Wouldn’t it be great if
people actually did buy yellow and red ones instead of
the sea of silvers and greys?

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seconds to allow swifter airdam and lofty rear wing,

acceleration for overtaking. which was assembled and
In 2008 the Turbo Cabriolet developed at Weissach for
was introduced, and for customers participating in
2009 the Turbo models FIA GT3 competition. Its
could be fitted with 19in RS 440bhp 3.6-litre flat-six
Spyder wheels. was the same as the highly
The 997 GT3 – the Mark successful Porsche
2 – arrived in May 2006, Supercup motor. On-track
powered by the naturally- success is a
aspirated 3.6-litre flat-six manufacturer’s best advert
developing 415bhp at a in the showroom, and
high revving 7,600rpm. For during the Noughties
the first time the GT3 used Porsche’s Carrera Cup
active suspension went from strength to
featuring two selectable strength, with national Porschephiles could forgive the Cayenne and the
Panamera while cars like the GT3 RS kept rolling out
shock-absorber series flourishing as well as
programmes, normal and the international series
sport. Aerodynamics were showcased as the F1 Grand thicker adjustable anti-roll enlarged slatted air intakes was in production between
improved front and rear, Prix curtain-raiser, while bars and adjustable front and Bi-Xenon headlights 2004 and 2007, with just
giving a CD rating of 0.29, the lightweight and highly springs, with metal bushes and redesigned rear lights, 1,270 cars made.
and there were new 19in specialised GT3 RSR was at the rear. A Clubsport plus LED daytime running There were significant
wheels and six-pot caliper the company flagship in package included a half lights. New Carrera IV changes within the
brakes at the front and international GT racing. rollcage, and the still more wheels came in, the name company too. With the
four-pot calipers at the In July 2007 the new 997 powerful 620bhp GT2 RS reflecting the spoke retirement of Harm
back, with emphasis given GT2 became Porsche’s appeared in 2010. configuration, and the Lagaay in 2004, the in-
to greater rear wheel hottest road car. Power The engines of the 997 rears went up to 10.5in x house design team was
braking for swifter came from the twin turbo’d Carrera and Carrera S were 18 on the C2 and 11in x 19 now headed by Michael
stopping times. The GT3 523bhp 3.6-flat-six, allied significantly improved for on the C2 S, Mauer, whose first baby
could be specified with to a 6-speed manual 2009. New common-rail accommodating wider was the 991. But on the
luxury Alcantara trim or in gearbox and rear-drive direct injection engines tyres too. corporate front, Porsche
austere Clubsport mode. In transmission. Quoted top delivered fuel direct to the To set the myriad 911 was involved in a great
autumn 2006 the second speed was 204mph (328 combustion chambers evolutions in context, other sea-change during the
generation 997 GT3 RS km/h), making it the first rather than the intake Porsche milestone cars in decade. CEO Wendelin
appeared, now measuring road-legal 911 to break the manifold so induction was the Noughties included the Wiedeking, who’d lifted
an extra 44mm across the double ton, though lest we more efficient. At a stroke, Cayenne 4x4 SUV, the firm onto its mass-
rear haunches, with forget, Ruf’s Yellowbird 911 the 3.6-litre flat-six’s power launched in 2002, and the production platform from
lightweight bodywork had managed 211mph a rose by 20bhp to 345bhp, second generation Boxster his arrival in 1993, sought
elements and powered by full 20 years earlier in the and the 3.8-litre unit rose that appeared in 2004. The during the early Noughties
the 415bhp 3.6-litre famous Eira Leisen by 30bhp to 385bhp. Allied Cayman emerged in 2006, to bring Porsche into a
engine, plus modified showdown. The 997 GT2 to the dual-clutch 7-speed and the Panamera came position where it could
suspension and engine used the Turbo body with PDK transmission, out in 2009. With its origins acquire Volkswagen, and
mounts and a titanium adaptations like a carbon economy improved by 12- in the 1996 GT1 WSC racing at one stage it looked as
exhaust. This provided the front splitter and rear wing, percent too, so it was a car, the mid-engined 5.7- though it was a done deal.
basis for the GT3 Cup S and suspension was win-win situation. A mild litre V10-powered carbon- That would have been
racer with its deep front shared with the GT3 with facelift saw slightly fibre chassis Carrera GT quite an irony, given that
Professor Porsche
designed the VW Beetle
The GT2 line kept the ‘big and scary’ 911 legend and the 356 came into
going, particularly in RS form with 620bhp. being in 1948 using Beetle
Aussie F1 driver Mark Webber has one! components. But in 2009,
Wiedeking was gone,
replaced by Michael Macht
and then Matthias Müller
in 2010. In this big-time
financial chess game
Volkswagen was busy
turning the tables.
Happily, though, the 911
survived and would carry
on going from strength
to strength. PW

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Millennium
Porsche managed three 911 model ranges in the
’90s, for the new millennium it settled down with
the 996 and 997. Here’s our pick of the bunch
Words: Steve Bennett Photography: Antony Fraser
A
nd so to the affairs that Porsche is serious technical and it’s always harder over in 2004. It received a
2000s, and if very comfortable with. progress typified by the than you think. The ’90s, makeover in 2001 and the
the ’90s group Having made the hugely digital age. After all of course covered the 3.4-litre engine grew to
test in last successful leap, it wasn’t technology made our arrival of the 996, and so 3.6-litres and 325bhp.
month’s issue about to upset things lives very different in the we included the best 996 The most aspirational 996
saw the near revolution of with yet more radical noughties and that C2 that we could find in was the C4S, and while
air-cooled turning to upheaval, although that’s applied to cars too. last month’s test, plus any motoring journo
water-cooled, the new not to say that the As ever we devised a the road racing 996 GT3. would tell you the base
millennium 911s were noughties weren’t short list of the 911s that But the 996 saw action in C2 was the car to have,
much more about without their high points. we best felt summed up the 2000s not meeting its the public preferred the
evolution, a state of This was the decade of the decade in question demise until the 997 took wide body looks of the

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C4S. So we got one. GT3 has been the represent the 911’s new had become a (although it would have
So how to represent hardcore option so enter millennium journey. mainstream sportscar, its continued being sold
the 997? That’s easy. It’s the GT3 3.8 RS. What, no So lets wind back to appeal extending beyond alongside the 997 until
been our policy all along 4-litre RS? No, outside of the start of the decade – the enthusiast. The the 997 C4S arrived in
to represent any new our time frame I’m afraid, the 2000s, the noughties, Cayenne was on the 2005). As we’ve
iteration of the 911 with arriving, as it did, post the new millennium, horizon, the Cayman too, intimated, this was the
its launch model, and the 2010. And finally we had whatever you want to call but for now it was the 911 911 of choice for many,
base one at that. Enter to include the Uber 911 – the start of the new and the Boxster doing the mixing the Turbo’s
the 997 C2, with the 3.6 the Turbo in ultimate Gen century. After the business. Porsche was widebody look with the
litre engine as carried 2 form, and still on sale turbulent ’90s, Porsche still a manufacturer of security of four-wheel
over from the previous right now. No Speedsters, was on a roll, although sports cars and sports drive. This car belongs to
996. And the other 997 of no Cabrios, no Targas, still a two-model outfit, cars only. friend of the magazine,
the decade? Tricky, such no GTSs and no Sport with the 911 and the Our 996 C4S is a late Paul Keywood. He spent
was the plethora of Classics. They’re all the Boxster selling as fast as 2003 model, so pretty some considerable time
models and variations. same under the skin the production lines could much the last of the line finding this particular car,
Throughout, though, the and these four best produce them. The 911 in terms of development dismayed at the very
It’s not hard to see why so many people prefer the

widebody look of the 996 C4S. Even now – ten years on – TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
it looks the part and beefs up the 996’s often bland look. PORSCHE 996 C4S
This 2003 version is something of a revelation, driving YEAR: 2003
extremely well. It’s the car we’d take home ENGINE: 3600cc
POWER: 321bhp at 6800rpm
TORQUE: 273lb ft at 4250rpm
TRANSMISSION: Six-speed manual
TOP SPEED: 174mph
0-60MPH: 5.1 secs
SUSPENSION: MacPherson strut front, multi-link rear
TYRES: 225/40 ZR18 front, 295/30 ZR18 rear

average condition of most set up might rob it gearbox just right. The the controls. Yes, the hampered by ridiculously
of the cars that he slightly of its agility pedals don’t sprout out steering is light, but it’s low profile tyres. I mean,
viewed. This isn’t a compared to the C2, that of the floor, nor are they full of chat and feedback 18s are positively weedy
criticism of the 996 itself, was a trade off that offset, the interior is too. The gear change is these days. The
but more at how folk look people were prepared light and airy and the slick and mechanical, with traditional 911 twist is all
after cars these days, or to make. visibility is excellent. just the right amount of there, the rear end
rather how they don’t. Jumping into Paul’s car, There is nothing odd drag and loading and the shaking its arse and the
It’s not hard to see why and it’s not difficult to or intimidating about clutch is smooth in front tyres seemingly only
buyers went for the 4S see why the 996 this C4S. operation and take up. All skimming the road
look. It adds a touch of appealed to a much But that’s not to say the controls have an surface. The engine – in
aggression to the 996’s broader market. that it’s easy in the way integrated feel to them, 3.6-litre guise – has both
sometimes bland shape Compared to the 993, that a Toyota is easy. as if they were designed torque and top end,
(it’s a very colour this feels like a very Even 10-years and 39,000- to work together. responding to quick
sensitive car). It looks modern and easy car to miles (which is nothing It rides wonderfully well bursts of throttle and
more muscular and while drive. The steering is really) down the line, too, really working with short-shifting, or
its extra weight and 4WD light, the clutch and there is a linear feel to the road and not extended and attacking
The 997 was really just an evolution of the 996, with

most of its underpinnings largely the same. Where it
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
did make a leap was in terms of looks, wearing its 911 PORSCHE 997 C2
curves rather more emphatically. Interior quality and YEAR: 2004
ambience were a leap forward too ENGINE: 3600cc
TRANSMISSION: Five-speed Tiptronic
TOP SPEED: 177mph
0-60MPH: 5.0 secs

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the rev band. Of course, the more traditional 911 then the 996 C4S has of the 911’s fall from but maybe the dampers
as an M96 engine, there interior architecture, with exactly the same steering feel grace. on this car were getting
are the ‘issues’ to the swooping dash and gearbox. We prefer it, in It’s good to have a tired, if indeed that’s
consider, but drive this familiar instrument fact we miles prefer it, Tiptronic here today, if possible with PASM?
car and you’d take that layout. The door furniture but the 911 buying only to remind us of how Certainly when the 997
gamble, you really would. too was straight out of public didn’t. good the later PDK, dual was launched (and I was
And so to the 997. the old school of 911 The 997 model saw the clutch ’box is. A five- there), one of its party
Arriving in 2004 it largely design. It was as if arrival of Porsche’s digital speed automatic gearbox tricks was its uncanny
shared its underpinnings Porsche had decided that age. Active suspension just seems antiquated in ride quality with PASM
with the 996, although with the 996 they had offered compliance and an era of seven and eight- and its ability to morph
Porsche preferred us to been too conservative on iron fist control at the speed self-shifters. The comfort with control
think that it was an all the outside, but too twitch of a switch. The Tiptronic tends to slur its when the going got
new model. The 996 was radical with the interior. PASM (Porsche Active way through the rev twisty.
a very good stab at a And the materials were Suspension Management) range too, blunting engine So a bit of a
new-age 911, but the top drawer too, invoking a dampers also did their response. disappointment then?
shape was rather too real quality feel. own thing, sensing when Rather better is the Well just slightly with the
smooth. The 997 got The 997 came in a you were pressing on and fact that this car is fitted car’s character being
back some of the 911’s variety of flavours, but as tensing up accordingly. with PASM, or maybe not. somewhat masked by the
more traditional curves. It we’ve already said, we’ve With Sport Chrono pack Around the test track Tiptronic ’box and the
was more pinched at the gone basic here with an specified you could raise there is nothing much to stiffer than necessary
waist and the arches early 2004, base C2. This the PSM’s (Porsche say about Porsche’s suspension. Maybe we
front and rear were more example, from JZ Stability Mangement) active suspension should have gone for a
pronounced. It looked Machtech, is a Tiptronic. intervention and sharpen system, but out on the manual 3.8 C2S, but
more aggressive, it What! How dare we! Well the throttle response. roads that surround the ultimately, and you would
looked plain better and it actually that’s how most There was also variable- Chobham facility, where expect us to say this: the
was the perfect people bought them, so ratio steering, which some truly awful tarmac best base 997 C2 would
swansong for outgoing this is repesentative of offered easier low-speed awaits, the active 997 be a non PASM, manual
designer Harm Lagaay. the market. In actual fact responses in return for a feels horribly stiff version. Indeed that’s a
The interior was a if we want to know what more fulsome steering compared with the conclusion we came to a
quantum leap forward a manual 997 C2 feels feel as speed picked up. passive 996. It comes as few years ago, when we
too. There was a return to like for a comparison, For many it was the start something of a surprise, pitched a manual C2
The 997 reverted to round headlights much to the relief of many. However, the
revised headlight design for the 996 was a big improvement over the earlier
996 look. Of the two cars here, it has the more aggressive look

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
PORSCHE 997 GT3 RS
YEAR: 2009
ENGINE: 3800cc
The GT3 RS is all about attitude. Check out the camber of TRANSMISSION: Six-speed manual
TOP SPEED: 194mph
the rear wheels. Corner turn in is immediate and power out 0-60MPH: 4.1 secs
is savage. For the road, though, it’s too much and the SUSPENSION: MacPherson strut front, multi-link rear
recalcitrant gearbox and stiff ride don’t help
against a PDK 997 C4S last I reckon. It was a toss That was some car when by electromagnetic force came the demise of the
both on the road and on up between a 996 Turbo it was launched. Indeed and distributed power twin turbo Mezger engine,
track. On the day, there and a 997 Turbo, but we it’s still some car now, the front to rear depending replaced by a twin turbo
was nothing about this plumped for the 997 everyday, all weather on driving conditions and version of the 3.8-litre
particular 997 that made simply because, at this supercar personified. The driving style. The 997 direct injection unit as
us want to drive it moment it is the pinnacle 997 Turbo as launched in Turbo also got VTG found in Gen 2 997s,
particularly hard, which is of the 911 both in our 2006 retained the Mezger Turbos (Variable Turbo complete with either
a shame, because we’ve chosen 2000-2010 decade engine but gained more Geometry), which saw the manual or PDK gearbox
all had some amazing and right now, or at least power at 472bhp. It vanes in the turbo options. Power was up to
drives in all manner of until the 991 Turbo goes gained a lot more tech gradually open out as 493bhp and there was
997s and not just the on sale. too, with PTM (Porsche speed increased, giving even more trickery with
crazy fast ones. The story starts with Traction Management) at the benefits of both small PTV (Porsche Torque
Talking of which, we’re the 996 Turbo though, the heart of the four- and large turbos in a Vectoring) joining the
at that point. Turbo or and its majestic twin wheel drive system. This single unit. party and even active
997 GT3 RS. Ooh, save turbo iteration of the fully controlled multi- The Gen 2 997 Turbo engine mounts, which
the mad, bad one until Mezger race car engine. plate clutch is operated arrived in 2009 and with it locked the engine mounts

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at high speed to stop the drive around the four off its 0-60mph time. particular car down was accolade goes to the very
engine’s mass flailing furthest points of It’s amazing how the Sports suspension. limited edition 4.0 GT3 RS,
around. PTV? Oh, yes well mainland Britain. In the different the Turbo feels Again it’s too stiff, and but that doesn’t really fall
that basically slows down past I’ve maintained that compared to the other transmits too much into our timeline.
the inside rear wheel the 911 Turbo is the car I cars here. All the road noise. The Turbo’s Now while the 911
under cornering and so would choose above all noughties 911s here standard set up is Turbo would be my sole
improves turn in. Of others if the criteria was today feel fast, but the much better. means of transport if
course the latest 991 that I could only have one Turbo feels hugely, Just as we had to have restricted to one car only,
Turbo has rear wheel car, and one car only. I devastatingly fast. It’s a Turbo, then we also had it’s not actually my
steer for an even more still stand by that. practically bursting with to have a GT3 as a favourite 911. No, my
pronounced effect. There is nothing as power and it seemingly representative of the favourite 911 is a 997 GT3
Phew, lots of stuff crushingly capable as the shakes and shudders as 911’s road racer division. RS, but not this one. No,
going on and today we Turbo, and nothing quite it gathers itself up and It made sense to have the it’s the Gen 1 GT3 RS,
have a 997 Turbo S at our charts the 911’s rate of launches itself down the 3.8 GT3 RS from which I still maintain is
disposal. This actually has progress quite as road. It’s childish, if not Porsche’s press fleet. This the best handling, most
530bhp and will crack accurately as the Turbo big or clever, but I can old stager has been fluid and stable 911 I’ve
nearly 200mph. We’ve got either. In the near 40 never resist a launch around for three years or ever driven and frankly it
to know it rather well years that the Turbo has control start in one of so now and it’s racked up makes the Gen 2 3.8 GT3
because prior to today’s existed, it’s added 50mph these, if PDK equipped. close to 20,000 very hard RS feel very angry indeed.
test we’ve used it for a to its top speed and Unfortunately, the one miles. It’s not quite the It’s a step too far for the
mad 36-hour, non-stop knocked whole seconds thing that really let this end of the line, that road. The suspension is
The mighty 911 Turbo S in full flight. Note how the nose is
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION lifted and the rear squats as the heavy acceleration shifts
PORSCHE 997 TURBO S weight to the back. That’s pure 911 that is!
YEAR: 2009+
ENGINE: 3800cc
TORQUE: 516lb ft at 2100-4250rpm
TRANSMISSION: Seven-speed PDK
TOP SPEED: 195mph
0-60MPH: 3.3 secs

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too stiff, the engine is too the road for any distance. not this one with its
excitable and peaky and Yes, it’s great that the Sports suspension. No, of
the gearbox is GT3 concept exists, but the bunch I would take
obstructive and the it’s been taken too far. the 996 C4S. Yes,
clutch too heavy. It’s no It will be interesting to seriously. It’s got the best
wonder Porsche have see if the 991 GT3 has ride quality, it doesn’t
gone PDK with the 991. I reined it back in. transmit hideous
still feel it should have So there we are, our amounts of road noise,
come with the option of a noughties 911s. It’s it’s got a sublime gearbox
manual, but not if it’s like scratching the surface and steering and it’s
this, and besides the really, and there are plenty fast enough. This
seven-speed manualised perhaps obvious wasn’t supposed to be
version of the PDK ’box is omissions. Maybe we a conclusive group
Porsche’s self fulfilling should have had a GT2 of test shootout, but
prophecy to the demise some description, and in the 996 wins.
of the manual. It’s simply hindsight, yes a 997 C2S Who’d have
not very good. would perhaps have been thought it? PW
There is an element of a better choice than the
the King’s new clothes base C2. Which car would
with this car for me. Many we take home? Well,
laud it, but I don’t get it. ordinarily it would be
It’s great on track, very the Turbo, but
exciting and it corners
and turns in with purpose
and precision, but it’s a
one trick pony because
you would have to be a
masochist to drive it on
The pinnacle of the 2000s’ 911s and nearly the end of the 911
story to date. The 997 GT3 RS and the 911 Turbo illustrate
perfectly how the 911 can be two completely different cars. The
GT3 is the angry road racer, all revs and attitude. The Turbo,
meanwhile, is pretty much the fastest thing on four wheels, but
without the fuss and the drama. It’s the stealth supercar
THANKS TO:
Many thanks to Porsche Cars Great Britain for supplying
the GT3 RS and Turbo S, and in particular for delivering
the GT3 to our photo location. Thanks also to
Paul Keywood for allowing us to borrow his 996 C4S

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here comes a And so what’s all this deal. You buy a 911, you Top left: Starting from the Royal Geographical Society’s
point in any got to do with the 911 at choose to drive a 911 London HQ seemed fitting for this round Britain jaunt. We
road trip where 50 then? Well we’ve because it is more than used a lot of petrol, with 911 HUL averaging 20mpg.
you can go no nearly come to the end of just getting from A to B. Bennett seeking inspiration from the doyen of the ‘drive
further. We’ve our six-issue celebration It’s about getting from A story,’ Mel Nichols and the compilation of his finest works
reached that point – quite of the car that this to B to C to D sometimes
literally. We can go no magazine takes its name for the sheer hell of it. make it into the Right now we need
further because the road from, but so far we’ve not So there you go. Join us showroom. And the 997 in something fast to join the
has run out. It’s 4.30am in been for what we’d call a then for a four-pointed both its Gen 1 and Gen 2 dots. It’s all photographer
the morning, we’ve been proper drive. Sure we’ve trip to the furthest incarnations was a child Fraser’s fault, and Mel
up for 24-hours, and we’re whizzed around a few extents of the British of the noughties. It’s also Nichols’. I’d been looking
at the UK’s furthest point test tracks for the sake Isles in the ultimate to the 911 that, once I’d for a challenging road trip
north. That will be John O’ of comparison, in each of date 911. Now we realise driven it for the first time to test the mettle of the
Groats then. It’s lashing the five decades’ most that one man’s ultimate at its launch in 2006, 911. So where are the
with rain, there’s a gail representative 911s, but 911 might be another opined that it was frankly furthest points south,
blowing and there’s no we haven’t done what it is man’s occasional steer, just too fast for this small west, north and east?
reason to hang around, that all 911s are built for. but on paper, and in island. That said, it’s also Well that will be Lizard
and besides we’ve still We haven’t driven, we terms of technical the 911 that I would Point in Cornwall, followed
got to get to the UK’s haven’t stretched the flat evolution, the ultimate choose over any other as by Land’s End, John O’
furthest point east having six, we haven’t 911 is the 997 Turbo, and my desert island car. It’s Groats and finally
been to the furthest experienced the thrill that that still stands today as the ‘if you could only ever Lowestoft. And Mel
points south and west. comes as part of the 911 the 991 Turbo has yet to have one car’ choice. Nichols? Ex Editor of Car

magazine in the ’70s and Mel though – not enough this trip from outside the At the LIzard Point, which as any student of mainland
’80s and the pioneer of stops for a decent meal Royal Geograpical HQ in British Isles geography will tell you is the furthest point
the ‘Drive story.’ A and a hotel – but the London, so I meet him south that you travel before falling into the sea. We
compilation of his finest inspiration for the drive there. The Turbo looks fit popped across the Severn Bridge and into Wales too.
works ‘And the revs keep story, for magazines for purpose in dark green. Below: 911 HUL takes in the rays at Land’s End
rising’ has recently been through to Top Gear’s It’s the perfect colour,
published. Indeed we ran mad TV capers is all here. after all we don’t want to ‘Ultimate everyday cook you breakfast! The
an extract in our 911 Snapper Fraser leafs draw too much attention. supercar.’ That’s a phrase 911 Turbo is the car that
at 50, ’70s issue, Mel through the book. He has We might, occasionally, be that’s haunted the 911 you would take every
being the first journo in history here, his dad going quite quickly. It’s a Turbo since its inception. time for the long haul
the UK to drive a 911 being Ian Fraser, another Turbo S too (and it’s To me, though, that’s adventure. Stick some
Turbo in 1974. Car mag man of the era. “I wearing the legendary absolutely part of its winter boots on it when
‘And the revs keep think I was there on that 911 HUL plate) so that appeal. Forget prima the weather turns and let
rising’ is full of stories of shoot,” he says. ‘That means 530bhp on tap. It donna Italian Stallions the four-wheel drive get
driving supercars from shoot’ being a drive with also means fixed back and their hissy fits. They you where only 4x4s go.
point-to-point, or mainly Lambo test driver Bob bucket seats and sports are trinkets, one night So we trundle out of
from Modena to the UK, in Wallace in a prototype suspension. Not so good. stands. The 911 Turbo is a London on a Tuesday in
the days when if you saw Lamborghini Countach in But on the bright side car that you can have a the rush hour, paying our
one Lamborghini 1972. He was very young we’ve got PDK, the meaningful relationship Congestion tax. No
Countach a year, you though! Anyway, Mel, this perfect transmission with. It will thrill, but it will problem for the PDK
were pretty lucky. Our trip one’s for you. option for the ultimate also be around for the Turbo. We fuel up at the
would be too extreme for Fraser insists we start everyday supercar. long term. It might even Ace Café on the North

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Circular, starting point for Lizard lighthouse and deep blue Atlantic view to that we’ve got to pick up temptation to have a race
many an adventure, and bathed in sunshine, it’s soak up, but we’re not a bronze horse in Liskeard with a flirty Fezza 458
then we hit the road quite spectacular. hanging around. This is for his next-door and settle in for the long
proper to the Lizard. ETA Apparently this is where where the journey really neighbour, as you do! haul. Wales isn’t much of
is early afternoon. The M4 the Spanish Armada was starts. We’re going end- The Turbo’s sat nav a diversion and as we
meanders into the M5 first sighted in 1588. to-end now and as the reckons we’ll be at John head north on what is
and at Exeter we turn So if the Lizard is the sign post helpfully points O’ Groats at around 4am. nearly the longest day,
right onto the A30. The furthest point south, then out it’s 874-miles to John We’re still feeling fresh the light refuses to ever
Turbo loafs at 90mph in it stands that what most O’ Groats and it’s that and the Turbo typically truly fade until the
seventh, turning over at a people mistake to be the way. But wait, we’ve feels and sounds weather closes in as the
leisurely 1750rpm. Easy. furthest point south – decided that as this is a inexhaustible. So we head Borders approach.
Cornwall is clogged Land’s End – is actually round Britain trip, we back on the A30, pick up Well into Scotland and
with tourists so we take it the furthest point west. really should drop into a bronze horse, resist the the roads are deserted as
easy and arrive at Lizard Get it? Well we’ve got to Wales too. So there’s a
Point on the Lizard get there, but it’s only a quick in and out on the Above: No arguing as to where we are, or where we’ve got
peninsula. It’s typical of 40-mile crawl around the Severn Bridge to be to get to as the sign (below) helpfully points out. It’s 874-
the Cornish coastline, coast. Beyond the tourist accommodated, and miles to John O’ Groats, even further if you’re going via
rugged and rocky and trap theme shops, there what’s this? Snapper Liskeard to pick up a bronze horse and into Wales too. 911
today, overlooked by the is another spectacular Fraser has just announced HUL takes it all in its stride

we take the M74 towards to my little incident. where Kowalski out runs Above: Underneath the Severn Bridge. Next stop John O’
Edinburgh. For a while Edinburgh is behind us the police for state after Groats. In between it does get dark, but as we arrive at
we’re running with the and the motorways have state and ends up 4.30am it’s bright daylight again, this being close to the
London to Edinburgh receded. The A9 climbs burying a Dodge longest day. Below: The Turbo is mighty on the Scottish
mainline and a Virgin ahead. Ah, Scotland’s A9, Challenger into a roads through the Cairngorms
Express train at full tilt. a notorious piece of bulldozer road-block.
It’s not big and it’s not tarmac, fast and deadly. The blue lights are few years ago. Green cars back. A numbing
clever, but Mel wouldn’t Deadly to Police, Camera, already strobing in the you see. Unlucky. tiredness washes over us.
have held back and so we Action. I didn’t see the rear view mirror and like The remainder of the Red Bull and a bracing mix
give chase. Can the driver traffic cop with the speed the sensible boy I am, I slog to John O’ Groats is of Atlantic and North Sea
see us? We can certainly gun, he was hiding pull over. I’m invited for a rather subdued, not air crashes in. It’s enough
see the passenger’s somewhere up the road, chat in the back of the helped by the driving rain. to reinvigorate. The Turbo,
faces. At 130+mph the but we did see him police wagon. Seventy And God it’s a long way meanwhile, ticks over
Turbo is starting to wake running – yes running – nine miles per hour in a and why are we doing this implacably having barely
up, but we bottle out. for the Jam Sandwich as sixty. It’s a fair cop, anyway? We arrive at exerted itself. That will
Well I bottle out more we gunned the Turbo out although at 1.30am in the 4.30am and no one is change.
specifically. But it’s an of a roundabout and up morning it seems a little pleased to see us So it’s just the small
evocative interlude into the road. “Er, I think they unfair. Still it could have because there’s no one matter of 678-miles to
the drudge of the journey. might be after us,” I been worse, a lot worse. around. It’s cold, it’s wet, the east coast outpost
Car v train. Train wins mutter. Crazy thoughts And Fraser thinks it’s fair really there’s no point in that is Lowestoft. Plug
thanks to lack of speed go through your head at enough because it’s hanging around save for a that into your AA route
limit and no danger of such moments. I have a payback for the pull he few pics for posterity. planner right now and it
going to prison. fleeting flashback to the got with me on the A1 in This, then, is the low will give you a 13-hour
Which brings us neatly film Vanishing Point, the Viper Green GT3 RS a point and the only way is journey time. Best not to

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think about it, just get on side and as the roads Park. It’s another great Above: It must be Britain’s most easterly point because it
and drive. Back on the A9 peak and crest – each one piece of road and the says so here. Journey’s end. For some reason Fraser
and there is a feeling of revealing another valley Turbo, faced with insists on going back into London. The raw data: A near
reverse journey déjà vu. cutting snake of road. The obstacles, just devours 37-hour non-stop drive and a distance of 2094-miles. No
We plot a different course Turbo bobs and twists its and mauls the meandering wonder Bennett was a zombie for days after!
back to Edinburgh taking way along in time holiday traffic in long
in the western side and honoured 911 fashion, lunges. The problem is, and it’s typically quiet now him drive off. It was all his
the Cairngorms. It’s a wise leaving a guttural sound that after periods as mid-evening arrives. idea anyway. And Mel’s,
choice. The roads are wave in its wake, that exposed to the 911 Turbo, Into Lowestoft over the let’s not forget that.
spectacular and the Turbo mixes mechanical meshing real life just feels slowed estuary bridge, head for I feel certain that if
stirs itself into action. It’s with a rush of air that down. the wind turbine, and confronted with the
not an angry road racer cascades through the Newcastle feels like there it is: The furthest madness of such a trip
like a GT3, or as agile as gaping intakes and we’re nearly there, but the point east behind the back in the day, when a
say a base Carrera 2, but underbody ducts. A1 is a grind and the A14 Birds Eye fish packing drive story was a real,
with Sport selected and You get the feeling is its usual average speed plant. Salubrious it is not, proper adventure, then
revs and gears working that it’s gorging itself on camera controlled rush but it’s our finishing point, Mel would have chosen a
rather more urgently, it pure oxygen and high- hour slog. And so the final well it is for me. 911 Turbo. He sure as hell
transforms itself into a octane fuel. 50-miles cross-country Photographer boy is of the wouldn’t have done it
stunningly effective and At Edinburgh we stay dash east to Lowestoft. opinion that the journey in a Countach! The 911
epically fast ground- off the motorways and This is my part of the should finish where it Turbo is everything that
covering missile. The plot a course east to world. Indeed we drive started at the Royal the 911 stands for: 50-
sports suspension, which Newcastle on the A68 to virtually past my door. The Geographical HQ back in years rolled into one
has been rather too stiff Jedburgh and the long straight stretches of London. I get him to drop machine. Long may
for relaxed progress is on Northumberland National A road are Turbo territory me at my local and watch it continue. PW


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Our man Mallett finds the noughties 911 adventures a difficult
period to sum up as he reflects on his own association with
the brand and the cars and what the 911 means today
Words: Delwyn Mallett Photos: Porsche Archiv and DM
‘W
ill you anniversary Porsche have celebrations in London did car that did more than that his obituary had
write released to the media a cause the predicted travel any other to hasten the been published
a couple series of studio shots of chaos. The fireworks were end of the rear-engined prematurely, could,
of the original 911 alongside impressive but the much family car) left several times, have been
thousand the current car. Obviously heralded ‘River of Fire’ was Longbridge. Vladimir Putin applied to the 911.
words on the Porsche the intention is to show about as impactful as a was elected dictator, For many the 911 was
911 in the ‘noughties’ to the continuity of the sparkler waved during a sorry, president of Russia, Porsche, having been
round up our 50th lineage but it is also a volcanic eruption. The and, as the year closed, a born within the time span
anniversary series’, powerful reminder of how ‘Dome’ was a dud. controversial recount in of the car, and the 356, if
requested the editor. lithe the 911 once was – In 2000, on the death of Florida and the infamous thought of at all, was a
Hmmm. Not much to half a century ago – and its author, Charles M ‘hanging chads’ resulted prehistoric and distant
say really. ‘A legend. The now is displaying Schutlz, and after 50- in George W Bush being cousin. And, I guess, the
best all-round sports car considerable middle-age years of entertaining voted in as President of extraordinary longevity of
of all time’. spread. millions of readers the the United States. Porsche’s two iconic air-
That’s it, in eleven Much excitement and last ever ‘Peanuts’ comic The world economy cooled sports cars, 356
words. hyperbole preceded the strip, described as ‘the was booming and the and 911, is what defines
I could perhaps also transition from 20th to longest story ever told by ‘money men’ were once the difference between
include that much- 21st century. Despite one man’, was published. again Hoovering up the old guard, the so-
trotted-out hoary adage months of headline- The first Harry Potter Porsches. Having survived called ‘purist’, and the
‘the triumph of grabbing predictions of movie started filming. repeated predictions of new. Me? I have to say I’m
engineering over design’, impending chaos, Roger Vadim, the French its impending demise the one of the old-timers –
that’s another six words computers didn’t go crazy film director who ‘created’ 911 was approaching its not as old as some but
but still 1,983 short of and succumb to the Brigitte Bardot and 40th birthday. Indeed, heading that way.
the required total – so ‘millennium bug’ because turned Jane Fonda into Mark Twain’s comment, When the 911 was
here’s another one to their internal clocks had Barbarella died. Concorde “Reports of my death conceived the tail-end
think about – ‘big’. not been programmed crashed on take off from have been greatly was not an unusual
For the 50th correctly. The Paris. The last ‘Mini’ (the exaggerated”, on hearing location for an engine.

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Volkswagen might have car was virtually extinct number-plate spotters Porsche 356. ‘Jenks’
popularised the layout and by this millennium (yes, we wrote down car was recognised as the
but Abarth, Alpine, BMW, Porsche was the sole numbers but don’t ask me authoritative voice on
Fiat, Hillman, Renault, manufacturer actively why) my mates and I had all things to do with
Seat, Simca, Skoda and pursuing development of never heard of Porsche motor sport and he
Tatra were all making cars the configuration, only let alone ‘spotted’ one. was full of praise for
propelled from the rear – the Beetle, its great, ‘Jags’ were our pinups in his little Porsche, its
even the conservative great grandparent, the ’50s. They won at Le engineering integrity
Americans had had a stab lingered on before finally Mans, the most famous and its reliability over
at it with the short-lived passing away somewhere race in the world, film the thousands of
Tucker and the ill-fated in Mexico in 2003. stars posed in them and miles he covered
Chevrolet Corvair. Most I was born in 1946, two robbers sped from banks around Europe.
were family cars but a years before Ferry recently robbed in them. On the black and
few were potent Porsche and his small Car-mad, and with my white TVs of the day
competition machines. team picked themselves interest in motor racing one could regularly
Abarths and Alpines in up from the ruins of WWII growing, I avidly see re-runs of the
particular were stars of and started to build what consumed Motor Sport Shell-produced films
race and rally, even the would eventually evolve magazine and the first on the history of
humble Skoda would win into the world’s greatest port of call was the motor racing (directed by Motor Sport’s Denis
its class in the RAC Rally sports car. As a child no column of the Nick Mason’s dad ‘Bill’, Jenkinson was an inspiration
in 17 consecutive years. more than a handful of ‘Continental who died in 2002) and I for early Porsche fans, of
The Volkswagen Beetle, if ‘Dads’ in my west of Correspondent’, signed savoured every frame of which Delwyn was one
you include the war years, London suburban street DSJ. Denis Sargant the episode entitled ‘The
would remain in owned a car (and mine Jenkinson was a gnome- Titans’, chronicling the were overwhelmingly
production for over sixty was not, for many years, like figure, complete with extraordinary battles superior to anything the
years and, post war, sell one of them) and ‘Mums’ bushy beard, who had between Mercedes and international competition
over 21 million examples. as a rule didn’t yet drive. been brave/mad enough Professor Ferdinand could muster.
But at the introduction of No one parked on our to navigate for Stirling Porsche’s Auto Unions in Jenks and many other
the 911 in 1963 it was street and very few cars Moss at the wheel of a the years leading up to early converts to Porsche
already becoming actually drove through it, Mercedes 300SLR in the the war. In an age when had witnessed first-hand
apparent that this it was our playground. 1955 Mille Miglia, which cars still raced for the these extraordinary
particular branch of the And gardens had not they won at record speed. honour of their country racers competing and
automotive evolutionary been paved over creating For his day job DSJ spent rather than as mobile although the 356 was
tree was leading to a an endless ribbon of car- the season reporting on billboards for cigarette derived from the
dead end. Within a few stuffed parking lot. Formula One racing, brands Germany’s state- Professor’s much more
years the rear-engined Even as tenacious touring the continent in a funded ‘Silver Arrows’ humble pre-war creation
Opposite page and

above: 911 evolution
moved slowly for 20
years and then made
rapid leaps forward.
Right: Mallett and his
356, the early years

it nevertheless watching his third division racing for a decade or opposition on the world’s
carried with it team forging its way more. Only Ferrari truly circuits.
some of the aura against the odds to an FA shared Porsche’s total In the ’60s the 911 was
of those cup final. Then, in the very commitment to racing. still, in the eyes of the
magnificent year that I passed my These were also the days unconverted, a
engineering driving test and the sixties when the gap between modernised 356 (itself a
marvels. I was starting to swing, the 911 the competition version Beetle in a sporty outfit) –
hooked on all arrived. I couldn’t of and the road version of a better by far but still an
things Porsche. course afford a 911 but I sports car was much oddity with tricky
They were the soon traded my beaten up smaller than it would soon handling. In 1971 after the
team I rooted for. Mini for a ten-year-old become. When a 911 (or a 917 won at Le Mans the
The gallant little 356. This when old cars, Mini, or a Citroen) won Porsche ‘team’ moved into
manufacturer, even those that are now events such as the Monte the first division and the
fighting back from viewed as valuable Carlo Rally, other than the 911 supporters’ club
near oblivion, classics, were just that – addition of extra driving swelled in size. The 911
running in the old cars, with little value lights, a few mud flaps was rapidly becoming an
smaller capacity and marked the owners and a bit of ‘tuning’ it essential fashion item for
classes, punching not as connoisseurs but looked pretty much like the sports car crowd, even
above their simply ‘poor’. the car you could drive more so after the
weight, and The maxim that ‘racing from the showroom – sensational Carrera RS hit
frequently giving improves the breed’ was which added a little ‘race- the streets. At the end of
the ‘big boys’ a run never truer than when track’ piquancy to the the decade a 911, albeit
for their money. On practiced by Porsche. An driving experience in the much modified, itself won
occasion, such as essential ingredient for daily traffic light grand the 24 Hours. The first
in the Targa Florio, any sports car is ‘pedigree’ prix. Although Porsche time that a production
the last of the and for us enthusiasts would eventually push the based car had achieved
great road-races, Porsche was building that rules to the very limit, the feat since the mid
It’s not all about the 356. the tough and nimble pedigree before our very widening the gap between 1950s. The 911 had
That 2.7 RS flanked by the Porsches actually eyes. Other marques road and race, it was still become the sports car
bimota (how cool?), was achieved outright victory. entered the racing arena possible to convince par excellence, the GT of
Delwyn’s daily driver in the A new legend was taking then left to rest on their yourself that the 911 you choice on road and track
days when it was just an shape. It was akin to the laurels. By the era of the were driving on the road – even though the
old car. He’s still got it, but excitement and pride a 911 the big names such as was only a hop-skip-and- penalty for the ‘old-guard’
it needs a full restoration. faithful football supporter Jaguar, Mercedes or Aston jump away from the 911s was that it was now
Don’t know about the bike! might experience Martin had been out of that were blitzing the attracting the be-
Below: This is the future. All Porsches will have a hybrid

drive option. It’s here already for the Cayenne and
Panamera. The 918 launched later this year will be hybrid
and the next 911 will definitely feature hybrid power

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bracered, lap-dancing- breed of 911s, conceding Her Majesty’s Pleasure. score years and
club-frequenting, that engineering and One suspects that the ten? Could it even
Champagne-swilling electronics have finally triumph of engineering endure for another
‘wrong crowd’ from overcome the instability over design has made the 50-years? That
‘The City’. inherent in the engine 911 too good, turning it prospect seems
In the first three location and produced a into a magnificent unlikely but making
decades of its evolution motoring marvel. He even possession, a potent 50 once seemed
the 911 grew very little in went so far as to say that symbol of personal equally remote.
overall size and, as the the 997 Turbo was the success, but not the There are already
20th century coasted to best car he’d ever driven. visceral sports car it 911s running, and
an end, the last iteration But. Is the 911 still a once was. racing, with hybrid
of the air-cooled era, the sports car? In the real That 2-litre, 120hp, power so it is not
993, remained a neat little world, as opposed to ‘Top skinny-tyred little whippet inconceivable that a
package. The coming of Gear’s’ tail-sliding wide- of a beast from 50-years 911 ‘shaped’ car
water not only produced a open spaces or a ago, with its lively and could accommodate
911 with more girth but Goodwood trackday, the lovely steering feeding any kind of future
cut the umbilical cord 911 will, without fuss or every road-wrinkle propulsion system. It
that, for me and perhaps breaking sweat, obey your through the wheel to your might be big and it
all Porsche enthusiasts of every command and brain, heightening your might not be a 911
my age, linked the 911 all flatter your driving with senses and demanding as us oldies once
the way back to the 1930s electronically metered constant attention will, I knew it but I still
and the genius of good manners at speeds guarantee, provide more hope that this
Ferdinand Porsche. up to and way beyond ‘sports car’ driver-pleasure unique and much-
The current 911 is anything that could be over a winding cross- loved motoring
undoubtedly a technical remotely called legal. And country blast than the legend lives on
tour de force, a stunning where’s the fun in that? latest 991. forever. (And
car capable of astonishing One suspects that a 911 The first decade of the outlives those
performance. Even that could negotiate any 21st century has passed diabolic twins
professional iconoclast corner in Britain at 70mph and we are in the third Cayenne and Panamera!)
and serial Porsche-beater without a hint of fuss. To iteration of the water- But, if you want to A lifetime of Porsches. It’s
Jeremy Clarkson, the last truly test the car and the cooled car and the recapture some of that not all about 911s and 356s
person on the planet to driver’s mettle you would question is not if the 911 simple driving pleasure of though. The 924 Carrera GT
still refer to the 911 as a have to be travelling at might soon die but is it in old, I’d recommend the was a favourite. Not many
jumped-up Beetle, has speeds that would justify its middle age or its old new ‘best sports car in the people had one of those
been won over by the new a short stretch off-road at age? Will it make three world’ – the Cayman. PW back in the day
As the 911 evolves to become more of a GT than an out

and out sports car the Cayman is placed to take over the
mantle. Well at least it’s still a Porsche...


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HANDLE WITH CARE

Having your 996 Carrera’s or 986 Boxster’s outside door handle
suddenly stop working is in the overall scheme of things unlikely
to be too disastrous – but highly inconvenient none the less.
It’s a surprisingly cheap and easy DIY fix, though
I
t is always rather structure – as a door genuine shock, that many turns out to be as light as inconvenient scenario has
disturbing when handle suddenly fails to of us will probably have the proverbial feather. slowly but surely become
something as work, perhaps quite experienced when picking And sadly – but arguably yet another increasingly
inherently simple – literally shutting you out up something that you not entirely surprisingly, common quirk of both the
and also as in the cold. It calls to expect to have a mass given their overall design 996-model 911 Carrera
fundamental to the mind the surprise, directly proportional to its ethos and build-quality – and the essentially
function of any closed occasionally bordering on apparent size, but which this annoying and identical 986 Boxster.

HOW-TO: REPAIR 996 & 986 EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE
In order to remove the handle for the required attention you need access to the inside of the door shell – and that entails taking off the internal trim, or ‘card’. As usual in modern cars, the fixings are
almost completely hidden – fiendishly so in the case of the screw behind the ‘AIRBAG’ badge. The trick, of course, is to be ultra-careful not to damage any pieces of trim as you prise them off, and then to
use only the correct drivers – Torx or cross-head screw. Once you are satisfied that you have undone them all, gently ease the trim away from the metal, disengaging the numerous plastic clips around its
circumference with your fingers, or better still a broad, flat – and ideally plastic – blade so you don’t cause any damage. Disconnect wiring plug from the back of the internal handle (far left), and also the
same handle’s Bowden-style cable. Waterproof membrane doesn’t have to be removed completely for access to the handle alone, but do make sure it will provide a good, waterproof seal when replaced
The good news, though, its opposite number is reach across from the from the external handle inside the shell of the
is that it is normally also suffering from passenger seat and use to the release mechanism door, but even that is
pretty straightforward to exactly the same the relevant internal proper), and the central- remarkably easy
fix. You will need, of problem, and you have handle. Generally locking should still be compared to the same
course, first to open the been studiously ignoring speaking, only the functioning normally, too. procedure in many other
affected door – usually, it for months, in the external handle will have You will then need to far less sophisticated
for obvious reasons, the forlorn and misguided failed (or, more remove the so-called door modern machines (see
driver’s side – but unless hope that it will rectify accurately, only the card, or internal trim, for the group of photos
by some remote chance itself, you can simply plastic and metal link access to the mechanism above). Last but not least,
In order to be able to reach inside the door, next you need to remove a cadmium-plated bracket, secured by four M6 screws – one of which also passes through the airbag mount (although luckily you
don’t need to remove or even electrically disconnect the airbag itself). That reveals both the rusty, broken link (below left, this page) and the two M6 nuts that have to be undone to remove the handle.
To disconnect the black plastic elbow from the latch mechanism simply rotate it through about 90 degrees, and lift it clear of its slot. Old and new parts side by side (below, in the centre of this spread)
give a clear view of how the mechanism is meant to work – and the false economy, perhaps, of not making the metal pieces from stainless steel. Essentially, the threaded end of the metal link slides into
the plastic piece, which is then closed up tight via a sliding sleeve. Clevis pin and circlip secure the eye at the end of the metal piece to the exterior handle. That is itself made almost entirely from plastic,
but you will still need both care and patience – and some suitably delicate tools – to extract the remnants of the old pin and clip. Residual staining is OK, but make sure no fragments of rust remain

you will need the relevant task, you would prefer to use the procedure as a
replacement parts, but all have an expert tackle the cost-saving opportunity THE KNOWLEDGE
You will require, as we’ve suggested, probably just four small –
of those – typically just job for you, then the pre-emptively to replace if not implausibly tiny – components per door in order to fix a
four of them per door, overall cost should an ageing door-glass faulty exterior handle as shown here. The terminology below is
actually; see the panel amount to no more than lifting mechanism; see that seemingly used by Porsche itself, and the prices shown
are retail (correct in late May 2013), but here excluding VAT.
over on the right – are £100 per side all in. also the October 2012
readily available from So no, it’s not really the issue for the full story on Operating rod 996 537 627 00 £10.56
Lock washer 997 537 641 00 £1.02
Porsche for a total of kind of technical issue that (pages 100–101). Bolt (x2) 996 537 629 01 £1.02
currently around £20 a that you would either Finally, thanks once again Connecting piece 996 537 445 02 £2.09
set including VAT. What’s expect or necessarily to technician Ben Lett at Total £15.71
more, it would be very readily excuse of a car of Elite Motor Tune in You might also want to consider fitting a new waterproof
surprising, indeed, if it this nature and likely Northampton (01604 membrane between the door shell and the internal trim (£41.10
took any reasonably value – particularly when 757510) for showing us per side plus VAT). A new exterior lifting handle (if, despite its
largely plastic construction, the old one has been damaged by
competent DIYer more you see the part that what’s involved – last those corroded metal fittings) will cost £32.51, again plus VAT,
than around 45–60 actually fails, and why it month, you will perhaps and a window regulator mechanism – just in case, and While
You Are In There, as we say – around £125 plus VAT.
minutes per side to install does so – but overall that recall, he ran through the As far as tools are concerned, you will need the usual (fairly
them, using only a few still sounds like a bit of a procedure for replacing small) screwdrivers – both flat and cross-head – and a selection
very basic hand tools. result to us. Better than one of this same 996- of similarly small Torx bits; a quarter-inch-drive socket set and
a 10mm socket; small, long-nosed pliers; and perhaps a magnet
And even if, despite the an engine meltdown, model 911 Cabriolet’s roof on a telescopic probe for retrieving anything that you happen
relative simplicity of the anyway. You could even tensioning cables. PW to drop inside the door shell.
It’s always good practice to disconnect the battery
If you have successfully come this far, then it should be fairly obvious how the parts fit back together. First trick is to whenever you are working on any part of the car’s electrical
place the metal link the right way round between the two lugs on the exterior handle (below right), and then (obviously) system, but in this case probably not essential, unless you are
not to lose the tiny circlip as you attempt to slide it over the clevis pin – so take your time, and if necessary put on the also going to change the door card’s waterproof membrane,
right glasses! Liberally coat the mechanism with grease or a wax-based spray to prevent the original corrosion problem and thus need to disconnect the airbag wiring – more on that
eventually happening again. To refit the handle to the door, first slide the black plastic elbow into its slot, and then (and first removing the door card itself) in the October 2012
angle it so that it ‘locks’ into place, and its open end will be ready to receive the threaded rod – impossible to
photograph, sadly, but look at the components yourself and all will become clear. Don’t forget to push the sleeve along
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erforations matter. At least, they do to David
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Andy Rawlings – at Southbound Trimmers in
INTERIOR MAKEOVERS Stockbridge, Hampshire. Too many or too few

and then the perforations aren’t proper
Porsche; aren’t a proper job.
If you want your Porsche retrimmed To David and the chaps, authenticity is king.
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Words and photography: Brett Fraser
the code numbers – he’s backed up by a very rare
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manual, that lists every Porsche range and model
variation including special editions, from the 356B
through to 1973 cars. ‘These manuals are much sought
after,’ David tells me, ‘and the last one I saw for sale
was priced at 700 Euros.’
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samples manuals for more modern Porsches, too, in
batches all the way through to 1998 and the 993, 996
and Boxster, but it’s the big book that fascinates most.
In it are pasted upholstery, vinyl and carpet swatches
for decades’ worth of old Porsches, and they’re
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teamed with which, together with information about

THE SPECIALISTS: SOUTHBOUND TRIMMERS
which models they belong in and the years of solely to do double stitching 10mm apart. Then there’s
production. Flicking through the pages you’re bound to another sewing machine that also produces double
suddenly recall a trim pattern you saw back when you stitching, but 6mm apart. And we have a third machine
were a kid, the manual serving to illustrate the fact that only does single line stitching.
that the cabins of some Porsches are almost as iconic ‘Each of those sewing machines costs in excess of
as their bodyshells. £3000. But it’s worth the investment of having
Mainly as a means of showing its wares to its trade separate machines for specific jobs because those are
customers, Southbound has made up its own samples the standard Porsche stitching requirements and we
cards with genuine cuttings of carpets, upholstery do an awful lot of stitching...’
and vinyl glued to them: they are available to private Hanging along the workshop walls are another sign
customers, but there is a £10 charge per sheet, of the virtues of specialisation: upholstery patterns for
which David explains is pretty much what they every seat – standard, optional and special edition –
cost to produce. that Porsche has produced up to the 997. And each
When David started up Southbound as a one-man piece of each pattern is covered in annotations. ‘Those
“At that point I realised there was a good case

for dealing exclusively in Porsches
”
band in 1987, he worked on all makes of cars, as well notes represent years of experience,’ David reveals.
as motorcycles and even a unicycle! His decision to ‘Although we take our patterns directly from
shift the company’s attentions towards specialising in upholstery and trim panels we’ve removed from
Porsches was a direct result of 911 & Porsche World. ‘It customers’ cars, when you’re cutting out the leather or
was in about 1992 or ‘93,’ David recalls, ‘and I placed a fabric and fitting the upholstery to the seat frame,
Below: Factory samples of tiny ad, probably a sixteenth of a page, in 911 & there can be things you need to look out for, ways of
carpet, trim upholstery and Porsche World and the response was fantastic – I’ve doing things to make the job easier: these are all
vinyl. Original materials are never had an ad generate so much response before or written down on the patterns.
used where possible. If not, since. At that point I realised there was a very good ‘So too are the placements of badges and logos, and
then as close to original as business case for dealing exclusively in Porsches and if it’s patterned fabric we note the orientation of the
possible are sourced. The we started to implement that change almost pattern so that it faithfully matches the way the
results speak for immediately.’ original upholstery did. Pasha, for instance (the
themselves Having such a clear focus has enabled Southbound migraine-inducing black and white checked fabric from
Below right: David Nunn to study its chosen subject in a depth that other, more the 1970s), has to not only be very specifically aligned
(middle) and the general, trimmers simply couldn’t afford to do. By way between seat cushion and seat back, the left- and
Southbound team, Dan of example, David shows me some of Southbound’s right-hand seats have to mirror each other, too. So you
Noble (left) and Andy equipment. ‘That sewing machine over there,’ he says, have to cut the fabric from a very specific place on the
Rawlings (right) pointing to an industrial specification unit, ‘is used roll. And the trouble is, if you stare at a big sheet of

Pasha for more than a couple of minutes, you start to switches, plastic grommets, seat and door handles, Above: What it’s all about:
sway all over the place!’ window winders and pretty much everything else Seats in various states of
David revels in the background details of different required to return your car’s interior to pristine repair, plus the finished
materials and has a never-ending stream of anecdotes. condition. Southbound has also gone to the expense article. Southbound also
For instance, he shows me a pre-cut piece of heavily of having its own door cards produced from specialise in Targa roof
grained black vinyl that features twin patches of automotive-grade hardboard for the 3.2/SC/964 and panels, which can really
largish perforations. ‘This is for the rear cabin panel of 911s of 1969-1973 vintage. Cleverly these door cards suffer with age
a 911SC,’ he explains, ‘and the perforations are for the have push-out elements to accommodate speaker
speakers. Bearing in mind that what we’re looking at apertures, door handles or door pulls, manual window
here is a piece of vinyl, we have a five-ton press here winders or electric switches, depending on how
on the premises that isn’t man enough for making your car is specified.
those perforations. I have to take these to a friend who Hoods are another of Southbound’s specialities, and
has a clicker press with 20 tons of pressure and have the company has gained a fine reputation for the
the holes made there.’ quality of its Targa roof restorations. Go the whole hog
Where possible David sources his materials from with your Targa and Southbound will strip it back to its
companies that still do or have in the past supplied basic components, deal with any corrosion issues,
“On Southbound
the subject of costs, David readily admits
is at the premium end
”
Porsche. When that’s not possible, his connections are replace worn out components, re-tension it and
sufficiently good that he knows exactly where to turn. recover it, before subjecting it to a leak test and
‘Some carpet colours for the 3.2, SC and 964 [Marine further adjustments. At the thick end of £1000 the
Blue 3KF and Linen 2XF, if you’re interested] are no process isn’t cheap, but if it enables you to enjoy your
longer available anywhere in Europe, but I know of a Targa in all weathers, then you’ll probably consider it a
supplier in the US who has a stock. The trouble is, worthwhile investment.
buying from there is very expensive, and by the time On the subject of costs, David readily admits that
you’ve added shipping and import tax, it can add Southbound is at the premium end of the market.
another 100 quid to a special order carpet set.’ ‘Completely retrimming a car is not a cheap business
But even with David’s contacts, there are items that and we’ve now listed all our prices on our website,
simply are no longer available. ‘Factory spec vinyl southboundtrimmers.com, so that customers know
material for the 911SC isn’t out there any more,’ he what they’re in for before we start work. In the past I
rues. ‘Of course, you can get stuff similar to it, but it have had people looking at a retrim that was going to
isn’t the same. And the black Porsche logo cloth that cost more than the car was worth, and as I tend to say
I’m currently trimming a couple of door panels in, well, it as I see it, I would always try to flag that sort of thing
I’ve got enough perhaps for another couple of door up to a potential customer. Generally, though, I think
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possible to have some of these materials recreated, what we do and have a huge bank of experience, and Little Dean Yard,
London Road,
but the minimum order tends to be around 700 metres, it’s worth paying for.’
Stockbridge,
which would cost about £8500 and leave you with 20- For the casual visitor to Southbound Trimmers there Hampshire
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BORN IN THE USA MATT STONE
We welcome Matt Stone, 911&PW’s US
correspondent, to the ‘Our cars’ fold.
911 CARRERA 3.2
Occupation: Freelance
motoring journalist and
WE DRIVE AND LIVE WITH THEM, TOO 911&PW US correspondent
Naturally he’s got a Porsche and here’s how Home town: Glendale,
he ended up with his rather fine 3.2 Carrera California
Previous Porsches owned: 1
Car: 911 3.2 Carrera
M
y first Porsche Carrera 2S. But supply on
THE TEAM was a 1977.5 those here in the States
Year: 1989
Mileage: 49,000
924, in silver is somewhat short, and Owned for: Nine months
JOHNNY TIPLER over black. they were already being Mods/options: None yet
Although this car was recognised as instant Contact:
964 C2 (PEPPERMINT PIG) stonearama@earthlink.net
much maligned at the top classics – and priced
The Peppermint Pig is spending its holidays with THIS MONTH IN BRIEF:
for not being a “real” accordingly. Dandy – but
Norfolk Premier Coachworks, having a new front grille fitted, As you can see, very much an
headlamp bezels painted, and its Porsche (given all its beyond my budget.
introduction this month. More
RS-style back bumper resprayed, Audiness underneath), I Early 996s were already
nitty, gritty next time
which has been battered yet again had very good luck with coming to market at the
by the shunt-parkers of the
mine and quite enjoyed it. time (this was 2004) but
Cathedral Close. It almost makes
me yearn for concertina bumpers. The space-aged styling being a bit of a what great cars they are,
appealed to me, the cabin traditionalist, I really solid and reliable, easy to
was comfy, the large wanted an air cooled car. I drive every day if I so
PETER SIMPSON cargo area quite useful, looked at a variety of choose, much more
and its excellent handling chrome bumpered 911s, technically advanced
996 C4/CARRERA 3.4 TARGA balance made it good fun but again either found than pre-impact cars and
Well it’s been fun driving the 996 on a dailybasis to and to drive. them too pricey or already even the 911SC. Made
from the office and having a few good blasts down the lanes. I have
found a new problem and that is the
The 924 came and worn out, and I wasn’t sense to me.
driver’s door lock is playing up which went many years ago and looking for a project or The look and colours of
is stopping the window from when it came time in resto job. That pointed me a couple of the “special
dropping slightly. Also I will be back 2004 to sell my Sunbeam straight at ’84-89 edition” Carreras
to work on the 3.4 with the help
Tiger – a car that I loved a Carreras, 911SCs and appealed to me, but again
from my pals at Dansk.
lot, but my near 6 foot 964s. Although I respect I either found them
tall wife sat too high in that a properly fettled packing high miles, or
STEVE BENNETT and never liked – the only 964 is a great car, and high price tags. I shopped
thing I wanted to replace would have met my desire back and forth between
944 LUX it with was a 911. In spite for something classic yet early Carrera 3.2s (1984-
Well I’ve done it! My 944 is now with Augment of all the logos on the benefitting from years of 86) and the later ones
Automotive for its bionic enhancments. We’re throwing the lot at it
924, I wasn’t going to feel development and carrying the Getrag G50
in order to improve power and
efficiency. So a revised ECU, air flow like a fully fledged technology advance, I just transmission (’86-89). I
meter in the bin, modified air box, Porsche guy until I owned couldn’t get hunky with drove several examples of
ASNU performance injectors, Millers a 911. So with an empty the styling. Something both, and while noting
Nanotech oils, even Evans Waterless
garage space and a about those bumpers, and that the G50 box certainly
coolant. Excited? You bet.
modestly stocked wallet, I the loss of the classic shifted nicer, I wasn’t at
went shopping. Fuchs wheel design. all put off by the earlier
Now… which 911 was it No matter, I started rendition; nothing that a
CHRIS HORTON
going to be? The car that snooping around at ’84-89 quick shift kit couldn’t fix,
924S/944 really tripped my trigger, Carreras, and all my I reckoned. Although a
Shamefully still no obvious progress on the two cars – and still does, is a 993 Porsche pals told me G50-equipped car would
apart from forking out quite a lot of money on some of the parts that
I know I’ll need in order to change
both engines’ drive-belts – and I’ve
decided that I can’t risk even turning
over the 944 until that job is safely
out of the way. Striving to get the
924S on the road very soon, though!
BRETT FRASER
BOXSTER S
My silencer fix became unfixed again the other day;
another session filling the holes with Gun Gum has quietened
things down, but for how long, who
knows... Tried to clean the hood
using Autoglym’s special cleaner
and waterproofer kit: it’s
going to need a second attempt,
without doubt.

RUNNING REPORTS
Matt’s 3.2 Carrera alongside 997
Carrera 2S. Minus front and rear
spoilers, it’s wonderfully simple
and an homage to the original
’60s 911 on which it’s derived
be my choice all other didn’t consummate the was our deal. centre console was a bit
factors being equal, deal within another week So in early July of 2004 I loose from the floor,
which they never are. or so, the party was over flew to New Mexico, the something to fix, but not
Then one day, while and the car officially back seller picked me up at the a deal killer. Everything
cruising the Porsche Club on the market. airport, and we went to else was as promised and
of America online The seller – his home to see the car. I described; we shook
classifieds I spotted interestingly enough, but spent a few hours hands on the deal during
something that sounded in no way related to the crawling all over it, and the test drive, and
interesting: an ’89 Carrera deal – was an FBI agent. everything looked ship headed for a gas station
sunroof coupe, black over Not likely a guy that shape underneath. No (he promised me a full
cashmere leather, with would sell me a car built visible body damage, no tank to begin the drive
just 42,000 miles on the out of a total wreck, or rust, and not a leak home). I decided to make
clock. G50 box, nice group dredged up from the anywhere. The ground a bit over half of the drive
of options, and so on. bottom of a lake. We where the car was parked home to Southern
Price was a little high, but agreed on price, subject was bone dry (no California that day, with a
in the ballpark. For sale by to inspection. I didn’t guarantee of anything, stop in Arizona not far
the second owner, car know anyone in New but a positive sign) and from the Grand Canyon.
having lived its entire life Mexico who could check an hour underneath it The route home was a
in New Mexico, so no rust the car out in person for with a flashlight didn’t combination of highways,
issues to worry about. me, but the seller said “fly raise any red flags. The byways, and freeways, an
The seller and I had a few out to pick the car up, test drive was all but easy cruise for my new
long talks on the phone, and if it’s not everything I perfunctory, and raised yet unknown motor.
and he sent me photos say it is, I’ll pay for your no issues. The only known After lunch and Below: That’s one clean looking
engine. Note air-conditioning
and records to peruse. He flight home.” How could I foible was an inoperative paperwork exchange at compressor, an essential extra
said he had made a deal lose, since my plan was to AC system, for which the the seller’s house, I left for a car that’s spent most of its
with another buyer, but fly to Albuquerque and seller had already and headed straight for a life in New Mexico. Pretty handy
in California too. Below left:
the guy was struggling to drive it home – about 900 reduced the price an DIY auto parts store for a Basking in that distinctive
raise the funds, and if he miles anyway. So that additional $500. And the little road kit. I’d brought Californian light

RUNNING REPORTS
some basic hand tools I’d heard that these cars The car has lived a rectangular horn-bossed The 911 generation game. All
that’s missing is a 964.
with me, but added to are stingy on fuel when largely drama free steering wheel, plus the Predictably, having taken his
that a couple of quarts of cruising, and that seemed existence since then. leather on the shift knob time and bought wisely, Matt’s
oil, a “Foreign Car Fuse to be the case. It was Upon return home, I took was also worn through a Carrera has been largely trouble
free. And of course out in
Kit”, a fan belt, tyre gauge hours before I stopped to it to a Porsche dealer to bit. Easy stuff to fix and California, he doesn’t need to
and fire extinguisher. I refuel. And it was a have the AC addressed, so the catalogue prowling worry about rust. Imagine that?
then hit the highway and wonderfully dawdly trip and a lube, oil and filter. began; subtle
began ticking off the hot, home; I stopped to take They worked on the AC, improvement was the
semi-dusty highway miles photos, cruise a few but it wasn’t long before goal, with a clear mind to
(no AC, remember). My breakers’ yards, dinner at the air was blowing warm avoid anything remotely
only passengers were the a local steakhouse, and again. The shop also smacking of a tacky
aforementioned tool kit such. Hi to the fine suggested rear brake aftermarket add-on. I
and spares supply, my looking girl in the Honda pads, which we did. And I tinted the windows to
overnight bag, snacks and Accord who drove along polished and waxed and compensate for the
a couple of large bottles side me for an hour, her cleaned and waxed and lacking AC, a problem
of drinking water. I friend snapping photos of polished. And made my made more glaring by the
trundled on, in mostly my car along the trail. I “to do” list; a permanent black exterior which
fifth gear, with an made it home with no fix for the AC was in order, draws heat and BTU like
occasional dip to fourth dramas, with my tools and some sort of throaty flies to honey. No matter,
for grades. The miles and spares remaining sounding exhaust was the car always fired and
ticked away, but it untouched; my average also a must. The interior ran perfectly, and I began
seemed as if the petrol for the 900 mile drive was immaculate, save for driving it where and when
gauge was stuck on full. home was near 30mpg. some wear on the ugly I wanted. PW
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Welcome to 911 & Porsche World’s Q&A pages, edited and assembled by the
magazine’s technical man and incorrigible do-it-yourselfer, Chris Horton (right).
It’s much the same format as you would expect – you ask, and our experts
answer – but we have recently added more detail (including part numbers and
typical costs, and also contact phone numbers and websites where relevant),
and not least as many illustrations as we can squeeze in. Please note that all
prices quoted were to the best of our knowledge correct – for the UK market
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911 CARRERA 3.2 HEATER CONTROL SYSTEM: THE SAGA CONTINUES

I was very grateful for Paul Stacey’s more checks that you can carry out. First, and turning the screw in the centre to the
diagnostic process outlined in the May Q&A you can check that your existing interior- desired setting. Finally, check the heater
pages, regarding the supplementary heater- temperature sensor is working. If you remove sensor, which is the single wire at the front of
blower problem in my 911 Carrera 3.2. the heater control panel and disconnect plug the heater panel, which should read 1.7
I followed Paul’s testing procedure and number 2, which is the larger of the two-pin kilohms to earth at 20 degrees Celsius.
found there was no 12-volt supply at terminal white plugs towards the front of the unit, you Paraphrased below is a section from the
86 on the blower relay, and so went back to should see 1.9 kilohms at approximately 20 Porsche manual on checking the auxiliary
the heater control unit. I carried out the three degrees Celsius. Second, check the heater blowers. Switch on the ignition, set heater to
tests specified in the Bentley service manual, control knob’s potentiometer. With the unit position 3. Connect voltmeter to plug number 4
and found that the temperature-control removed, set the heater to position 5. (which is the larger of the two behind the
potentiometer resistance reading was fine On the underside of the switch there are three heater panel, under the carpet) and terminal 3
(950 ohms on position 5), but both the heat- soldered connections and on two of them and ground; you should see battery voltage.
exchanger temperature sensor and the there are wires connected. Check the If no voltage, check the heater relay in the
cabin-temperature sensor gave momentary resistance across these two wires and you engine compartment. Next, set the heater
resistance readings (when disconnected from should see 950 ohms. The pot can be switch to position 8, connect voltmeter to plug
the control unit), and then flicked back to adjusted, if slightly out of spec, by removing 4, terminal 5 and earth – you should see battery
open circuit after about 0.5 second. I have the knob from the switch, holding the outside voltage. If not, then replace switch.
bought a new replacement heat-exchanger with an appropriate pair of long-nose pliers, I hope that is of some help!
sensor (it cost me £275!) which gives a
steady 1700 ohms as specified, but that
hasn’t actually solved the problem.
A further clue may be that the control
servo moves to the maximum position even
on control-knob position 1, which Bentley
says indicates an open circuit in the interior
temperature-sensor circuit. Porsche Centre
Guildford tells me that the cabin sensor is
still available (and at a slightly more
reasonable £120), but there are none in the
UK – and it’s not in stock even in Germany,
either, so it could take quite a while to get
one. Before I order one, then, I would be very
grateful if Paul could tell me if he thinks I am
on the right lines.
Chris Hatton, Dorking, Surrey
Paul Stacey, Northway Porsche: Before Air-cooled and thoroughly traditional it may be, but Carrera 3.2, shown here in Super Sport guise,
potentially wasting £120 – and the time has a surprisingly complex heating system – compared to earlier cars, anyway. Chris Hatton has
waiting for the part to arrive – there are a few promised – eventually – to tell us how, with help from Northway’s Paul Stacey, he fixes his

Q&A
KICKING THE SMOKING HABIT 911 GT3 RS 4.0 UPDATE

I read with great interest in these Q&A pages a few months ago Thanks for including – and obviously answering – my question about Gen 2 LED
Barry Hart’s erudite and fascinating explanation for a smoking 996
engine. I, too, have a similar problem in my low-mileage 2004 Carrera, lights in the June edition of 911 & Porsche World. My car – the left-hand-drive GT3
especially after spirited road driving or trackday use, and also after RS 4.0 that I have brought back with me from Oman – is now with Porsche Centre
leaving the car standing in my garage for a few days.
I was going to have this investigated, until I happened across
Aberdeen. They have said that they will have to change both rear lights and
Adrian Streather’s book, Porsche 996, The Essential Companion, configure it as a right-hand-drive vehicle, so it looks as if I shall have a couple of
in which he suggests, among other foibles of the marque, that a little 997 Generation 2 left-hand-drive rear lights for sale in due course. Anyone?
smoking following the above circumstances is actually quite normal –
for the reasons given by Mr Hart, or in other words the air/oil Latest update on the Porsche: the car was stuck in Muscat for 10 days, then
separator’s internal diaphragm flapping about. went on to Jebel Ali in Dubai. There for a few more days, then left for Salalah in
This smoking on start-up must be a hereditary trait, then, because the south of Oman (where it missed by just one day a ship going to Felixstowe).
my beautiful 1974 911S has exactly the same habit, even after a
complete engine rebuild. Eventually left Salalah on 30th April on the MSC Arica, travelling via Jeddah in
Godfrey Williamson, Victoria, Australia Saudi Arabia, Gioia Tauro in southern Italy, Valencia in Spain, Rotterdam, Antwerp,
Chris Horton: You are quite right. It is not uncommon for any of
Felixstowe, and finally Grangemouth near Edinburgh, arriving there on 27th May.
Porsche’s air-cooled flat-six engines to smoke a little when started The car was released by HM Customs from Grangemouth on Monday, 3rd May,
from cold. This is due primarily to the fact that, because of the and unloaded from its container at logistics specialist Uniserve at Glasgow
cylinders’ horizontal layout, a small (or sometimes not so small)
quantity of oil can over a period of time seep past the piston rings Airport. The car was then transported by road up to Aberdeen on the Monday
(and/or the valve guides), and thus accumulate in one or more of the afternoon, arriving at the Porsche Centre at around 4pm.
combustion chambers. The same thing happens in VW flat-fours, and I have submitted the IVA (Individual Vehicle Assessment) documents to VOSA in
even BMW’s flat-twin motorcycle engines, and can be exacerbated by
leaving the vehicle parked at an angle, even for just a few hours. Swansea, and paid my £199 fee, and am now just waiting for the testing centre in
By the same logic the water-cooled M96 engine can suffer from the Aberdeen to give me a call. Once it passes, fingers crossed, I will then be able to
same ‘problem’, if such it is, but in all cases any such oil smoke should
naturally disappear within a few seconds of first starting the engine.
get it registered, but until then it is being stored at the Porsche Centre. Perhaps
The M96/M97 power unit is rather different from its air-cooled not surprisingly the insurance company doesn’t like insuring cars with only a
predecessors, however, in having a so-called wet sump, in which the chassis number, so they have asked that it be kept safe, under lock and key, until
lubricating oil is carried not in a separate tank, but in a chamber
between and beneath the two crankcase halves. The design of the I can get it registered. Pity I can’t get it home just yet!
engine is such that normally this is not a problem, but sustained hard By the way, the only damage in transit was to the front two wheels – the paint
cornering can, not surprisingly, fling quantities of oil into areas where has been rubbed through where wooden chocks were holding the car in place. Both
they would not normally accumulate. Even this was (presumably!)
accounted for in the engine’s original design parameters, but factor in wheels have identical paint damage, and so I will have to get that fixed, but it would
a time-expired air/oil separator, and perhaps a slight over-filling of the be pointless claiming on the insurance because the excess would be more.
sump, as well, and there is every chance that oil will be ingested into
the combustion chambers via the induction system, too. Throw in the
I will keep you updated on progress.
added complication of potentially damaged cylinder bores and/or Gerry Smith, Scotland
piston rings, and you can see why more than a faint wisp of smoke
from these motors needs to be investigated immediately.
We covered replacement of the air/oil separator in one of our Chris Horton: Thanks for that, Gerry. And yes, please do keep us up to speed on how
how-to stories in the October 2009 issue of the magazine – in a you get on with the car on Scottish roads – some of the best in the world, I reckon,
mid-engined Cayman, but the principle is broadly the same in a 911. especially way up in the far north. Incidentally, I had always applauded your
If you do a lot of circuit driving you might also want to consider a
so-called deep-sump kit. That has the obvious advantage of allowing dedication in bringing your GT3 back to the UK with you, rather than perhaps simply
your engine to carry more oil without at the same time being selling it when you left the Middle East, but having been fortunate enough just this
over-filled – albeit at the expense of slightly reduced ground
clearance – but probably the greatest benefit comes from the
past week to spend some time in a 3.8 on our test-track (see also pages 78-84), I can
additional baffling most such kits routinely incorporate to prevent understand better than ever why you went to the trouble and no doubt not
oil ‘surge’. More on that in the August 2009 edition – and copies of insignificant expense. My task, essentially, was – for the benefit of photographer
both stories are available through the usual channels.
Antony Fraser – to exit a left-hand corner with a degree of oversteer. A lot harder
than it sounds given both the car’s towering ability (and seemingly inherent
understeer), and not least the fact that Fraser was laying on the ground on the
outside edge of the circuit. He’s a great bloke, so I really didn’t want to run him over.
In the end, though, cowardice and a shortage of talent (and perhaps a degree of
common sense) forced me to hand over the wheel to Antony, while I wielded his
Nikon, but I was pleased to see that even he, no stranger to automotive melodrama,
took more than a few passes satisfactorily to kick the tail out. Or maybe, like me,
he was just having the time of his life. Either way, what a truly fabulous machine!
Oil smoke in an M96 engine’s exhaust can have a number of unhappy

causes, but if it’s purely as a result of hard circuit driving may be
resolved by fitting a so-called deep-sump kit, which not only allows Gerry Smith’s GT3 RS 4.0, once resident in Oman (above right), is now in Scotland
the engine to carry more oil without the danger of over-filling, but awaiting IVA inspection, UK registration and, our earlier advice notwithstanding, a pair
also – and no less importantly – has improved baffling to prevent of new rear light units to place the high-intensity fog-lamp on the correct (ie right-
oil surge. A new air/oil separator will almost certainly help, too
hand) side. So it’s true what they say: the best things in life are worth waiting for

996 DIY: 911&PW’S BACK CATALOGUE LET THERE BE (LED) LIGHT

Could you please give me some idea about which 996-related In a recent Q&A section you answered a question from Gerry Smith in Oman about the necessary
how-to/DIY stories have appeared in 911 & Porsche World over the conversion work to the LED-based rear lights to enable his left-hand-drive Generation 2 997 GT3 RS4.0
last few years? And ideally in which issues, of course. legally to be used here in the UK. This started me thinking about LED lights in general, which seem to be
I have been subscribing to the magazine for many years now, increasingly widely used in all sorts of modern vehicles, and I wonder if it’s possible to update my Gen 1
and have just bought a low-mileage 996. I am quite keen to work 997 in this way. The car is a 2007-model Carrera ‘S’, if that makes any difference.
on the car as much as possible myself, and I have already taken David Blackledge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
the front bumper off and given the radiators a good clean-out.
I would also like to commend you and your team on a fantastic Chris Horton: LED lights are undoubtedly a Very Good Idea, not least because of their relatively high
magazine. Please keep up the good work! energy-efficiency and thus low heat output, and are – as you rightly say – being adopted by increasing
Ben Davies numbers of vehicle manufacturers. There is arguably a worthwhile safety angle, too. They visibly reach
full brightness fractionally but usefully more quickly than ordinary incandescent filament bulbs, with an
Chris Horton: Thanks for your e-mail and kind comments, Ben; obvious visibility benefit when used for indicators and brake lights. Even so, I am not (yet) entirely
much appreciated. I have jotted down below a list of 996 (and convinced about their widespread retro-fitting to cars that didn’t have them from new – and I haven’t
986/987 Boxster) DIY stories, together with their issue dates, and forgotten what I wrote about Autofarm’s ingenious fog-light conversion for a 911 Carrera 3.2 on these
I hope this will be of some use to you – and others, of course. Q&A pages back in the October 2012 issue.
It’s difficult to say which back issues are still available from Call me a cheapskate, then, or even a Luddite, but I can’t help feeling that this latest and undoubtedly
our offices in Surrey (020 8655 6400; www.911porscheworld.com), growing trend to fit complete LED light clusters to Generation 1 997s (and to a lesser extent 996s, as
but I do know that the staff there will be able to supply colour well as both 986 and earlier 987 Boxsters) is just another passing fad, driven as much by fashion as by
photocopies of the specific stories. genuine technical need. In much the same way that a decade ago we were all ditching (at not
Thanks also for being a 911 & Porsche World subscriber, and inconsiderable expense, you might recall) our ‘old-fashioned’ but perfectly functional orange rear
congratulations on buying a 996. I – we – think they are great cars, indicators in favour of what were then considered to be the latest and oh-so-stylish clear devices.
and I hope you will enjoy working on yours. They are a lot easier to I also remember, back in 2004, on the occasion of the first 997’s unveiling to 911 & Porsche World in
look after than I believe many people give them credit for. southern Italy, asking one of the Porsche development engineers why the company hadn’t taken the
opportunity of a complete redesign to equip it with the LED lights that even then BMW, among several
Water leaks: March 2013 others, was so enthusiastically embracing. ‘Because,’ he replied, with just a hint of disdain in his voice,
987 Boxster road springs: December 2012 ‘we do not consider them to be necessary.’ No surprise, then, that with the unveiling of the Gen 2 models
996/986 window lifters: October 2012 in 2008/2009, one of the ‘new’ features Porsche shouted from the rooftops was – yes, you guessed it –
M96/M97 engine maladies: October 2012 the cars’ LED auxiliary front and rear lights.
M96 IMS bearing upgrade: September 2012 Be that as it may, it’s your Porsche, your hard-earned cash and thus your rules, so you need to know
996 suspension upgrade, part 2: October 2011 that, yes, a number of companies now sell what you appear to be looking for. My money, if only because
996 suspension upgrade, part 1: September 2011 of the following firms’ reputation and standing within the Porsche after-market ‘industry’, would be with
996 & 986 Polybush installation: July 2011 Porscheshop, Design 911, and not least Jasmine Porschalink, rather than some of the frankly rather
996 brake pipes replaced: April 2011 dubious products to be found in the darker and more remote corners of the Interweb, often with
M96 engine coil packs: March 2011 questionable build-quality, reliability and even road-legality.
996 GT3 air-conditioning: September 2010 Jasmine, for instance (www.jasmine-motorsport.co.uk), sells after-market, seemingly Taiwanese-made
Boxster/996 suspension: April 2010 LED light units for the front of the Gen 1 997 for £450 per pair, and similar LED rear lights for £550 per
996 Carrera 2 brake overhaul: February 2010 pair, both figures including fitting (at the company’s premises in Lancashire) and VAT. Install them
996 and 986 engine-oil changes: December 2009 yourself – and that’s a simple plug-and-play process, suggests Jasmine proprietor Brian Goff – and you
M96 oil separator replaced: October 2009 are looking at £400 and £450 per pair, respectively. The company has also converted one or two cars
M96 deep-sump kit installation: August 2009 using genuine Generation 2 Porsche lights, says Goff, which brings with it the benefit of unequivocal
996 air-conditioning: September 2009 Type Approval, but that means changing not only the front and rear bumpers but also what is known as
the rear-end electronic control unit, which then needs to be programmed to suit.
While I have been researching and now writing this response to your question, however, it has become
apparent that this is a large and still rapidly growing area of late-model Porsche ownership, and far too
complex to explain adequately in the limited space available here – so watch out for a full how-to in the
very near future. Meanwhile I hope that we might have pointed you in the right direction. Or even
persuaded you to make the best of an
already hugely competent car, and for the
moment, at least, to leave well alone.
Thinking of upgrading your 996 or 986 – or
Gen 1 997 and 987 – with LED lights, as
standard on this GT3 RS 3.8, and other Gen
2 cars? It’s certainly feasible, thanks to a
good supply of after-market units from
several UK suppliers, and not prohibitively
expensive compared to the likely overall
value of the relevant vehicles. But do make
sure that whatever items you fit are fully
With 996s becoming ever more affordable, there’s a growing need ‘e’-marked. Some appear not to be, and as
for practical maintenance tips: we’ve been on the case for years! such are not, strictly speaking, legal for
road use within the European Union
CAYENNE PDDC RESERVOIR: WHEN ‘CLEANING’ ACTUALLY MEANS ‘REPLACING’

I have a 2010-model Cayenne V6 Diesel with Any debris or even moisture within the Cayenne’s PDDC reservoir – on the left-hand side
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC). operating fluid can cause scoring to the of the engine bay, just ahead of the green-topped
The car has done almost 90,000 kilometres, actuating rams, or damage to the internal seals. PAS reservoir – has to be changed rather than
or nearly 56,000 miles. According to the service With this in mind, Porsche recommends cleaned, says Porsche, because it’s impossible to
manual, the PDCC reservoir requires changing the PDCC reservoir, rather than merely be sure you have extracted all the gunk that may
‘replacement’ at around 100,000 kilometres cleaning it, because it has an in-built filter that have accumulated
(62,000 miles). Can you explain why this should cannot be changed (or cleaned) separately. inside it. Not a
be necessary, whether it is a DIY task, and not In theory you should be able simply to suck major job for a PC
least where I can find the reservoir within the out the fluid from the old reservoir, replace it, or specialist – or
engine bay. It is frustrating for a Porsche owner and just top the system back up again, but we even a competent
who likes getting involved in the oily bits of have had a couple of cars that have required DIYer – but it might
cars, and one cannot get a workshop manual calibration/bleeding due to the level having entail bleeding the
for these newer vehicles. been too low in the past. And this procedure system and also
Bill Douglas, Perth, Australia can be carried out only with the correct carrying out some
diagnostic equipment. The part number for recalibration work,
Paul Stacey, Northway Porsche: As with any the reservoir is 955 314 015 20, and here in so probably best
hydraulic system, cleanliness is very important. the UK it costs £33.84 plus VAT. left to the experts

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996 Turbo 2001 Tip S 34,000 miles, Cayenne Turbo 2004, 94,000
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911 worthy cars), a lhd 1991 964 C2 Cabrio in Summer Yellow (l/km), 1989
911 Super Sport Coupe in GP White, 37,000 miles, 1987 911 Carrera
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69,000 kilometres, an
extremely rare 911S
which has been in
storage since 1980
when it was brought
over from Germany, the
car is still registered in
964 RS, Maritim Blue, 22K km, all first paint 964 RS, red, 21K km, all first paint Germany with its
original papers, also
WE BUY LHD PORSCHE paper work confirming
964 RS & RS CS, 964 TURBO 3.6, 964 TURBO S, 993 RS & RS CS, original order from the
993 CUP, 993 TURBO, 993 GT 2 factory. Consists of
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and totally original. The underside of the car has not got its usual dents, it’s
never been jacked up in places where it bends the floor pans. Car has all
original matching numbers and is in light yellow, colour code 117. From what I
can see the car will need painting and new seals and rubbers to be replaced.
The car is timeless having only covered 69,000km from new and has only had
three owners from new. From what I can understand only 139 of these cars
were ever made with a Sporto box but this covers the full range of 911s which
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COUPE in Grand Prix White, LOW MILEAGE (5K) 997 TURBO S coupe. The wheels and all the anodising are all in excellent condition, sills and
Burgundy interior, top-end rebuild in TIP, 2007, Arctic Silver, truly kidney bowls are in perfect condition. If you’re interested in this vehicle or if
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1986, D-reg, Guards Red, 49K miles, Rubinrot (Ruby), reg, 162K miles, Super- Chrono package, Bose, manual, VTS but 2004 model, FPSH, just serviced,
black leather, 100K miles, cream leather interior, very charged 320bhp, Aventura,
Tracker, navigation, phone prep, black with black leather, heated seats,
factory Supersport M491, original car, documented full bucket seats and harnesses,
FSH, bodywork restored, new service history, will be half cage, excellent service
rear sensors, audio interface, good Michelin tyres all round, 94,000
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alarm fitted £24,995 £10,995 £39,500. Tel: 07531 293994. Email: £15,990. Tel: 07962 108094. Email:
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prepared, gearbox and engine Midnight Blue, black leather, miles, Hartech engine rebuild
rebuild 2008 by Harvey full service history, 18-in alloys at 87K miles, black, black
Racing, last competed in £16,995 leather, 19-in alloys, front &
Porsche Club Championship rear light upgrade, rear
2007 £20,000 spoiler, FSH £11,500
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912E 1976/‘P’ 41,751 MILES £25,000
I
t is not always particularly easy to think of just a radio/cassette player in place of the current Alpine
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single word that accurately and fully summarises single-disc CD unit. You will also need a mirror on the
certain Porsches, but here – in every sense of that right-hand door in order to be strictly legal here in the Background: One of just 2099
term – is an entirely honourable exception. This UK, although it’s worth noting that the headlights have US-specification, LHD-only,
1976 912E is, quite simply, magnificent. been converted to the required left-side dipping for we second-generation 912Es with
The very first 912 was launched in 1965, with a four- Brits, and someone has already gone to the trouble of a 2.0-litre, VW-derived flat-four
cylinder engine derived from that of the 356. The idea replacing the US-spec rear over-riders with the slimmer engine and five-speed gearbox.
Two owners all told; imported
was to offer a more affordable way in to Porsche Rest of the World items. Paintwork? One or two minute
in 2013. Is still in near-perfect
ownership than the 911. Performance was adequate blemishes on the front bumper and lower valance, and
condition, and seemingly 100
rather than exciting – 0–60mph in 12 seconds, and a overall not quite as lustrous as it could be after some per cent original – both inside
maximum of 115mph – and there were cheaper saloons expert attention and top-quality waxing, but pretty and out. Now UK-registered –
that could outperform it. Even so, sales totalled 30,300 darned good none the less. I’d guess that some or even OLY 282P – and has rear seat-
by the time production ceased in 1968, to make way all of it might (and I stress might) be a respray, but if so belts, tinted glass, and even
for the 914. That was itself discontinued in 1975, and it is itself possibly quite old, and crucially one of the ‘Coco’ floormats. No sunroof
again Porsche needed an entry-level model until the best and most detailed such jobs I have ever seen. Where is it?
all-new 924 was ready. Enter, then, the 912E, now with There is no invoice for any attention to the bodywork. Hexagon Modern Classics – a
a 1971cc VW flat-four, and which with Bosch L-Jetronic The engine starts easily and thanks to its (relatively!) new offshoot of the well-known
BMW dealership, Hexagon of
fuel injection developed up to 90bhp – the ‘E’ stood for modern induction system soon idles smoothly, and
Highgate – is based in central
Einspritzung, German for injection. As before, the level while it has neither the 911’s distinctive flat-six growl
London, but cars are shown, by
of equipment was sparser than in the equivalent 911 nor its obvious mid-range punch, it is definitely more appointment, at the current
Carrera 2.7, and performance satisfactory rather than Porsche than VW. The smooth clutch, progressive BMW premises in East Finchley.
scintillating. But in just a year some 2099 cars were throttle and effective handbrake make even steep hill Call Jonathan Franklin on
built, all for the US. And this one is quite possibly both starts a breeze, and once on the move it flows through 07522 911911, or else go to
the best and by far the most original survivor. traffic (we’re in the heart of the busy Hampstead area hexagonmodernclassics.com –
How, in spite of its modest specification and of London) with an endearing and easy fluidity. Ride is where you will find a selection
performance (and not especially low mileage), it comfortable and quiet – apart from that squeak – with of images of both this and many
achieved that status would make a story in its own more than enough ground clearance for speed humps, other truly stunning Porsches
For: Condition, condition,
right. Anyone who views it will be able to spend a the steering light and precise (and even the wheel’s
condition. Looks wonderful,
fascinating time poring over the history file, which location no hindrance), and the brakes unremarkable
drives beautifully, and if
includes both the original bill of sale and many invoices. enough to be in practical terms perfect. Nice gear suitably cared for can hardly
Suffice it to say that it will be simpler and crucially far change, too, despite its relative antiquity, and although fail to hold or even increase its
more concise here to outline the car’s very few minor the second-to-third shift sometimes felt a little vague value. Ultra-rare, as well
‘faults’ – and I use that term advisedly – than its many that was almost certainly down to pilot error. Against: It’s not a 911 – but
plus points, all of which will be obvious when you see With space so obviously at a premium I shall have to then if it were, and as good as
it. Put it this way: spend a weekend and perhaps up to conclude simply by urging anyone seriously interested this, you might well be paying
about £500 on detailing and a few new relatively minor in this amazing car to travel to East Finchley and see it £50K for it. LHD, too, but even
components, and you will have a vehicle that in part for themselves. Road tax runs to April 2014, and the that’s hardly an issue for
something as compact and as
because of its rarity, never mind its condition, could car will leave Hexagon with both a year’s MoT and the
nimble as this. Go on, try it!
well sweep the board at even national concours level. benefit of a recent inspection and service at long-
Verdict: A truly breathtaking
It really is that good. If not practically perfect. established Porsche specialist No 5 Garage in nearby ‘timewarp’ car. Easily good
Faults? The sunvisors are a bit ‘squidgy’. The front lid Acton (www.no5garage.co.uk). All four Vredestein tyres enough to be in a museum – but
needs a pair of new struts. And there’s a squeak from are nearly new, so no immediate expense there, either, at the same time so much fun
either one of the front seats or perhaps a suspension and as I recall there is even about half a tank of fuel to drive that that’s the very last
bush. Purists might want to scout around for a period remaining. As I said earlier: magnificent! PW place it should spend its days
Value at a glance
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Overall
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911 CARRERA CABRIOLET 3.4 1999/‘T’ 103,561 MILES £10,450
I
t’s not often that we feature in Tried & Tested section of damaged steel pipe – and unfortunately I forgot
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Porsches from non-specialist car lots. Here, though, to assess the system’s output. But it’s probably safe to
is an exception – five miles from Schloss Horton, say that it will need a new pipe and then a regas. Background: A run-of-the-mill,
at LPG conversion specialist Oxford AutoGas in Wheels and tyres are good. The former, with subtle but common-or-garden, 996
Tiddington, just up the road from Junction 8A of attractive black-and-silver centre caps, are the standard Carrera 2 Cabriolet – and none
the M40. It would have been rude to ignore it. 17-inch Carrera rims, and show no signs of kerbing or the worse for that. Standard
With introductions courtesy of my welder friend, Eugene corrosion. Which is more than can be said of their rusty six-speed manual gearbox,
17-inch Carrera wheels, heated
Farrell, who lives nearby and knows OAG’s owner, Kenny fixing bolts, but shamefully that’s something you’ll find in
Sports seats. On offer at a
Harding, I pitch up effectively unannounced one day, and many modern Porsches. Tyres are ContiSportContacts:
general car-repair and LPG-
trustingly Kenny hands me the key for an unaccompanied fronts are OK, rears nearly new. Likewise the brake discs – conversion specialist near
test-drive. He even has one of his staff set to with bucket almost brand-new at the front, barely worn at the rear. Oxford. No tax, but a year’s MoT
and chamois to wash off the dust that soon gathers on The Metropole Blue interior needs some TLC, but given and some recent history
vehicles at any busy roadside site like this. Impressive. the benefit of that should look respectable. The levers for Where is it?
And I am just as impressed by the car – bought at the front and rear lid releases are scuffed, there’s a small Oxford AutoGas is based at
auction, to give the forecourt a bit of bling. OK, so it’s not tear in the right-hand side bolster of the driver’s seat, and Tiddington Garage, Tiddington,
the smartest of its type. But it scrubs up well, with more the hinged armrest lid refuses to remain closed – all very Oxfordshire OX9 2LH;
to come; overall, it has many surprisingly good points for common 996 maladies. There’s no sign of floormats, and I tel: 01844 339210; e-mail:
info@oxfordautogas.com
any now 14-year-old 996; it also has an entirely acceptable don’t much like the pieces of after-market plastic trim that
For: Specification, colour, price,
specification, including heated Sports seats and the later appear to have been stuck all over the centre console,
and while superficially not the
clear indicator lenses, as well as a good colour scheme but maybe they could be peeled off. Or maybe not… smartest 996 out there is none
and that convertible roof – and it is very keenly priced. The hood opens and closes smoothly, and the plastic the less surprisingly good when
The mileage is fairly high, of course, and the engine rear window is undamaged. The fabric has a few small you look more closely. Drives
seemingly original, but what that suggests to me is that, marks, but no sign of problems with the tensioning cables very nicely, too, thanks to a
reputation notwithstanding, this one will possibly live to (see last month’s how-to). Up front, there’s a newish number of recent new parts
see the best part of another 50,000. It starts easily (from battery, a Porsche CDC-3 CD changer (the head unit is a Against: Mileage, and
stone-cold; they didn’t know when I was arriving), with no CR-22 radio/cassette player), and the usual space-saver inevitably the possibility that
tell-tale smoke in the exhaust, and apart from what might spare wheel. Once again, though, a thorough valeting of the M96 engine could go the
way of many (but by no means
be a faint whine from an alternator bearing sounds spot- the luggage compartment certainly wouldn’t go amiss.
all) others. Arguably worth the
on. Oil and coolant levels check out, and oil pressure at hot No obvious issues out on the road. The ride is smooth
risk at this price level, though
idle is around 3.0 bar, quickly rising as the engine is revved. and refined, similarly the no less important clutch and gear Verdict: Having rather
The paint is average rather than spectacular, but would shift. The engine pulls strongly, and the brakes, as you’d opportunistically spotted the
benefit from a more thorough wash and wax. No obvious expect of discs that smooth, are drama-free. Steering is car on a local forecourt – and
major blemishes (apart from a scratch on the right-hand both light and quiet in operation, and while the car feels not being a great Cabrio fan – I
mirror shell, a scuff at the right-hand end of the rear apron, directionally just a little skittish that may be simply the wasn’t expecting to be overly
and a chip below the fuel filler), but the front apron is dull, need for a bit of tweaking in the geometry department. impressed. But do you know
and its underside quite markedly scraped. Several of the There’s no road tax, but the car will leave with both a what? I really liked it! The car
associated bits of moulded plastic are hanging off, as well, year’s MoT and a basic warranty. Whether all that makes needs, as I’ve said, a bit more
TLC, but it certainly has plenty
but would be neither difficult nor expensive to replace. it a bargain will depend on both your aspirations and your
to commend it. Worth a look
The air-con condensers appear to be clean and dry – as financial muscle, as well as your willingness to accept a
does the underside of the engine; so much for those degree of risk, but I think it has potential. Yes, the engine
famous RMS leaks – and the rest of the under-floor area is could go horribly wrong, and that would take the shine off
OK, too. The only real worry is what looks like a piece of anyone’s day, but the fact is that even spending more
coolant hose Jubilee-clipped round the air-con pipe next to than two or three times as much on a 996 (or 997) cannot
the right-hand front jacking point – or even in place of a guarantee 100 per cent reliability in that department. PW
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