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On Monday morning the hurd left Santa Cristina di Valgardena for Merano. The route would take us over a number of beautiful passes in the Val Gardena area. We drove a loop around the Marmolada mountain range. We had not counted with the amount of traffic generated by participants of the Maratona, a hiking event which ended the day before. So the first two hours were a bit slow and frustrating, but soon the roads cleared and the pace was back up.

The Dolomites may not be as high as the Western Alps, but they make up for that with dramatic rock formations and steep valleys. As the drizzle of the morning started to clear, blue skies formed the background to some stunning scenery, as you can see in Nick Taylor's photo, taken from Hamish Franklin's [...]

Last Sunday we returned from what will be lodged in my memory as the best road trip ever. 8 early 911s joined on a trip that started from The Netherlands and ripped through Germany on Saturday, with the finish in sweltering, but gorgeous Schwangau in Bavaria. In the shadow of the Cinderella castle.

The European R Gruppe, complemented by overseas invitees, fielded S/T, RS and RSR replicas…. And a stand in Kremer Turbo. Not your usual guest in our midst, but mechanical problems forced Gerd Rijper to bring this monster along.

The route covered a total of 4.300 km in 8 days. About half of those through mountainous terrain in the Alps and Dolomites. The objective of this Tour is to enjoy our early 911s to the full on the roads the first Porsches were taken to [...]

Original second owner 911 Carrera RS, now owned by the State of Art Collection and driven by Gijs van Lennep in last weekend’s Porsche Classic Challenge 2012.

In our last post about modifying your early 911 in a reversible way we covered suspension set up and tires. Today we cover shifting and interior mods.

If there is anything that annoys in a well cared for classic, then it must be a sloppy gearshift. The original shifter set up of both the 901 and 915 transmissions was quite solid and can be restored by addressing the right areas. However, whilst you’re at it, you might consider going all the way and changing just a bit more than the [...]