- August 31, 2013
- R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on R Gruppe Porsche Air-Cooled Club at Solitude Revival
The R Gruppe continues to penetrate air-cooled Porschelore. Member Thorsten in Germany recently wangled a place in the Porsche Legends charge up the Solitude Hillclimb at last month’s Revival meet. Thorsten tells the story:
“I got in the group through my little tricked-out, good looking, good sounding car (as others call it) and my membership in FLB: Freunde Luftgekuehlter Boxermotoren (Friends of Aircooled Boxer Motors). It’s the internal Club for Porsche workers.
“The field was fast and it was pretty crazy, but I had a blast! Following a 356 Carrera, and Kurt Ahrens in the Dreikantschaber, or Herbert Linge in a ’67 911, being passed by a 910 and then a 904 while watching Marc Lieb in the 718 F2 in my rear view mirror getting closer was awesome! What a great weekend!”
- July 6, 2013
- Hot Rod Porsche Parts, R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on Jack Olsen Update: Black Beauty Porsche Video
I swapped some emails with fellow R Grupper Jack Olsen this week, catching up on news of Black Beauty II. Jack and I have not yet met, but he was the inspiration behind pics for my last set of t-shirts. His popular 911 has inspired much, much more.
The t-shirt stuff came from Pelican Scott’s idea for a forum thread to share self-portraits of owners and Porsches in a Jack Olsen style. That selfie was groundbreaking back in the day! The thread has been running for eight or more years, and has some top notch laughs; those in the know snapped up the shirts when we shot them like Jack.
Jack’s car is a legend. His first car – Black Beauty I: a ’73 911 [...]
- February 15, 2013
- Hot Rod Porsche Parts, Porsche 911 Rally, R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts, More Categories...
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on WEVO shifter in the bitchin’est Rally Car in Europe
Dropped into Tuthill Porsche earlier this week, where the team are getting Glenn Janssens’ Belgian Historic Championship-winning 911 together ahead of the season opener in Haspengouw on February 22-23.
Janssens will defend the title in his mega 911, as seen in the Chris Harris video below. The 3.5-litre twin-plug Porsche still runs the EB Motorsport slide throttle system as on sale in the Twinspark Racing shop but this year has added another Twinspark Racing product, in the form of a WEVO Billet Shifter with SL superlight shift knob.
We’ll be following Glenn’s progress through the year. Enjoy the video!