Tag: R Gruppe

Jim Brezeale’s EASY Porsche spares operation in Emeryville, San Francisco is well known to local Porsche enthusiasts. Dealing exclusively in Porsche parts since 1978, a solid following has built up around EASY’s relaxed headquarters in San Francisco central; a base packed with used Porsche parts and a community who enjoy Jim’s take on Stuttgart’s finest and its place in life.

The regular R Gruppe meets at EASY on a Saturday morning are an institution. EASY is a place for hanging out, kicking tyres, swapping parts and stories and unveiling the latest hot creations from the members of the NorCal R Gruppe chapter.

While the meets have a primarily air-cooled focus, all are welcome to turn up and meet the Porsche faithful. If [...]

I had an email a few weeks ago from the press department at Porsche here in the UK. They were putting a short but special one-day trip to Germany together, for a small group of UK Porsche enthusiasts who work in the media, and were wondering whether I might be interested? Silly question! The trip is tomorrow and promises to be a memorable event.

The day starts with a meet at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5, where we check in for our flight to Stuttgart. Upon arrival, we transfer direct to the Porsche Museum, for a behind-the-scenes tour of this wonderful facility. The visit includes a look at the archives, where some of the company’s most treasured historical information is housed. The Porsche museum’s opening hours show that the facility is closed on Mondays, so they are opening especially for us. Fabulous!

In mid-2008, Zuffenhaus US, based in Charlotte, North Carolina announced a new product, at that time being prototyped and set to enter the product development cycle.

The new arrival was a finned brake caliper which used all the stock internals of the Porsche 917 caliper in a new cast body, made to the same obsessive quality as the originals. The difference was that these new brakes would bolt straight on to stock 911 suspension, with no tricky/risky machining needed, as per the 930 brake conversion for standard-body 911s. The brake package would also fit under 15″ Fuchs wheels.

As my good friend Keith Walters of Zuffenhaus said, when he announced the package on Pelican in July 2008, “they are designed as a [...]