Classic Porsche

The definitive celebration of Stuttgart’s air-cooled classics. Published by the same team that brings you the market-leading 911 & Porsche World magazine, Classic Porsche is the only magazine which exclusively covers air-cooled Porsches, from the earliest prototypes through five decades of stunning road and race cars. Every issue is packed full of showcase features focusing on standout examples from the Porsche back catalogue, as well as profiles and interviews with key Porsche personnel (including legendary racing drivers), rare archive photographs, event reports, owner stories, in-depth articles focusing on restorations, Porsche-specific technologies and much more. Classic Porsche is brought to you by a team dedicated to the scene — all Porsche owners, drivers and enthusiasts, making Classic Porsche a must-have title for anyone who shares the same passion for this prestigious marque. Guarantee your regular fix of air-cooled classics by subscribing to Classic Porsche and get each issue at a cost much lower than you’ll find on the newsstand. Classic Porsche is published ten times a year.

Classic Porsche

FRESH AIRS AND GRACES

GOING GREEN • Green in more ways than one, this stunning 911 E 2.2 features one of the first emissions systems to be fitted to any Porsche. We return to Carrera Classic’s workshops in southern Finland to find out more...

LIVEWIRE • Our look at what’s happening in the wonderful world of air-cooled classics…

PRODUCTS • Hot new products for you and the precious air-cooled Porsche in your life…

REUTTER REVIVAL • There is certainly beauty in the curvy 1951 356 Pre-A coupe, thanks in part to its tow-piece windshield and basic bumpers. Only 810 example were produced by the Reutter workshop that year, but we managed to get our hands on one, superbly resotored and residing in the United Stated for seven decades...

DREAM WEAVERS • What began as a way of Wouter van der Meer replacing his 911’s worn out carpets has blossomed into a burgeoning business. We visit his Belgium-based company, Lakewell, to see what it takes to revitalise a classic Porsche cockpit...

FRESH-AIR MOTORING • Although Porsche’s planners assumed the 911 would come in both coupe and cabriolet form, creating an open version turned out to be no walk in the park. Once achieved, however, the solution seemed obvious…

SICILIAN SUPERIORITY • Though Le Mans is celebrated as the pinnacle of sports car racing, the Targa Florio gave Porsche a hefty number of wins and an iconic model name…

RAISE THE ROOF • This issue of Classic Porsche celebrates sixty years of Targa, but when is a Targa not a Targa? We visited the Worcestershire workshops of Pro-9 to find out...

BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL • Love them or loathe them, 911s reimagined by RAUH-Welt Begriff have been a firm fixture of the Porsche restomod scene for many years. We sample an RWB-converted 964 Carrera 2 in Calgary...

RUNNING ON EMPI • Last fall, Porsche and Volkswagen parts producer, EMPI, unveiled a bespoke 914 at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. The California-based company’s objective was to demonstrate what can be done with an oft-overlooked Porsche, but was it a hit with the gathered masses?

THE FOUR TOPS • After moving further away from its Volkswagen origins, the Porsche flat-four was given a new lease of life across a range of Zuffenhausen’s exciting and important products, not least the utterly brilliant 912...

BIRTH OF A MONSTER • Author, Graham Gauld, first met former Porsche works driver, ‘Quick’ Vic Elford, more than sixty-five years ago. The two became firm friends, leading to many conversations focusing on historic motorsport. In the first of a series of transcripts, Gauld presents Elford’s personally penned account of his time with the now legendary 917, kicking off with the model’s...