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

TALKING PICTURES

TARGA TALES • Cranfield-based Export 56 is renowned in the world of 356 restoration. No surprise, then, the boss’s personally owned Porsche is really rather special, as we discover from behind the wheel...

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…

MOMENT OF TRUTH • Those wearing rose-tinted spectacles will claim the 911’s T badge has always signalled a track-friendly, fast-road, touring-focused 911, but this false narrative hides the true nature of a Porsche configured to appeal to a less affluent demographic of sports car enthusiasts...

FROM SPEEDSTERS TO STUTTGART • In 1961, former Ferrari works driver, Dan Gurney, joined Porsche for two years of sports car and Formula One racing. Automotive historian, Karl Ludvigsen, looks back at events leading to the legendary racer’s time with our favourite manufacturer…

DESERT SESSIONS • Following a chance conversation with endurance racing legend, Jacky Ickx, Barcelona-based Dakar Classic regular, Juan Morera, commissioned the build of a 959 evocation based on a 964 Carrera 4, with which he contested this year’s desert special...

NO SUBSTITUTE • Don’t mess about! If a particular competition model has caught your eye, or if a specific era of Porsche production turns you on, then go for it. This is precisely what Dave Lewis did — infatuated by the legendary 911 ST, he found just what he wanted in a backdated 1981 SC...

LITTLE WONDER • Located near England’s southern coastline, Halfscale Cars produces motorised small-size versions of popular road and race cars, including the G-series 911 and the 917 sports-prototype...

THE CAR’S THE STAR • Mike Brewer is known to millions as the star of TV’s Wheeler Dealers, but away from filming, he likes nothing more than hitting the road in his restored 1976 912 E. What’s more, he thinks you should be considering an example of the four-cylinder 911 lookalike when buying your first Porsche…

IMPOSTER SYNDROME • Based on an early Carrera 3.2, this award-winning 911 apes the look of the 964 Carrera RS 3.8 and its RSR sibling through extensive bodywork carried out in France a quarter-century ago...

CONTACT SPORT • Sportomatic was Porsche’s first stab at an automatic gearbox, right? Well, yes, except it wasn’t really automatic…