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.

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TRUE BLUE • Following years of speculation surrounding its identity, this recently restored 964 has been confirmed by former Porsche factory engineer and legendary works racing driver, Jürgen Barth, as being one of two surviving N/GT prototypes assembled under his watch back in 1990…

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…

ALEX MANOS • As a limited-run, US-only Rennsport built in response to complaints from North American Porsche enthusiasts outraged by news the 964 Carrera RS wouldn’t be sold Stateside, the 964 RS America is a significant addition to the 911 canon and, despite being little known outside the USA, is worthy of your attention today...

IVEY LEAGUE • Trading for more than half a century and forging a reputation as a force to be reckoned with in the upper echelons of endurance racing, Surbiton-based Porsche indie, Charles Ivey Specialist Cars, is one of the UK’s best-known marque specialists…

TURN OF SPEED • Owned by land and water speed record breaker, Donald Campbell, this Meissen Blau 356 A coupe was used by the world-famous sportsman to assist holiday park entrepreneur, Billy Butlin, in 1959’s highly anticipated London-to-Paris Bleriot anniversary race...

ACTIVE AT THE CREATION • With Porsche in the midst of its seventy-fifth anniversary celebrations, we take time out to talk with Ernst Piëch, eldest grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, about the difficult years leading to the family company being established as a successful manufacturer of sports cars...

SIX POTS GOOD, FOUR POTS BETTER? • Inspired by his wife’s enthusiasm for four-cylinder Porsches, on relocating to New York, Donald Hall went from owning 911s to buying a 912. Fettled by Heathrow-based marque specialist, Revival Cars, this well-travelled classic Porsche now resides with its master in the UK…

THOSE PESKY POOPERS • “We never called them Poopers!” cried the creators of Porsche-powered Coopers in the 1950s. Even so, this sobriquet stuck in the minds of motorsport enthusiasts who loved these fast and fragile racing cars, unlike owners of the Porsches they were trouncing…

THE PHOENIX SANCTION • It takes courage to pluck a rust bucket from a wrecker’s yard and turn it into a dream car. We head to Andover and meet Ian MacMath, a Porsche enthusiast who created a 356 Outlaw from the ruins of a cast-off…

PRESERVING HISTORY • In recognition of the new 911 Dakar road car landing in dealer showrooms, recommissioning of the 959 driven by Jacky Ickx and Claude Brasseur in the 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally has recently been carried...