by John Glynn | Jun 4, 2013 | Classic Porsche Blog, Project Cars
Just had these preview pictures through from EB Motorsport of their all-new Deep 6 and 7R Fuchs reproduction wheels in polished finish.
The polished look has always seemed best to me on these rare rims, and EB wheels are designed and manufactured with exceptional attention to detail. Note how these wheels feature the safety bead missing from original Fuchs, and the correct detail around the valve stems, not seen on lesser reproductions.
The wheel centre and front face are machined from a single aluminium billet, with the forged rear barrel CNC-welded to the front section. I had a close look at these wheels in person last week. The finish is top notch and the curve of the spoke and rim edge is just perfect: these are really lovely products. Why risk your original wheels? Get a set of these on and mothball the originals.
EB has so far won two Masters Historic Series championships using their strong and lightweight reproduction Fuchs wheels without incident: this is despite some heavy impacts, including a direct hit from a spinning GT40 at last year’s Silverstone Classic! Suffice to say that the design and manufacture is excellent, as we have come to expect from this perfectionist Porsche parts manufacturer.
Price for either Deep 6 or 7R reproductions is £1850 per pair. That is ex-works from Yorkshire HQ, so plus VAT and carriage where applicable. Contact EB Motorsport for more details and to discuss options on finishing etc. Remember, these are proper, high-end reproductions: not cast to keep cost down. Cast wheels are much heavier and raise too many questions on strength and quality/porosity.
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by John Glynn | Jun 3, 2013 | Classic Porsche Blog, Modified Porsche Hot Rods, Road Trips
Good times for Ferdinand yesterday with long-time creative partner, Jamie Lipman. It was an early start for us, and for Chris from Bedfordshire, who brought his newly-purchased R Gruppe Porsche 911 to London for a photoshoot around the capital.
Glynn/Lipman photo sessions are always big fun. This one started with a 6am meet at The Dorchester, then a stop in St. James’, alongside some fascinating blue plaques. The shoot rolled on through Westminster and into the City of London, ending at the Tower before noon.
Owner Chris had a great backstory that I was previously unaware of, and the icing on the cake was an impromptu encounter with Wally Fields, eponymous Big-Band leader and Gershwin aficionado. When a Zionist Jew and lapsed Irish Catholic discuss the irrelevancy of time as a concept on a Mayfair pavement at 8am on a Sunday, you know it’s going to be a good day.
If you’re in the UK, have you booked for our Race Of Kings yet? Four hours of fun with Porsche guys on Saturday June 15th, from 4PM to 8PM. Cost is a tenner including great food and good racing on the KW RaceRoom simulators. We’ve only got 30 places available so get in and book.
by John Glynn | May 7, 2013 | Classic Porsche Blog, Project Cars
Just had a few pics through from the UK Fuchs distributor showing various classic 911 models owned by satisfied customers running the 18-inch Fuchs wheels.
This first one is from Brad in North America, running the RSR style on a 964. Fuchs make the wheels with offsets to suit the different 964 set up – looks lots better than the clunky Braid wheels often seen on other cars. DP showed a similar setup at Essen on their latest 964-based creation, albeit their wheels ran red centres.
This is Ian’s Carrera Cabriolet, running 18s with black centres. The car is fitted with a 3.6-litre engine so has the muscle to work those bigger wheels & tyres. Tyres are a big advantage to bigger wheels – more choice of rubber with bigger rims.
You’ve seen this before but I couldn’t resist another peek at the white 993 Coupe running 18″ Fuchs. This car is cool in white.
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by John Glynn | May 2, 2013 | Classic Porsche Blog, Race and Rally
Today was a good day, spent hanging out at Tuthills watching the finishing touches going on a brand new Safari car.
This 911 is destined for Kenya in November, but the Swedish owner will run the car at in the 2013 Morocco Historic from May 13-18 as an African ice breaker.
Tuthills have three cars in this year’s Moroccan event: all three will go on to race the Safari. They have all just been prepped for North Africa at the Wardington workshops, and this is the first to depart. Driver Phil trailered this one to Calais today, where the owner will take over moving it to Morocco.
We often think of 911s as soft little flowers: those slender side pillars and sculpted door handles imbuing a sense of finesse. Tuthill Safari cars retain those classic 911 motifs, but are the hardest Porsches I know.
Eight hundred hours or more goes into every Safari shell to ensure it’s stiff and strong. The suspension is bespoke – none of your revalved Bilsteins here. Engines are built from powerful, reliable components, most run MFI and are tuned to over 300 horsepower. Transmissions are custom built, with specially calculated ratios to suit the modified gearing and tall wheel/tyre combinations.
Inside is a workspace. Nothing surplus: all is function. Under the front is the oil cooler pipework, a custom fuel tank and a pair of full-size spare wheels, each ready to be changed in under a minute if you know what you’re doing.
Now costing £160,000 plus VAT a piece to build, Safari cars are easily my favourite 911s. I never get tired of looking at, listening to or riding in them. The ultimate do-anything Porsche!
by John Glynn | Apr 30, 2013 | Porsche News, New Models
Porsche’s search for 1,400 new workers to fill its expanding Leipzig site has been massively oversubscribed.
Recently appointed Production and Logistics Director, Dr. Oliver Blume confirmed that over 30,000 applications had been received for the 1,000 vacancies remaining after 400 engineers were sourced.
Leipzig is in the midst of a €500 million growth spurt to gear up for Macan production, which starts in Saxony at the end of this year. The recent closure of a nearby Opel plant has helped Porsche find skilled labour, including all of the staff for its all new paint shop, but 31,000 disappointed applicants does not spell great news for the state of German automotive manufacturing.
Porsche recently anounced profits back to pre-Volkswagen levels, at circa £5.6 million PER DAY. Macan’s inevitable success means party time is coming to Leipzig, so hopefully some of those disappointed can be turned around in the long run.
