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All About Air-Cooled Porsches

Mar 29
2 min

Porsche Colors

After limited-run, low volume models, the biggest factor in purchase is Porsche Colors. According to the Colors of Porsche exhibit in...

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Scottsdale 2022 Air-Cooled Porsche Sales

Commander

Feb 3
4 min

Scottsdale 2022 Air-Cooled Porsche Sales

Scottsdale 2022 Air-Cooled Porsche Sales If the Scottsdale Collector Car Auctions are the barometer of the coming year’s market then we...

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Is the Porsche 912 the Ultimate Entry Level Air-Cooled Porsche?

Commander

Dec 15, 2021
2 min

Is the Porsche 912 the Ultimate Entry Level Air-Cooled Porsche?

If you have been thinking about buying an Air-Cooled Porsche, should you consider the Porsche 912 as the entry level into a Classic...

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2011 Porsche 911 Turbo

I bought this car last June from the second owner who purchased it in 1987 in Englewood, Colorado. My 911 had 61,400 documented miles. It is a grey market car imported into Houston in February 1985

This is a cautionary tale about buying a grey market car from an out of state buyer.

As a ROW car, there were some challenges getting the smog clearance done in California. and in redoing some of the importer's bad conversion work. The car came with a Colorado smog clearance but it failed here. A new cat and some work got it through. Here cars without an OBD have to be tested on rollers at 25 and 35 MPH; it is a strict and expensive test.

The hits kept coming. You can imagine my surprise when found out I couldn't put gas in the car. The importer welded in a restrictor bar deep in the filler neck. I guess the nozzles at the pumps in Colorado are different.  A used filler neck solved that problem. Some emissions plumbing was also strange and had to be reworked into order to solve a fuel smell in the cabin.

Here is the best part. Five months after paying my fees, the DMV still has not issued me plates. My registration applicatin s now being reviewed by the Techical Compliance section in Sacramento. Since the European ZZZ VIN was not in the DMV's datatbase, the registration process is now pushing six months.

I am able to use the car as I have a temporary permit. (I am on my third one)  In spite of the bumps in the road so far, love having the car, my 6th air-cooled Porsche and third impact bumper 911. Stay tuned.

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The Air Brigade Story

The Air Brigade started as friends who owned air-cooled Porsches gathering to drive their cars on the great roads of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Too many air-cooled Porsches now spend their days in a garage with a quick drive in the neighborhood. Air Brigade provides a way to drive and socialize with other air-cooled Porsche owners.

Driving an air-cooled Porsche is a totally different experience that only other owners will understand and enjoy. It is a special breed of driver who enjoys the rawness of an air-cooled Porsche.

Air Brigade now provides you the forum to meet and drive with like-minded owners of air-cooled Porsches. There is a registry of owners and an exclusive driving meet-up function so you can meet and drive with owners in your area. A forum provides a means to talk and discuss the unique aspects of your car. Regular driving tours and shows will be scheduled for owners of an air-cooled Porsche 911, Porsche 356 and Porsche 914.

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