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Celebrating Porsche Classic

This year again, the Porsche Club Méditerrannée and Porsche Club 914 gathered more than 150 classic cars in the South of France:

We left the Chateau de Lourmarin and drove 60 kilometers through the most beautiful spots of the Parc Régional du Luberon : Bonnieux, Saignon, Cereste, Vitrolles, Ansouis,…

Here’s Bonnieux, one of the most beautiful villages of Luberon :

The trip ended in Ansouis: the parc of the Château is the perfect place to admire all these beauties  lined up perfectly. There were cars just all over the place, I could not take a decent picture of each one of them….so I had to make choices…

Of course, I had to wear a 1970 driver chronograph to match the cars…what about a Heuer Autavia “Jo Siffert” ?

Remember that Siffert was wearing this model (the automatic variation in fact) on a daily basis and was also a big fan of 911’s….that is the reason I wanted to wear this particular watch during the event.

But back to cars….and what about a line up of 356’s ?

The Porsche 356 was the company's first production automobile. It was a lightweight and nimble-handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2-door sports car available in hardtop coupe and open configurations. Design innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports success and popularity from 1948 to 1965.

Have a look to admire some amazing examples of this Porsche masterpiece:

Of course there were also bunches of 911’s and all variations were represented. The 911 was introduced in 1963 with a distinctive design and with independent rear suspension , an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356 .

It is always surprising to rediscover some original colors that were used by Porsche in these days….when you think that now most of their cars are grey or black…

I have tried to capture some details of these cars, either an original element of design or a piece of deco added by the current owner…

Of course one cannot forget the 914, the mid-engined , targa-topped two-seat roadster designed, manufactured and marketed collaboratively by Volkswagen and Porsche from 1969 to 1976. Again, a lot of great cars and spectacular colors were represented last Sunday !

And here’s the icing on the cake, my favourite car of the day….an all original and unrestored 904 !

The 904 was produced  in 1964 and 1965. It was officially called Porsche Carrera GTS and debuted late in 1963, for the 1964 racing season. The street-legal version debuted in 1964 in order to comply with Group 3 Appendix homologation regulations requiring a certain number of road-going variants be sold by the factory. The 904 marked the beginning of a series of sportscars that culminated in the mighty 917 .

I have been told that this example had been purchased in Japan and that the previous owner was the president of Yokohama…in any case, it’ a gorgeous race car !

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