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  • July 20, 2021

    Discovering your car’s famous first owner

    by Brian Tyrer While reading the Porter Profiles book, Jaguar XK 120 – The Story of 660725, Brian Tyrer discovered an interesting link between his own Aston Martin DB2 and Chan Lye Choon, the first owner of 660725.  I was...

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  • July 20, 2021

    4 WPD shines at Goodwood

    Not an unusual headline for followers of historic racing, but at this year's Festival of Speed, Jaguar’s first Lightweight E-type was honoured for a different reason, winning its class at Goodwood’s Cartier Style et Luxe concours. This rewarding turn of...

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  • July 20, 2021

    Lance Macklin and Aston Martin - Part 1

    Reproduced from previously unpublished autobiographical manuscripts. Above: One of three Aston Martin Works Team DB2 prototypes being built in the original Feltham factory in Essex. (credit: Bonhams) My first race for Astons was at Spa (24-hour race) in ’49 where...

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  • July 1, 2021

    Is JLR tarnishing its brand?

    STOP PRESS (23/03/23): We are exceptionally pleased to say that the Magnussons have won their appeal against the lower Swedish court's decision in favour of JLR with regard to their C-type replica which JLR were insisting they must destroy. Not only have the...

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  • July 1, 2021

    On the trail of the Aston Martin DB3/1 Prototype

    Michael‘s SuperFinds Initially, I thought it was a hoax. Just one of those middle-of-the-night phone calls, when a guy wakes you up and tells you about this incredible ‘Aston Healey’, or even worse, a super rare ‘Austin Martin’ race car....

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  • July 1, 2021

    Lance Macklin and the HWM - Part 3

    Read Part 1  |  Read Part 2 With the help of the smaller truck they got themselves to the garage where only a few weeks previously they had kept the racing cars. There, after much welding and bending of metal,...

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  • July 1, 2021

    SuperFinds wins Motorworld Book Prize 2021

    We are pleased to announce that the Porter Press International publication, SuperFinds, by Michael Kliebenstein, has been awarded a 2021 Motorworld Book Prize. The award ceremony took place on Tuesday, 22 June at Motorworld Munich.  For the last 15 years,...

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  • June 9, 2021

    When Is A Box A Bonnet?

    One of the most satisfying aspects of Porter Press is coming up with increasingly creative and off-the-wall ideas for our special editions.  For a number of years now, we have had a superb professional relationship with Paul Kidson and his...

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  • Jack Sears collection
    June 9, 2021

    Gentleman Jack

    First published in Classic & Sportscar, August 1988 Jack Sears is custodian of his family’s collection – which includes not only racing Bentleys, but veteran Mercedes, Rolls-Royces and a Ferrari GTO. Philip Porter met him and discovered its background.  Jack...

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  • June 9, 2021

    TVR Factory Update

    In December 2020, TVR announced that renovations to its future production facility in Ebbw Vale had been given the green light by the company’s partners in the Welsh Government. In an exciting update sent out to customers recently, it appears...

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