Porsche Carrera follows the development and design of the Carrrera car dynasty, from the origins of the Carrera line in the 550 and 356 models through the highly tuned race cars of the 1960s to the largely hand-crafted, air-cooled cars of the 1970s and the 1980s. The book features detailed profiles of all Carrera models, including roadgoing and race models, prototypes, special builds and rare cars; in-depth explorations of the engineering and tuning of the cars and buyer's guides for the different models. Also included are a series of interviews with racing drivers such as Sir Stirling Moss, Derek Bell, John Surtees and Gijs van Lennep, and key Carrera figures such as designer Richard Soderberg and Klaus Bischof, head of the Porsche Rolling Museum. Foreword by Jurgen Barth, and over 400 colour photographs, many specially commissioned.
Author(s): Johnny Tipler
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 304
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Jürgen Barth
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 - DEBUT OF THE CARRERA: LA CARRERA PANAMERICANA (FEATURING HERBERT LINGE AND HANS HERRMANN)
CHAPTER 2 - THE CARRERA ENGINE, THE PORSCHE 356 AND ABARTH CARRERAS (FEATURING JOHN SURTEES)
CHAPTER 3 - THE 550 SPYDER, 718 RSK AND RS 60 (FEATURING STIRLING MOSS)
CHAPTER 4 - THE 904 CARRERA GTS (FEATURING JÜRGEN BARTH)
CHAPTER 5 - THE 906 ‘CARRERA SIX’ AND 910 (FEATURING WILLI KAUHSEN, KLAUS BISCHOF AND BRIAN REDMAN)
CHAPTER 6 - THE 911 2.7 CARRERA RS AND 2.8 RSR (FEATURING BJÖRN WALDEGÅRD AND GIJS VAN LENNEP)
CHAPTER 7 - THE 911 3.0 CARRERA RS AND RSR (FEATURING JOHN FITZPATRICK, HURLEY HAYWOOD AND MURRAY SMITH)
CHAPTER 8 - THE 911 2.7, CARRERA 3, SC AND SC RS (FEATURING THE ALMÉRAS BROTHERS)
CHAPTER 9 - THE 924 CARRERA GT, GTR AND GTS (FEATURING DEREK BELL)
CHAPTER 10 - THE 911 3.2 CARRERA AND CLUB SPORT (FEATURING 959 DESIGNER RICHARD SODERBERG AND GEORGE FOLLMER)
CHAPTER 11 - THE 964 CARRERA 2 AND 4, RS, RS AMERICA, C4 LEICHTBAU AND CARRERA CUP (FEATURING WALTER RÖHRL)
CHAPTER 12 - THE 993 CARRERA 2 AND 4, S, RS AND GT2 (FEATURING GÉRARD LARROUSSE)
CHAPTER 13 - EPILOGUE: THE WATER-COOLED 996, 997 AND 991 CARRERAS (FEATURING JAN LAMMERS)
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