{"title":"Porsche \u0026 Endurance","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-le-mans-model-collection-1949-2009","title":"The Le Mans Model Collection 1949-2009","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery car that raced at Le Mans over six decades\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by Porter Press International for Mr Claude Nahum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis trilogy of books comprises every single car that raced at Le Mans between 1949 and 2009 – over 3,000 cars. \u003c\/span\u003eA remarkable collection of car models which is the property of the N Collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u171853-6\"\u003eHere, for the first time, one can see and compare all the various makes and models, from the famous to the obscure. Not only are there three views of every model, but the salient facts are given as to who drove each car, whom the entrant was and how each performed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"list0 nls-None\" id=\"u171853-30\"\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"u171853-15\"\u003eEvery car that raced at Le Mans over six decades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"u171853-17\"\u003eSalient details of over 3,000 cars and over 30,000 facts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"u171853-19\"\u003eFeaturing 9,000 photographs and 61 specially commissioned paintings plus an introductory resumé of every race\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"u171853-21\"\u003eThree views of each model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"u171853-23\"\u003eThe collection includes 565 cars from the 1950s, 522 from the 1960s, 533 from the 970s, 513 from the 1980s, 446 from the 1990s and 506 from the 00s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"u171853-25\"\u003eBook 1 – 1949 to 1969 (354 pages)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"u171853-27\"\u003eBook 2 – 1970 to 1989 (324 pages)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"u171853-29\"\u003eBook 3 – 1990 to 2009 (296 pages)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 9,000 colour photographs plus 61 commissioned paintings and 23 period photos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1-907085-57-4\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Porter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55890810995073,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/0233\/6725\/files\/the-le-mans-model-collection-books.webp?v=1783507765"},{"product_id":"derek-bell-all-my-porsche-races","title":"Derek Bell - All my Porsche races","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the course of his long and hugely successful career, Derek Bell’s name became inextricably linked to Porsche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong countless other victories, the British ace won the Le Mans 24 Hours four times for the legendary German marque, the Daytona 24 Hours three times, and he twice claimed the World Sportscar Championship. Derek Bell and renowned motorsport author Richard Heseltine document each and every race that he drove for Porsche, offering a fascinating – and very personal – insight into a golden era for the marque and for sportscar racing in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe full story of Bell’s career with Porsche, from the fearsome 917 to the iconic 956, 962 and 911\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA compelling insight into his famous victories at classic races such as Le Mans and Daytona – recounted in his own words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full account of driving alongside fellow heroes such as Stefan Bellof, Jo Siffert, Hans Stuck and Jacky Ickx\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree decades of racing history covered in detail, from the 1971 Buenos Aires 1000km to the 2000 Daytona 24 Hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExhaustive research includes almost 200 races from around the world, including the World Sportscar Championship, IMSA and All-Japan Sports-Prototype Championship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated with superb images from the Porsche archive as well as Derek Bell’s own collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJacketed Hardback | 276 pages | 240mm x 280mm | 200+ photos including colour | ISBN: 978-1-907085-65-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author – Derek Bell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring an amazing racing career, Derek Bell won two new World Sportscar Championships, was three times winner of the 24hrs of Daytona and chalked-up an amazing five Le Mans victories. 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The print run has been limited to 962 numbered copies.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gjO1JOBX5eI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Porsche 962, created in 1984, was the successor to the all-conquering Group C-specification Porsche 956 of 1982, but also very much the result of Porsche adapting its successful Group C car to the needs and regulations of the US-based IMSA GTP Championship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 962 proceeded to obliterate the competition on both sides of the Atlantic, making it the most successful purpose-built race car in automotive history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis three-volume book outlines in unprecedented detail the ten-year career of the works Porsche 962s and 962Cs, built and entered by the Weissach-based factory team run by Peter Falk and Norbert Singer, and driven to multiple victories by the likes of Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell, Jochen Mass, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Al Holbert, Hurley Haywood and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gKEm-ooh-_U\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e● It’s all about politics: a detailed account of the lengthy negotiations between Porsche and the International Motor Sport Association on how to allow or adapt the 956 for the American Camel GT Championship, including the notes and quotes of those representing both parties at the numerous meetings on both sides of the Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e● The best for both worlds: the rapid design and development of the 962 under the guiding hand of technical guru Norbert Singer created yet another motorsport milestone for Porsche – and the world of sportscar racing. Published here for the first time are dozens of unique photos of wind tunnel tests and specially commissioned artwork showing versions of the 962 that never went beyond the drawing board.\u003cbr\u003e● Volume 1 moves on to cover the 1984–88 period (the works years): race-by-race chapters explain in exhaustive detail the activities of the Porsches works team, starting with the one-off IMSA race in 1984 that gave the 962 its baptism of fire.\u003cbr\u003e● The 1985–87 world championship campaigns with the famous Rothmans Porsches brought victory at Le Mans in 1986 and 1987 and championship titles for Derek Bell and Hans-Joachim Stuck in 1985 and 1986. Every event is covered in great detail, including all the technical developments that were tried and tested between races, the strategies used, the successes savoured, the odd defeat explained.\u003cbr\u003e● A rather super cup: for the first time since the German national sportscar championship was created back in 1972, Porsche entered a works team in the 1986 ADAC Supercup. Hans-Joachim Stuck’s special lightweight 962C with its trick PDK transmission initially dominated the series but later met with fierce competition from the many privateer Porsche teams and also the works Mercedes team. Every race of the four-year existence of the Supercup is covered, including how in 1987 the creation of Porsche’s iconic asymmetric Shell\/Dunlop livery came about.\u003cbr\u003e● Volume 2 examines the ‘Joest’ years (1989–94): following the works Rothmans Porsche team’s unexpected withdrawal from the World Sports-Prototype Championship after yet another Le Mans win in 1987, the world of sportscar racing was at a loss. The works team made a one-off comeback to Le Mans in 1988 and almost won, then gave an ultimate encore performance at Fuji at the end of that same year before closing its doors seemingly for good to concentrate on IndyCar and F1. But a little back door was kept open and earlier developments of what should have been the 962\/88 were passed on to Reinhold Joest, the most successful privateer Porsche team owner. Joest promptly beat the Mercedes at Dijon in 1989 – scoring the 956\/962’s 39th and final world championship victory – and was in the running for the title for most of the year, prompting Porsche to relaunch its Group C programme the following season.\u003cbr\u003e● The second volume covers all activities with the works and works-supported 962Cs, in the ADAC Supercup of 1989 as well as in the WS-PC, where Joest became the de facto works team in 1990. With the demise of the ‘fuel formula’ at the end of 1990, Joest took his works cars to the IMSA and Interserie championships, again with much success.\u003cbr\u003e● Le Mans 1994 marked the final appearance of a works 962, as a road-homologated GT car. Once again technical director Norbert Singer showed that he could read the technical regulations better than those who had written them, instigating the peculiar ploy of converting the 962C to a road car and back to a race car, and promptly won Le Mans again.\u003cbr\u003e● Volume 3 covers the cars and the people. All 19 works chassis (16 Porsche 962s and three Dauer 962 LM GTs) are outlined in exhaustive technical detail, recording every test and every race with all available data, from gear ratios and fuel consumption figures to strategies and pitstop times. All this information has been gathered by the author from sifting through thousands of pages of period documents in Porsche’s Stuttgart archives and conducting dozens of interviews with people significant to the 962 story. Also included is the ownership history of each of the cars after completion of their race careers, with photos of where they are now.\u003cbr\u003e● Artwork: exclusively commissioned artwork depicts every single chassis as it ran, as well as the aerodynamic evolution of the 962 throughout the years and some of the peculiar wind tunnel test models that never saw the light of day.\u003cbr\u003e● Restoration: the ground-up restoration of three of the works 962Cs is covered in detail through many pages of step-by-step photos.\u003cbr\u003e● Exclusive photography: eight of the cars are the subject of eye-catching multi-page photoshoots by some of the world’s finest automotive photographers.\u003cbr\u003e● The people: detailed biographies of the two key engineers behind the 962 and all those who raced the works cars: Peter Falk, Norbert Singer, Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell, Jochen Mass, Vern Schuppan, Al Holbert, Hurley Haywood, Hans-Joachim Stuck, John Watson, Bob Wollek, Henri Pescarolo, Drake Olson, Kees Nierop, Price Cobb, Klaus Ludwig, Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, John Andretti, Sarel van der Merwe, Yannick Dalmas, Thierry Boutsen, Mauro Baldi and Danny Sullivan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"If any car deserves a 1400-page ode, the Porsche 962 is it. What an astonishing achievement this is.\" \u003cstrong\u003eMotor Sport\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (GB) (\u003ca title=\"Motor Sport review Works Porsche 962\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2177\/5447\/files\/motor-sport-nov-2022.pdf?v=1664801543\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eread full review\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"If you could get a PhD for the Porsche 962, then author Vanbockryck certainly deserves the Doctoral degree. [...] As far as we are concerned, the Porsche book of the year!\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRS \u003cem\u003ePorsche Magazine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(NL)\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(\u003ca title=\"RS Porsche Magazine Review for Works Porsche 962\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2177\/5447\/files\/rs-porsche-magazine.pdf?v=1664812483\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eread full review\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"If you're a Porsche racing enthusiast, this definitive history would surely become a cherished heirloom.\" \u003cstrong\u003eOctane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(GB)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is the kind of work that gets labelled a collector’s book, but the reality is that it’s a history book. And one far too good to loiter unread on the coffee table.\" \u003cstrong\u003eAutosport \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(GB) (\u003ca title=\"Autosport book review\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2177\/5447\/files\/porsche-962-book-review.pdf?v=1668523922\"\u003eread full review\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"What we have is an encyclopedia of the works cars (19 of them, plus two renumbered) in three weighty volumes, lavishly pictured and printed, detailing each and every one.\" \u003cstrong\u003ePorsche Panorama \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(USA) (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2177\/5447\/files\/porsche-panorama-october-2022.pdf?v=1668699717\" title=\"Porsche Panorama book review\"\u003eread full review\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The level of research, attention to detail, the inclusion of rare supporting documentation, image selection and captions, and the easy style in which it is written, make this one of the best overall books on motorsport available today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author is to be congratulated on all levels, not just on what is mentioned above, but also for his perseverance over many years in compiling what is the ultimate documented history on the most successful prototype race car in the world… ever!\" \u003cstrong\u003eStuttcars.com\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(USA)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.stuttcars.com\/\" title=\"Porsche Road \u0026amp; Race Cars review\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eread full review\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Even at a whopping 850GBP, we can only conclude it's worth every penny. Remember it's three books. Magnificent books.\" \u003cstrong\u003eTazio Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(B) (\u003ca title=\"Tazio Magazine review of Works Porsche 962\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2177\/5447\/files\/tazio-magazine.pdf?v=1670589499\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eread full review\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It's an exhaustive body of work, one that has taken Vanbockryck most of his life to compile, and it is certain there will never be a more comprehensive book on these cars.\" \u003cstrong\u003eRacecar Engineering\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(GB) (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2177\/5447\/files\/racecar-engineering.pdf?v=1672851791\" title=\"Racecar Engineering\"\u003eread full review\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Available in three editions, 'Ultimate Works Porsche 962 - The Definitive History' is exactly what it says on the box: the most in-depth, extensive almanac of the Porsche 962 you are likely ever to find.\" \u003cstrong\u003eSportscar365.com\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(USA) (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sportscar365.com\/historic\/review-ultimate-works-porsche-962-the-ultimate-almanac\/\" title=\"Sportscar365 book review\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eread full review\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Vanbockryck has already covered the history of the 956, the 962's predecessor, in 2019 in an equally powerful work of exactly 800 pages. Now it's the 962's turn, and once again there's not a dry eye in the house: another 1,400 pages, yet another massive book that proves the half-knowledge on the Internet wrong. Yes, all this fun comes at a cost, because the work is limited to 962 copies, and the price of 1040 euros is almost epic.\" \u003cstrong\u003eSport Auto\u003c\/strong\u003e (D) \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2177\/5447\/files\/sport-auto.pdf?v=1676541133\" title=\"Sport Auto magazine review of Works Porsche 962\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eread full review\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It is clear that this was a 20-year Sisyphean task - the result is astonishing every time you leaf through it and you will probably still discover new information and more pictures years after you have bought it. In short, when the 962 copies of the admittedly expensive work are sold, they will fetch high prices at auction. In addition to this 'basic edition' for £850, there is also a 'Collector's Edition' limited to 25 copies for £1,750 and an 'Owner's Edition' (19 copies) for £3,000 - it will probably be sold out first. A fantastic hard work and a work for eternity.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBulletin of Motorworld, May 2023 \u003c\/strong\u003e(DE)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"Most books oversell the word 'definitive', but as this three-volume, 1400-page labour of love proves, sometimes the word can be somewhat understated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'... this is no dry, technical slog for the ardent 962 enthusiast only. Vanbockryck's description of each race weekend reads with the pace of a gutsy fiction title, while the human sides of motor racing are never far away. Add in the extensive archive imagery and bespoke photography, and this limited-to-962 edition is a must for any Group C aficionado.\" \u003cstrong\u003eMagneto, Spring Issue 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e (GB)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Racing Driver Derek Bell\" href=\"https:\/\/porterpress.co.uk\/collections\/derek-bell-mbe\/products\/derek-bell-book-all-my-porsche-races\"\u003eDerek Bell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Porsche 962… In a few words: the 962 was my career. And without it I wouldn’t have had the career I had. Beginning with the 956, this car was the one that made my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, nobody could have thought this would be the car that would also define the sports car racing era of the 1980s. For me, before I raced it, it was just going to be another car. I had last driven the Porsche 936 with which Jacky and I won Le Mans in 1981 and four or five months later we went testing with the 956 at Paul Ricard, which I hadn’t previously seen and knew very little about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacky and Jochen were also there and after the first five laps or so we were all amazed at how quick the car was. I had never tried the 936 around Ricard and here I was driving this amazing machine that went round the corners a lot quicker than anything I had experienced before. I didn’t then realise how good it was, how efficient it was, and what genius it was to put it together like that straight away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe tried different tyres over those first couple of days in France and the car came towards us and just became quicker and quicker. There wasn’t much we could complain about, which is rare in a new car. It was an excellent car from the word go, typical Norbert Singer. We did what he asked, changed this and that, put in some back-to-back laps for comparison and just carried on, each time ticking a box on the test schedule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, we didn’t know yet for another few months how good our position was going to be. As it turned out, with the 956, Norbert Singer and his engineers had created THE car of the early Group C era and then did so again with the 962 two years later. The 962 was just an improvement of the 956. It was better, but not spectacularly better. But it was a little bit better in every domain, which is the remarkable thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe success of the 962 lay in the fact that it was basically simple, but simply correct in the first place. That was all it was, a simple car, yet perfect. 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