This brand new Porsche Carrera Book entitled PORSCHE CARRERA – The air cooled Era 1953 – 1998, is written by my La Carrera Panamericana race partner, Porsche journalist and friend  Johnny Tipler,

Johnny Tipler’s book Porsche Carrera follows the development and design of the Carrera car dynasty – from the origins of the Carrera line in the manufacturer’s 550 and 356 models through the 60s race cars and the highly-tuned version of the top-line 911 in the 1970s – the 2.7 RS, launched in 1972, which created a succession of racing derivatives. From 1975, the Carrera appellation was carried over into stock Porsche 911 road cars and, with the exception of Turbo models, the Carrera badge has endured on 911 engine lids to the present day.

With a Foreword by lifelong Porsche racer, technician, race shop manager and PR man Jürgen Barth, the book features in-depth explorations of the engineering of these remarkable cars, stories of restorations including rare models, and buyer’s guides. A special feature of this book is a series of interviews with Carrera luminaries, such as Richard Soderberg, designer of the 959, Klaus Bischof, works race mechanic and now head of the Porsche Rolling Museum, and famous racing drivers who pushed the boundaries of their Carreras, such as Herbert Linge, Hans Hermann, Sir Stirling Moss, Derek Bell, John Fitzpatrick and Gijs van Lennep.

This book’s subject matter draws to a close in 1998 with the switch from air-cooled to water-cooled engines, and the implementation of a volume production-based philosophy. It is the original Carrera models and their equally exalted successors, plus the largely handcrafted, air-cooled road cars of the 70s, 80s and early 90s that constitute the bulk of this book and which are more fully deserving of the revered Carrera epithet.

We have already pre-ordered our copies for when it comes out on sale on June 27th at the RRP of £35.00 from publishers Crowood Press.

Pre order your copy for reduced price of £28.00  Pre-order your copy here