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May 2008

Each month, Panorama magazine brings you the best from the world of Porsche. Races, vintage car shows, technical articles, we cover it all!

At Panorama, we never have room for all the pictures we'd like to share with our readers. Here are some photos that just wouldn't fit into the magazine this month.

Featured in the May issue is a Two for the Road trip down the Georgia coast to the Amelia Island Concours, the spectacular event founded by PCA member Bill Warner that now matches or exceeds in prestige any other concours in the United States. For this month’s Gallery, we present more Leonard Turner images from the drive through the Golden Isles and the concours itself.

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This 1970 911S was the 1972 International Motor Sport Association (IMSA) Camel GT champion. Hurley Haywood secured the title with it on the last lap of the last race.

A brand new 911 Carrera S cabriolet was our ride for the tour south under the Spanish moss found abundantly along the coast of Georgia and Northern Florida.

Georgia’s famous Saint Simons Lighthouse, still operational, provided the first beacon on the tour to Amelia Island.

Set among live oaks and camellias, the cemetery at historic Christ Church on Saint Simons Island contains graves dating back before Civil War times. Novelist Eugenia Price, who wrote extensively about the island’s history, is buried here.

Intricate brickwork stairway within the fortifications of Fort Clinch on the north end of Amelia Island leadsto the parapets where huge coastal guns protected the mouth of the St. Marys River.

“The last 935” on the grass at Amelia. Built in 1983 by Fabcar’s Dave Klym for Bob Akin, the car is now owned by James Edwards of Show Low, Arizona.

Made famous again by Pixar’s movie Cars, the “Fabulous Hudson Hornet,” which was the terror of stock car racing in its day, drew a big crowd at Amelia.

How many race cars do you know that have won a race by a margin of 26 days? This 1907 Thomas Flyer pulled off that feat in the 1908 New York to Paris Race.

935 Interior

This 1977 Porsche 935, owned today by Matt Drendel, was driven by Jim Busby, Otis Chandler, Dick Barbour, Bob Akin, Rob McFarlin and Roy Woods. The latter trio scored an overall victory with it at Sebring in 1979.

Blitzen Benz

A meticulous reconstruction of the 200 horsepower 1909 Mercedes “Blitzen Benz” celebrates one of the most famous race cars of all time. Powered by a 21.5 liter in-line four-cylinder engine, the original achieved a record 140 mph flying mile.

1955 356

The 1955 356 Carrera 1500 RS mated the Fuhrmann four-cam engine with a 356 coupe body. Of the six examples built, this is the only car documented to still exist.

Maserati Inset

1938 Maserati 8C TF was factory entered for the 1938 Grand Prix season. It led or set fastest lap in every race in which it was entered. It was raced at Indianapolis by Rene Dreyfus and Maury Rose.

Spyder

Formerly owned by PCA national president Jim Perrin, this 1955 550 Spyder was the Paris Auto Show car of that year. It has recently undergone extensive refurbishment with the goal of preserving as much of the original paint as possible.

Check out the May issue for all the details on the trip to Amelia; read about Porsche’s triumph at this year’s Sebring 12 Hour race; and take a look through the retrospectoscope at the 1983 race, often called the biggest upset in endurance racing history, and the crucial part PCAers played in that victory. Also included are Allan Caldwell’s review of Porsche automatic transmissions, a report on the Sebring Porscheplatz and all your favorite columns. There is great reading in the May issue.