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Road Scholars surprised attendees to the 2011 LA Toy and Lit meet by having two of our special inventory Porsche’s roped off in the front of the LA Hilton. Parked on Oriental rugs, the 1959 Carrera GS and 1973 911 RS provided some eye candy for the event. Kevin and I had a lot of

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We recently attended the Indoor Concours event at the Porsche Of The Village in Cincinnati, OH. It was a terrific event with incredible food and entertainment. It felt more like a Monterey VIP weekend party than an indoor concours event. The dealership had over 700 customers show up to celebrate the cars and to escape

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Michael Green is the proud owner of this special 1994 Turbo S Flachbrau (Flat Nose Package). Michael bought this 2,301 mile example from us last year and has been invited by the Porsche museum in Stuttgart- Zuffenhausen to participate in its upcoming exhibit celebrating 25 Years of Porsche Exclusive.

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We spent several weeks preparing this car for the 2010 22nd anual Colorado Grand. The car ran flawlessley and finshed the 1,100 mile rally with two happy paritipents. Here is the story on a rare Porsche GT that is being driven and enjoyed again. This is one of possibly fifteen 356B GT Coupes built by

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In September 1959 the workers at the Porsche factory returned from holiday anticipating the start up for the T5 356B. Their first two cars were 1600 Normals but the third was special; it was the first Super 90. Whisked away for testing, # 108921 was then sent to Porsche’s prime Southern California market to one of their biggest dealers, Vasek Pollak.

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The East Coast Holiday was the last show for our planned Concours season and we couldn’t have had a better time. As always, the holiday is a low key peoples choice concours and a chance to really enjoy like minded 356 people. Credit goes to Bruce Schwartz and Roberta Heller for hosting an incredible event

Servicing a Type 597 Jagdwagen

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Part of the fun of the restoration shop is having unique cars come in for service and repairs. Such was the case with this type 597 Jagdwagen, which a good friend and customer sent to us for service and a detailing. We rebuilt the brakes, sorted the 24volt system, resealed the drive chain, and refurbished

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The 24th annual 356 Club’s Dana Point Conours was another success story for the Road Scholars team. With our 1958 356A Speedster and 1952 Cabriolet coming in second and third overall in the Restoration Group. 1958 Porsche 356A Speedster: Full Restoration Class 299.2 out of 300 (2nd place) 1952 Porsche 356 Cabriolet: Full Restoration Class

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At the 2010 Porsche Parade, I had the pleasure of meeting Hans Peter Porsche and showing him the details of one of our awarding winning restorations.

1973 911T Wins 1st in Class & Division for Street Modified Class (295.3 out of 300)