Classic Porsche Issue 131 - December 2026

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Four cylinders dominate the pages ahead, and unapologetically so. We set the Fuhrmann four-cam against the humble pushrod unit, we go buying a 914, and we spend time with some of the most significant flat-four Porsches ever built. Anybody treating the four-cylinder cars as a sideshow is invited to turn the page and reconsider. Three 911s balance the issue, each arriving by an unusual route. Darren Tompkins spent years assembling photographs of each Carrera RS 3.0 chassis before a single panel of his Mexico Blue evocation was cut. Marika Haapavaara bought a dismantled 1973 911 E 2.4 unseen from Ireland, then traced four decades of racing history through a London library, an owners forum and the son of the man campaigning the car in period. And we tell the story of a 911 S 2.4 taken by Porsche’s development department in June 1972 and fitted with a prototype 2.7-litre engine, four months before the now iconic Carrera RS 2.7 reached Paris. Elsewhere, our market watch revisits an Irish Green 912 familiar to long-standing readers, and our dealer spotlight heads deep into Finnish forest to meet two people restoring Porsches as though each one is their own. First, though, a word on getting hold of us. You may have seen reports concerning store closures at TG Jones, the chain of newsagents formerly trading as WH Smith. Whether the branch where you buy this magazine is affected or not, herewith a word on keeping your monthly habit intact. Subscribing to Classic Porsche is the simplest solution and the best value, delivering your copy before the shops have theirs. Alternatively, buy single issues online (visit shop.kelsey.co.uk) and have them delivered to your door, or locate alternative stockists by pointing your peepers in the direction of frontline-group.co.uk/store-finder. You can also ask your local newsagent to order a copy of the magazine for collection or home delivery. Classic Porsche is read all over the world, and none of this is changing. Only the route from our printer to your armchair is affected.