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  // Porsche Classic: The Specialists
A “fountain of youth” for classic Porsche sports cars
Around two-thirds of all sports cars with the Porsche emblem on the bonnet are still in existence today. Of course, this is especially true of 911 model series classics. Of 911 cars from model years 1964 through 1989 alone, around 150,000 vehicles are still being driven today. For all air-cooled Porsche 911 cars Porsche Classic offers factory technical support that ranges from purchasing replacement parts to complete restorations. The primary goal here is to preserve the uniqueness and authenticity of each Porsche.
That is why Porsche Classic is committed to the brand value of tradition. And that is why it continually extends its inventory of high-quality original parts that were previously unavailable. Today, over 35,000 parts can be ordered from inventory. Originality and quality are important criteria for the parts it offers. Therefore, original parts are procured from former production suppliers or from new special suppliers. Factory documentation − including original drawings and detailed descriptions − and an extensive inventory of samples are available for new production of parts. High Porsche standards for technology and safety are always assured. Original parts from Porsche Classic can be ordered across the globe and are delivered via international trade organisations to 700 Porsche centres.

Porsche AG publishes a catalogue of Porsche original parts to facilitate information sharing. It covers all vehicle models and includes a test equipment and literature catalogue. The parts catalogue for Porsche original parts is issued twice annually in the form of a CD-ROM. It contains PDF files for viewing the parts as well as a search tool, store and technical archive. Porsche Classic also manages technical literature. Around 800 operating, repair and service instructions are available.

Of course, in addition to providing global parts supply and technical literature services, Porsche Classic also performs repair, maintenance and restoration work on classic cars. Porsche Classic customers can be assured that their cars will be worked on by trained specialists. The newer type 964 and 993 model series are also welcome.

The Porsche Classic service shop in Freiberg am Neckar is the starting point for all Porsche vehicles of past days, whether for a simple oil change, body shop repairs after an accident, or a complete restoration. Here customers put their vehicles directly in the hands of Porsche Classic service advisors. In the Porsche Classic service shop, around 30 specialists go to work on the automotive treasures with experience and passion – handling up to 30 large projects at once.

The facility’s approximately 1,500 square metres of floor space also houses the body shop with paint shop and engine and transmission shops for the Porsche classics. There is also an in-house leather shop. As part of a complete restoration, the body is run through a cathodic dip paint bath, which guarantees the best possible corrosion protection. Other tools available to Porsche Classic include original alignment fixtures, frame gauges and datasheets. Customers are expressly invited to visit the Classic shop while work is being done on their Porsche cars, so that they can jointly assess progress and define the further course of the projects.

Once the car has been fully reconditioned, it is indeed like new technically, but it retains its original character. After completion of the work, the customer gets detailed documentation with extensive photographic material together with an engraved plate that verifies the original shop restoration by Porsche Classic with the car’s chassis number and an authorised signature.
New original parts for old Porsche sport cars
Classic car specialists at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG are continually working to update their inventory, which currently consists of around 35,000 classic parts, and they are meeting the high demand for rare original replacement parts with new products. Parts supply assumes a central role at Porsche Classic, since two-thirds of all Porsche cars ever built are still on the world’s streets today. But the manufacture of new parts, in particular, sometimes poses unusual challenges for Classic employees. more ...

Original emblem as a seal of quality
Without a doubt, one of the indispensible and charming details of the Porsche 356 and the early Porsche 911 cars is once again basking in its former nobility. After conducting in-depth research, experts at Porsche Classic succeeded in replicating the original Porsche emblem in historically accurate colours and materials and in having it manufactured – “made in Germany” of course. It is available for the bonnet handles of all Porsche 356 cars from the 1954 model year until its final production in 1965, as well as for the bonnet of the Porsche 911 of model years 1964 through 1973 (F model). more ...

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