NOVEMBER 2007 (ISSUE 164)

Warning to self: spending time flicking through the 911&PW archive for the monthly instalment of ‘Time Machine’ can make you feel very old. I mean, was it really 10-years ago that proper Porsche PR man, Andrew Davies, fixed it for the Porsche monthlies to jet into Stuttgart for a day with the then new 997 GT2? Those truly were the days, and truly, what a car.

And this issue sparks another memory and an anniversary of sorts. A test of a 911 SC RS is something of a rarity. It was the result of a trip to Spa for a track day and a drive in a 908, which didn’t happen (it broke), but we met with 911&PW reader and Porsche collecter extraordinaire, Johan Dirckx, whose SC RS we stumbled across.

Back then Johan preferred to remain anonymous, but since that chance meeting in 2007, he’s been a supportive benefactor to 911&PW supplying many rarities for our driving pleasure and to be featured in these pages. And these days, he’s not quite so shy. Thanks Johan for 10-years of support. Sorry you’ve had to put up with Tipler and Fraser for all that time.