OILCOOLED 2020

Back in the summer of 2019, Frank Cassidy was gearing up for the inaugural Oilcooled, a triple-whammy of Porsche-themed entertainment spread across a weekend in mid-august. Kicking off with a Saturday track session at Silverstone’s infield Stowe circuit, followed by a drive-in screening of Le Mans, the event culminated with a day-long static display of exotic Porsche machinery spread across a picturesque portion of Boxengasse, the hundred-acre Oxfordshire site Frank has developed into a one-stop destination for Porsche services and hospitality.

Thanks to lockdown restrictions temporarily easing, plus Frank’s stringent risk assessment, close collaboration with the local council, strict measures far exceeding government requirements and enthusiastic co-operation from the show’s commercial partners, Oilcooled came back even bigger than before — when compared to footfall in 2019, more than double the number of attendees showed up in 2020, bringing a huge number of wild and wonderful classic Porsches with them.

Oilcooled 2020’s sponsors were insurance firm, Tysers, tyre manufacturer, Nankang, suspension brand, Bilstein, motorsport wristwatch outfit, Omologato, Volkswagen and Porsche parts supplier, Heritage Parts Centre, and Boxengasse-located independent Porsche specialist, Autofarm. Traders included the chassis experts from Tractive Suspension UK, as well as Blockley-based air-cooled Porsche restoration and parts maker, Stuttgart Classica. Company bosses, Jason and Will, brought their beautiful blue RSR to the event. A few short steps away, Icon Engineering wowed with its 917 K replica. Running a rebuilt 964 flat-six (a flat-twelve will set you back $1.3m, people!), Icon’s 917 is just like the famous one, but with a handy extra: a number plate!

Other standout road-legal cars at Oilcooled included an impressive quartet of Rubystone Red Rs-badged 964s and the biggest gathering of air-cooled RUFS in the UK to date. Some attendees travelled from as far as the north of Scotland to be at the event, while renowned specialists (including Tech 9, Paragon, Tuthill and Hexagon Classics) brought close to fifty collector cars to Boxengasse. Needless to say, the lucky 950 ticket holders were treated to very special eye candy. We can’t wait until Oilcooled 2021, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday 21st August. See you there!