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Porsche drops out of Canadian International Auto Show

December 12, 2008

With the North American International Auto Show in Detroit struggling to keep their show floor full of new iron, the news came today that Porsche has dropped out of the CIAS in Toronto. Toronto is one of Porsche’s strongest market, so this move may come as a shock to some. In reality, it is a [...]

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Audi R8 Performance Tour makes stop in Regina and other R8 sightings

October 2, 2007

German tourists and the Audi R8 by Russ Bond
Good friend and occasional commenter here in The Garage Jouni Ranta is one of those Ontarians whose transplanted himself to a Canadian mountain town. He began his day today with a walk to the office. Rough life in those mountain towns. Anyway, back to our brush with [...]

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Work progressing on #27

July 21, 2007

I’ve been wondering when we were going to hear more news about the progress of Number 27, the Ranta Porsche 901 that is currently being restored in Pfaffenhausen by the Ruf team. The original plan had been to have the car finished some time this summer. It looks like that probably won’t happen, but it’s [...]

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Porsche 901 #27 Enjoys Easter In Germany

April 6, 2007

#27
We got a nice surprise in the inbox yesterday, sent from Herr Ruf. Our old friend #27 is safe and sound in the Ruf facility, awaiting the beginning of a full restoration. In each of the shots, the car is posing with Alois Ruf on the right. On the left is Hans. He has [...]

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Porsche 901 Number 27: The Journey Continues

November 22, 2006

Our coverage of Number 27’s voyage back to zee motherland continues with these pics of the Porsche 901 at it’s temporary stopover point in rural Quebec. After leaving the Ranta garage, the car survived it’s trip and finished up in style with a more than worthy stablemate. It is currently sharing garage space with a [...]

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Number 27’s Journey begins

November 12, 2006

Today was a bittersweet day. Number 27 left the Ranta household after living there for the last 43 years. It has begun it’s journey back to Germany, where it will be lovingly restored by the crew at Ruf Automobile in Pfaffenhausen under the watchful eye of Alois Ruf. Following it’s resto, the car will tour [...]

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An afternoon with a pair of Porsche Legends

July 23, 2006

As regular readers of The Garage will know that I spent much of my teenage years in the Ranta household, soaking up not only friendship, but a bit of automotive history. What some of you may not know is that one of the air cooled gems in the family collection is a very early Porsche [...]

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