Gallery: The Most Profound Porsches of Luftgekühlt 10

Luftgekühlt 10 returned to the location of Luft 6, Universal Studios' backlot, where hundreds of 911s, and a few 962s, 917s, 904s, and even a Porsche tractor were parked in famous sets from famous movies. It was Porschetastic.

Porsche 962-112 started life as a replacement for Porsche 956-102, according to dempseymotorsports.com. It was constructed and built using a mix of parts from 956-102. Sold new to John Fitzpatrick Racing in 1983, the car was raced until 1985, when it suffered an accident at Silverstone. The parts were transferred to 962-112 and the chassis was later sold to Brun and then rebuilt.

In 1985 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the car was damaged in practice. The chassis/tub was then sent to Thompson composites for repair. As such, the chassis has a very unique configuration right now: The front is a honeycomb structure, and the rear remains from the original Porsche chassis. With this configuration, it's very identifiable as the original 962-112 car.

Following its career with John Fitzpatrick Racing, the car was sold to Dauer Racing. There the car raced under the Victor Computer livery (I've personally never heard of Victor Computer until I started looking at this car). Under Dauer's direction the car had a few good results, turning a first place finish in the 2nd heat at Osterreichring InterSeries in 1987, and a handful of 2nd and 3rd place finishes. In mid-1988, the car was sold to Dahmen Racing and campaigned into the early 1990s. As with Dahmen's other cars, 962-112 was renumbered as 962.009/88 and campaigned extensively over the next four years.

This part of the Universal backlot is called Little Europe. It can be recast to become any European town. Here it's meant to recreate a tiny French village. The cobblestones are pressed cement that can be covered in sand or gravel as needed. The 912 in the foreground would be fun on any surface.

The purple cabriolet from Galpin matches the Aurberge du Village.

More Porsches parked before the people arrived.

The Porsche 911S continued as the top of the line 911 for the 1970 and 1971 model years, sitting above the contemporaneous 2.2L 911T and the 2.2L 911E, according to classic.com. As with the T and E variants, Porsche would upgrade the 911S to a larger 2.2 liter engine.

The version in the 911S, Type 911/02, featured mechanical fuel injection and was rated at 180 hp. During its production years it was available as a 2.2L 911S Coupe and a 2.2L 911S Targa. Vehicles from this period with significant modifications will be found in the 911S custom market. For model year 1972, the 2.2L 911S was replaced by the 2.4L 911S.

The IROC series was founded around purpose-built, virtually identical 1974 3.0-liter Porsche 911 RSR racing cars driven by racing greats from IndyCar, Formula 1, NASCAR, and other international series. The premise was simple and brilliant. There are seven of them in this picture and there may be one or two more around the corner to the left.

On your way to a board meeting. Bring at least 10 boards.

This sky blue 356 looked flawless.

Rally lighting adds versatility to your racing possibilities.

A truly monstrous patina...

This 356 cabriolet may have been the shiniest car at the Luft.

Road racer Rick Knoop is one of the nicest—and fastest—guys in racing. His first professional wins came in 1979 in IMSA Goodrich Radial Challenge 6-hour at Talladega in an AMC Concord, followed by GTU win at Road America in a Mazda RX-7, according to the Road Racing Drivers' Club. He won a Camel GTU class race at Pocono in 1981.

His first major win was 1983 Rolex 24 at Daytona’s GTO class in Mazda RX-7. Also that year he won GTO class at Mosport. Rick won Group C2 class in 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jim Busby in a Lola T-616, then won The Longest Day at Nelson Ledges in a Porsche with Busby and Fred Baker. He even drove selected Winston Cup races in 1981 and 1987. Since then he has been a frequent competitor in Historic Stock Car Series, plus Vintage and Historic races.

Beau Boeckmann, president and CEO of Galpin Motors, has focused his company’s resources on Porsches from the 1980s. Last year at the Monterey Werks Reunion Galpin showed off a magnificently purple 1988 Porsche Turbo Slantnose 930.

This year it’s a 1986 Porsche bb-Auto Targa Hybrid that was featured in the Porsche Classic Restoration Challenge at the Werks Reunion. After Werks, the car went to the Concept Lawn at Pebble Beach. And now here it is at Luft. The black-with-rainbow-hued Targa is inspired by and pays homage to a similar car called bb-Auto Rainbow Turbo Targa originally crafted in collaboration with Polaroid for a 1976 German photography show called Photokina.

A pair o' ducks. Or is it a paradox? You decide.

1957 356 Speedster.

A Porsche-powered Devin.

Bill Devin’s passion for cars began in the late 1940s when he modified a Crosley Hotshot, sparking his racing career, according to devinsportscars.com. He quickly gained recognition for his skill on the track, competing in major events like Pebble Beach and Palm Springs. His success fueled his love for European sports cars, leading him to race Ferraris, including the 250MM and 166MM.

In 1954, Devin founded Devin Enterprises and revolutionized the custom car industry with lightweight fiberglass bodies. These bodies were designed to fit a variety of chassis, making Devin a leader in aftermarket car customization. His innovative designs allowed enthusiasts to build high-performance sports cars at a fraction of the cost of European competitors.

Speedster foreground, tractor background.

A marquee Porsche Turbo.

This GT2 was driven by veteran racer John O'Steen, among others.

Kinecta is the exclusive financial services partner for Luft 10, btw.

An RSR 4.0.

This one is listed as a Canepa 959SC.

Carrera 3.8.

Along came a Spyder...

911s were by far the most popular Porsche at Luft.

#54 is taken to the cleaners.

Meguiar's rented out the old firehouse on the town square.

Prices of good 912s are up in the 90s.

911 on its way to a board meeting.

Looks like a G-Series 911 at the pump and a Targa in the garage.

Mirage is an Autobot in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, that sometimes takes the form of a silver and blue 911 Carrera RS 3.8 (type 964). Here is that car and the camera car driven by a professional pilote.

You won't need coffee to wake you up if you have this 911.

Hurley Haywood raced this 1976 934 in Group A and in Trans-Am for Vaske Polak, a Southern California Porsche dealer who fielded numerous race entries.

Auto Kennel is an Orange County, Calif. consignment shop specializing in 911s. This one is not for sale. They've driven it to Mexico and they regularly bring it SoCal car shows, including Luftgekuhlt.

Just as Carrera is a reference to La Carrera Panamericana, the great Mexican road race, Targa refers to the Targa Florio, the great open road race that circled the Italian Island of Sicily.

In August 1965, Porsche says, it applied for a patent for the Targa concept and from autumn 1966 the Targa supplemented the Coupé for the 911, 911 S, and 912 with resounding success. From the late summer of 1967, the Targa models could also be ordered with a fixed and heated rear window made of safety glass in place of the fold-down plastic rear window. A solution that became standard equipment just a year later and which remained a feature of the targa more or less unchanged until 1993.

That's the event DJ, surveying a pair of Turbos.

A G-Series 911S, a Carrera 4S and a Turbo.

No idea.

From the rear...

Porsche says the 914 was a joint development between itself and Volkswagen and was the new Porsche entry-level model as of 1970. The two-seater, also known as the "VW Porsche," was a mid-engine sports car. Striking design features included the very long wheelbase, short overhangs, the removable roof center panel made from glass fiber-reinforced plastic as well as the wide safety bar. The 914 also featured pop-up headlights.

At the time of its launch, the 914 was available with two engines: a 1.7-liter flat-four with 80 hp from Volkswagen and a 2.0-liter flat-six with 110 hp from the Porsche 911 T. These were followed by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with 100 hp based on the 1.7-liter engine in model year 1973 and a 1.8-liter four-cylinder with 85 hp in model year 1974. In the four-cylinder models the ignition lock was located on the right. The wheels of the 914 were mounted with four wheel nuts. The standard 914 model (914/4) was produced by body maker Karmann in Osnabrück.

Do you recognize any famous movie settings?

Event co-organizer Jeff Zwart zips around the grounds on his carbon-fiber bicycle.

A 356 Speedster parked in front of (I think) the same steps where Harry Callahan shot the bank robbers, remember? Well, do ya', punk?

A Singer 911.

This Paris-Dakar rally tribute car is owned by Galpin Auto.

The murals behind this gorgeous Turbo depict some of Universal's greatest horror movies. Just in time for Halloween.

The 911 Carrera RS 2.7 with its distinctive “ducktail” rear wing was the trailblazer in aerodynamics. When it was unveiled in 1972, the 911 Carrera RS 2.7 became the first production car to feature a rear aerodynamic wing, Porsche says.

Even Frank seems to approve of the 911.

...his bride does not...

...but in the end they all agree Porsches are cool. Luftgekuhl.

"You spent HOW MUCH on that car?"

Targa!

911s to the horizon!

1971 Porsche 917 K.

The car was part of Porsche Salzburg in 1970. The Martini name was given by team owner Louise Piëch following sponsorship from Martini & Rossi.

The Piëch team took Le Mans in a sister car to this one, numbered 22, the winning car driven by Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep and sporting numerous experimental features including a magnesium tube frame.

Tag Heuer makes watches and sponsors race cars.

This is the other end of the row of 911s you saw a few pictures ago.

Pray for speed!

The Sierra Madre Collection offers a number of parts for your Porsche.

Porsche 904 GTS #44 competed in the 1965 Sebring 12 hour race.

That's Pete Stout at left, editor of 000, with Sarah Lassek, 000's chief brand officer.

1960 718 RS 60.

A lone 911 awaits its call on Stage 31.

Praying for speed.

Media star Lyn Woodward's recently restored 912.

The Vasek Polak race rig.

...from the side.

...and from the rear.

This 912 drove all the way from Washington.

Another Turbo.

...and a Ducktail.

This window sticker belongs to the Targa in the previous photo.

914 6.

This 1977 934.5 raced in Group 4 of IMSA GT.

The crew was ready for action!

Recognize this driveway from Desperate Housewives? Those characters might have been less edgy if they'd driven some of these.

This car drove around on Antarctica.

A Ducktail parks on Wisteria Lane.

The IROC Porsches!