| | | | | | | MOTORBOOKS BLOG |  For some enthusiasts, the ultimate barn-find is a Cobra (for me it was a 289); for others, it could be a Z28 Camaro or a Duesenberg. For John Forbes, of Denver, North Carolina, it has always been a Porsche 914/6. Forbes is a well-known Porsche mechanic, restorer, and racer. He has worked exclusively on Porsches for 42 years, the duration of his entire working life. As a teenager, he cut his teeth on a 911 at a gas station in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. In 1971, he became a mechanic at a Porsche dealership, specializing in engines and transmissions. His first exposure to racing came when he worked on Mark Donohue's Penske IROC Porsche at the dealership in 1974. The racing bug had bit, and Forbes was hooked. He raced a series of six-cylinder 914 Porsches, occasionally beating factory pros such as Hurley Haywood and Bob Snodgrass from Brumos Porsche in Jacksonville, Florida. Eventually Forbes opened his own Porsche repair facility-Black Forest Racing-and moved it to Denver, North Carolina, where he works on all Porsches, but prefers 914s. |
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Author Bob Boze Bell , a lifelong resident of Kingman, Arizona (one of the quintessential Route 66 towns), has accumulated a unique sense of the Mother Road's history, not to mention friendships with folks from Kingman and other Route 66 communities. In The 66 Kid -part autobiography, part narrative history, part oral history - Bell offers a highly illustrated account of the world's most famous highway full of the author's personal observations and recollections, and exciting first-person accounts from people who lived, worked, and played along the road. |
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Randy Leffingwell is going to be doing a book signing at a Macy's in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Saturday, August 30,in conjunction with the National Corvette Museum's 20th Anniversary. Leffingwell will appear at the store at 2 p.m. With any purchase of $100 or more, customers will receive a complimentary autographed copy of his latest book, Corvette 60 Years. The National Corvette Museum, located in Bowling Green, will celebrate its 20th anniversary August 27-30. |
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