{"id":751920,"date":"2013-02-17T18:21:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T18:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=751920"},"modified":"2024-12-09T03:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:30:54","slug":"book-review-the-complete-book-of-porsche-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/book-review-the-complete-book-of-porsche-911\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] The Complete Book of Porsche 911"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Complete Book of Porsche 911<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Randy Leffingwell<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Complete Book of Porsche 911\u201d provides a model-by-model overview for each year of the 911\u2019s production, from the original 901 prototype to the current models. In addition to production cars, this book also includes all of the factory\u2019s racing, prototype and special production cars, illustrated with current and archival photography. 288-pages, 275 color photos and 116 black\/white photos. <strong>$45.00<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.motorbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SC201301-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-525684 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SC201301-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SC201301-p2.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SC201301-p2-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SC201301-p2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SC201301-p2-293x296.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Complete Book of Porsche 911 By Randy Leffingwell \u201cThe Complete Book of Porsche 911\u201d provides a model-by-model overview for each year of the 911\u2019s production, from the original 901 prototype to the current models. In addition to production cars, this book also includes all of the factory\u2019s racing, prototype and special production cars, illustrated with current and archival photography. 288-pages, 275 color photos and 116 black\/white photos. $45.00. www.motorbooks.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":751923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,16906,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,89,18837,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-751920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-porsche","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-911","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] The Complete Book of Porsche 911<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/book-review-the-complete-book-of-porsche-911\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Book Review] The Complete Book of Porsche 911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Complete Book of Porsche 911 By Randy Leffingwell \u201cThe Complete Book of Porsche 911\u201d provides a model-by-model overview for each year of the 911\u2019s production, from the original 901 prototype to the current models. 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