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Luke Gilbertson, the face behind the influential Instagram page ‘Make Green Great Again’, joins us to talk about owning a Porsche 356 and his outstanding car history in ‘First, Worst, Best, & Next’. We discuss with him the significance of Instagram for car enthusiasts, how cool it is to work at DK Engineering, the forthcoming Make Green Great Again St. Patrick’s Day meet at Caffeine & Machine, plus the importance of the colour of your car - and how it should only be important to you.

You can find Luke at @iamlukegilbertson and his project @makegreengreatagain 

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Its fantasy garage time as the boys select their dream air- and water-cooled 911s, plus a mid-engined Porsche and a wildcard, from the current 9WERKS Marketplace stock list. Elsewhere, Max and Lee have been tinkering with their cars, with useful info on shift cables, remaps and geo tweaks… plus find out why you need to declare PPF on your insurance in the UK.

All Porsche stock on the 9WERKS Marketplace is properly prepared by reputable dealers only, and backed with comprehensive warranties for peace of mind. You can also request inspections and get an independent finance quote from our partners Rare Car Finance. See the full stock list at 9werks.co.uk/marketplace.

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

The boys are joined by James Bullen, serial 992 owner, to discuss the highs, lows and legacy of the eighth-generation 911 before its replacement arrives in the form of the 992.2. Featuring production numbers, notable technical innovations and our favourite models of the era. Elsewhere, our latest quarterly prize winner for our Driven Not Hidden Collective is revealed.

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

It’s a 914 special as Andy, Max and Lee dive into the history, specs and values story of the first mid-engined German sports car!

There’s also a chat with Ben Mellors of Fifteen Eleven, who gives us the inside story on his company’s awesome new restomod, bringing the 914 story back into the modern-day limelight.

Fifteen Eleven can be found at www.fifteenelevendesign.com and @fifteen_11

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

We deep dive into Manthey Racing, beginning with a lengthy chat with Michael Grassl, Manager of Sales at Manthey in Germany. We also talk to Ricky Nash from RPM Technik who uses the Manthey Racing geo rig on a daily basis, and Bailey from Porsche Centre Bournemouth who is newly trained to install Manthey products from the main dealer.

You can find Manthey at www.manthey-racing.de and @manthey_racing
RPM Technik at www.rpmtechnik.co.uk and @rpmtechnik
Bournemouth Porsche Centre at www.porschebournemouth.co.uk and @porschebournemouth

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Fresh off the back of 9WERKS TV’s exclusive test drive of the 997 GT3 RS-engined 964 with Le Mans-grade software, Dr Philip Hoffmann joins Andy and Lee to dive into the details behind this game-changing restomod.

Philip is the proprietor of REEN, the Munich-based company responsible for the cutting-edge tech which has the potential to change the landscape for classic cars and how we use them. Also featuring our usual 9WERKS Marektplace gem of the week, our ‘spread the love’ nominations, and a welcome for new DNHC members!

You can find REEN at www.reencars.com and @reengineered_classics

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

9WERKS Radio returns with a live recording at Heritage Parts Centre in front of the Driven Not Hidden Collective!

As part of the DNHC’s January return to Heritage for its annual ‘9WERKS at the Warehouse’ curtain raising event, Lee, Andy and Max are joined by Andy Gregory from Heritage Parts Centre, as a guest panellist. The four chaps discuss their Porsche plans for 2024, which includes road trips, modifications, and a possible new purchase…

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Andy, Max and Lee are joined by Toby Dyer and Nick Modha, the first and second members respectively of the Driven Not Hidden Collective, to look back on our Porsche highlights of the mammoth year that was 2023. What were our best drives, trips, cars and memories to take away from a year where we celebrated so many anniversaries?

Thanks to all who have supported 9WERKS Radio this year: your downloads, reviews, comments and of course sign-ups to the DNHC are much appreciated. We look forward to bringing you more great Porsche content in 2024.

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Dave the Trimmer joins us to enlighten us on the world of interior trimming, including the answer to the most important question, what has he found tucked away when retrimming a car?

Elsewhere, there’s a mass update on Porsches we’ve driven lately, including the 993 Carrera RS, 992 Dakar, and X51-powered 996…

You can find Dave at @davethetrimmer

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

The boys are joined by car detailing experts Maz & Rodger from Garage Therapy to answer your questions on all aspects of car detailing. Topics covered include ceramic coating, PPF, keeping glass clean, and dispelling common detailing myths.

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

The team introduce a new regular feature to the show: what’s your first, worst, best and next car? There’s only one rule… your first cannot be your worst! We plan to use these questions to break the ice with our future guests.

Elsewhere, could there be a change of cars for Max?

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

We flew Tony Hatter all the way from Stuttgart to celebrate 30 years of the 993. 30 993’s escorted Tony from Heathrow to lunch near Goodwood and then on to our friends at Porsche Bournemouth for Q&A evening with a 100 strong audience. We filled the showroom with the Driven not Hidden 993’s. Listen to hear about the day and for Tony’s presentation with many unheard tip bits about designing the last air cooled 911.

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Porsche Club GB chairman, Nick Taylor, joins Andy and Lee to discuss the triumphs and challenges of running the UK’s largest Porsche Club. How do you steer an organisation of over 23,000 members, with a staff made up of mostly volunteers, while trying to appeal to enthusiasts from every age, sex and background? 

Nick, a member of the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective, offers a wonderfully candid chat about what lies ahead for the Club, and the personal sacrifice encountered while trying to ensure its success. Elsewhere, which ‘Works’ members have won our latest quarterly prize giveaway?

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Lee and members of the DNHC are back from their road trip to the Porsche Museum, which did not pass without incident! Find out all the gossip – including which car broke down, twice – as those on the trip share their best and funniest moments.

Lee also reveals what it was like to drive the iconic Millionth Porsche 911 ever made, with special thanks to the Porsche Museum.

With the northern hemisphere slipping out of summertime, the team also pick their ideal winter hack from the 9WERKS marketplace… with very different results!

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Andy and Max are joined by Pawel Kalinowski from CarBone to tell us the story of how the company started with Pawel designing some stickers he needed for a restoration of his 911 SC. The company is now 30 people strong, supplying everything from those original stickers to full restorations of aircooled 911s.

You can find CarBone at www.carbone.pl and @carboneliveries

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Andy, Lee & Max reflect on their accumulative 10 weeks in the States recently to dissect the pros & cons of US v UK Porsche car culture. Featuring lengthy chats with Gunther Werks (@guntherwerks), Shark Werks (@sharkwerks) plus Makellos Classics (@makellosclassics)

Max’s gem of the week is a 993 from RPM Technik 

Max recommends ACME Coffee in Monterey (www.acmecoffeeroasting.com). Lee is also on the food and coffee theme this week with Trinks Cafe (@trinkscafe) in Gualala in Northern California. Andy thanks Carbone (@carboneliveries) for their hospitality at Rennsport Reunion.

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Lee, Andy & Max are in California, fresh from a weekend celebrating Rennsport Reunion 7 at Laguna Seca raceway. The gents dissect the weekend, reviewing the cars they’ve seen, and the people they’ve met… including news on the new GT3 R Rennsport’s first drive.

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

What’s it like spinning the spanners on Porsche’s finest sports cars? Wrightune’s Chris Wright and Philip Raby’s Ollie Barclay dial in to explain their careers and experiences working on the maintenance & repair of Porsche sports cars, before discussing their best & worst cars to work on, how tech has changed the industry, and the pros and cons of air-cooled!

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 993 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Andy, Lee and Max present a bumper episode in honour of the Porsche 911’s 60th birthday. Devour every detail of the 911’s evolution, decade by decade, with this in-depth study of the cars, colours, people and places which have contributed to the 911’s iconic status.

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.

You’ll have heard of KAMM and its brilliant, 750kg 912C restomod (having hopefully seen the videos on 9WERKS TV), but what do you know about the company behind it?

Founder Miki Kazmer shares his story with Lee and Andy, from his upbringing in Budapest, to his career in the film industry, and how his experiences in the UK and beyond have helped shape this fast-evolving 912 project. Plus, there’s exclusive news on a new KAMM project on the horizon!

You can find Kamm on Instagram at @kammanufaktur_ and their website is wwwkammanufaktur.com

‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.

The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy and obsessive Porsche enthusiast & magazine junkie Max Newman @maxripcor, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.

If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven (Not Hidden) Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.