THE RAWEST OF THEM ALL

I think it is only appropriate to start this feature with the comments first muttered to me by this car’s current custodian, a Porsche collector and racer. “It is the most pure, brutal, rawest production Porsche I have ever driven in my life,” he says, and I can’t wait to find out if he’s right.

This particular example started life as an original 993 GT2 Clubsport, stripped of any unnecessary interior comforts. There are no carpets, air conditioning, or sound deadening to speak of. The interior and roll cage is painted the same colour as the exterior, while safety equipment includes a driver’s harness, a battery kill switch and racing bucket seats. In place of the dual-mass flywheel, the Clubsport came with a clutch disc with torsional dampers, reducing weight even further.

Other standard GT2 fittings included the race-inspired, three-piece, five-spoke Speedline alloy wheels. Bending down on my knees, I place