THE 2.0L CUP: THE 1965 PORSCHE SUPERCUP

Although never seen in the UK, the single-model 2.0L Cup run by the French-based Peter Auto organisation is, on paper at least, an unlikely winner. Generally, one-make race series for period cars are not an easy concept to bring to fruition and when the cars are both rare and valuable it’s an even more off-the-wall premise.

Modern one-make categories are usually based around marketing campaigns for new models and tend to come and go like the weather. However, through its widely-franchised domestic Carrera Cups and Formula 1-supporting Supercup, Porsche is the most committed manufacturer in this type of racing. Fittingly, though not through factory backing, the German brand also sets the mark in period one-make racing.

The short-chassis two-litre, flat-six-engined Porsche 911 is now a very