• Historic Collection takes home silverware at Pebble Beach!

    Pebble Beach Concours of Elegance put on a incredible showing of BPR and FIA GT cars this year. Our 1993 Jaguar XJ220C Lightweight won the Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy for the most significant British car. As technically the last Jaguar to win at Le Mans it is great that the significance of this XJ220 is being recognised.

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  • Cars from the Historic Collection to be shown at Pebble Beach

    We are very excited to announce that we are out in Monterey with two of our collection cars to attend Pebble Beach Concours and the many brilliant surrounding events. The Pebble Beach Concours is perhaps the most prestigious concours event in the world, now in its 73rd year it manages to attract more incredible cars every time!

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  • Supercar Driver Secret Meet at Silverstone

    On Tuesday 19th June 2024 we were lucky enough to attend the SupercarDriver Secret Meet, held for the first time at Silverstone. We took two Group C cars along for these motorsport demos, our 1988 Ex-works Le Mans Toyota 88C fresh from a complete rebuild and our 1987 Rothmans 962 also freshly recommissioned...

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  • 24 Hours & 24 Months...

    We’ve been extremely busy with the collection cars over the last two years with 100 years of Le Mans, 75 years of Porsche and 40 years of Group C all falling within the last 24 months. We’ve celebrated these significant anniversaries in style attending some of the greatest historic race and concours events that have to paid tribute to these extraordinary racing cars.

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EXCLUSIVE BOOKS OFFER & DISCOUNT CODES

Due to popular demand we are now offering a limited amount of  volumes individually with interest free credit available. We also have exclusive discount codes and bundle deals on Ultimate Works Porsche 962 - The Definitive History and Works Porsche 956 - The Definitive History with options for a significant saving on John Fitzpatrick Group C Porsches - The Definitive History too!

Welcome to Historic Group C

Since October 1982 at the rain-soaked Brands Hatch 1,000 kms, we’ve been obsessed with Group C.

From the mid-90’s we have rebuilt, restored, raced and shown them by invitation at the world’s best events, winning races and the 2008 historic championship, as well as awards at Goodwood, Amelia Island and Rennsport. We occasionally find them new homes too.

Over 30 years in the making, with unique access to Porsche's archives, the period teams and drivers

This award winning three volume book follows the incredible full story of the Porsche 962 in unseen and unrepeatable detail.

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  • Group C Spares & Parts now available

    Not only have we been collecting the cars, we have also built up a substantial parts inventory over the past 25 years. Having now fully restored all the cars in the collection to their authentic original condition, we can now offer unique access to these parts as both usable spares or as authentic period memorabilia, much of it certainly being ‘works of art’.

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Legendary motoring journalist, Dickie Meaden, got behind the wheel of our Works Rothmans 962 (007) as part of an extensive 34 page Group C write up in the recent issue of 000 Magazine. We had a great chat with Dickie about what inspired his love for Group C Porsche and the experience of driving one for the first time. Accompanied by Mark Sumpter of Paragon Porsche and Henry Pearman. 

  • Just launched - the Historic GT1 & GT2 Collection

    Our passion for Group C naturally continued after that golden era ended and the collection also includes a number of iconic GT1 and GT2 cars from Mercedes, Ferrari, Porsche and Jaguar and currently spans from 1993 to 2011. Five of our cars will make up the 100 years of the Le Mans 24 Hours celebration display.

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In Car 962 -  Derek Bell at Silverstone

              
 
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the iconic ‘In Car 956’ video by Duke, we have produced a long-awaited follow up, with Derek driving and, this time, commentating on his fast laps around the Silverstone GP circuit, reunited with his 1989 World Championship and Le Mans 962.

Although the circuit layout has changed significantly since that first 'in car' video 40 years ago, Derek still shows some major pace!

  • Film & Video

    See the cars in action (both past and present) as well as interviews with some of the drivers and experts sharing some of the incredible stories of these cars and their background and history. Films include Goodwood Festival of Speed 2023, the 'In Conversation' series with Derek Bell and Alex Brundle, 'Driving 962-004', '40 Years of Group C', Derek Bell at Salon Privé 2011 and more...

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  • The Porsche Collection

    The collection begins with Chassis 956-008, which led at the 1983 Le Mans 24hr driven by Jochen Mass and Stefan Bellof - who went on to drive it to victory in the Norisring Gold Cup two weeks later.

  • Jaguar & Toyota

     In 1985 Jaguar set out to end Porsche’s streak of endurance domination. A number of the following cars in the collection formed Jaguar’s success story leading up to the famous Le Mans Win in 1988. 

  • Historic Group C Events

    We are invited to prestigious events around the world including Goodwood, Amelia Island, Pebble Beach Week and more. An exciting programme of racing events provides a fantastic opportunity to drive them on the some of the world's greatest circuits.

              
GROUP C FOR SALE

              
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  • Group C Endurance Racing Cars for sale

    A rare opportunity to acquire iconic endurance racing cars from the 1980s Group C period. Now available are Porsche 962-200, the 1988 & 1989 Derek Bell / Tiff Needell / James Weaver RLR lead team car and the iconic taka-Q liveried ex-Works 1988 Toyota 88C. Both have been expertly restored and are ideal entries for historic racing.

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