The Porsche Worth Keeping Isn't the Fast One | Patrick Long & Jeff Zwart

What makes a Porsche worth keeping for the rest of your life?

Patrick Long has raced some of the fastest and most important Porsches ever built. Jeff Zwart has spent decades racing, photographing, filming and living with them. Yet when I asked each of them to choose just one Porsche for the rest of their lives, neither chose the fastest car.

We talk about why older, slower cars can sometimes deliver more of a driving experience, whether you can modify an air-cooled Porsche until you remove what made it special, why Jeff still drives his cars through snow, and how a Porsche becomes a keeper.

We also spend plenty of time talking about Luftgekühlt!

With Luft 12 coming to Town at Trilith outside Atlanta on October 10, Patrick and Jeff take us behind the scenes of how they choose the cars, why the venue matters so much, what makes a Porsche “Luft-worthy,” and why a beat-up old 912 with a great story can sometimes be more interesting than a priceless museum piece.

And Jeff explains why, after 53 years together, his Porsche 914-6 would still be the one car he keeps.

And for anyone heading to Luftgekühlt 12 in Atlanta on October 10, let me know. After this conversation with Patrick and Jeff, I moved a few things around and I’m planning to make the trip down as well.

LUFTGEKÜHLT 12

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Town at Trilith

Fayetteville, Georgia

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