Alex talks with Road Scholars founder and CEO Cam Ingram about the first 356 and 550 Spyder that made him fall in love with cars and Porsches as an art student in the '90s; sweeping floors at a local shop, as every good automotive career begins with; getting laid out on the floor by an angry painter; the evolution of the shop industry; the ultimate sexiness of the four-cam Fuhrmann motor; which "plastic Porsche" is the best; bringing new and younger interest to the brand; a recently discovered passion for the Dodge Demon; the necessity of trading in boats, houses, and helicopters to get to the good cars; daily driving an E36 M3; whether German cars should come in any color aside from white; the sublimity of the modern 935; various forms of anatomy on display at the Indy 500 infield; the requisite salty old Brit in the shop; the imminent future of Road Scholars, including training the next generation of automotive craftspeople; restoring the 94th Porsche ever built, for Miles Collier; and highlights of the family collection, including their award-winning 1961 356B Carrera Abarth GTL and a host of other highly notable P-cars.

Links for titles/listings discussed in this episode:

Roadscholars1 user page
1967 Porsche 910
BaT Auctions Presents: “Gruppe P” from Road Scholars and Bond Group
2009 Foose Coupe
7k-Mile 1975 Triumph TR6
Porsche 935 (2019)
1961 Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL
Fiminod user page
1960 Porsche 356B Super 90 GT Coupe

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