All-white Porsche Collection Will Leave You Snowblind
Tucked away in an undisclosed location, the collection includes 65 models, plus rare Porsche memorabilia.
Some people collect Porsches because they’re simply the finest in luxury and high performance. Others prefer a certain model or time period. A few may even collect memorabilia while only owning a couple of cars.
And then, there’s this collection. Porsche Club of America magazine Porsche Panorama was recently granted access to a private collection of white Porsches gathered in an all-white room. And what a collection it is.
“Here at the White Collection, we have about 65 Porsches,” said caretaker Carl Bauer. “It’s a number that’s constantly changing, but it’s usually going up.”
The centerpiece of the White Collection is an 1987 959 Komfort, a car Bauer considers “a technological tour de force,” and a masterful blend of technology and luxury. The collection itself, meanwhile, is treated as if it were a museum, “from the pads that the cars are parked on, the floor signage that we have here,” and the arrangement of 911s, 356s, and other Porsches centered around the 959, Carrera GT and 918 Spyder.
“We have a very extensive technical library here at the White Collection,” Bauer said. “We have documents starting, I think, in 1951, 1950, spare parts lists, workshop manuals, etc.”
The White Collection also has “a pretty extensive collection of everything Porsche,” including luggage pieces, bicycles, champagne and champagne glasses, skis and snowboards, leather jackets, and so much more.
“What got me into Porsches? My dad bought a 1978 Targa new in late ’77; I was born a few years later,” said Bauer. “Growing up, [he] always had that in the garage. Dad still has it. A one-owner car, 7,000 miles or so. I grew up in it.”
Bauer flies in from his hometown to his collection, spending three weeks living above the nearly white cars while “sorting parts, doing parts replacement, making the cars better,” and so on. Not a bad way to spend some time going over the whitest Porsche collection around.
