Magnus Walker Drives the First Porsche that Ignited a Lifelong Passion
Famed Porsche collector looks back at his inspirations, especially the 1977 911 Turbo that started it all.
When Magnus Walker was only ten years old, he started a lifelong long affair with Porsche. It started after he attended a car show with his father and spotted a 1977 White Martini Porsche 911 Turbo. After that, everything changed.
“In the blink of an eye, I fell in love with that car,” says Walker in a new episode of 9:11 Magazine by Porsche.
“It looked fast standing still,” he says. “It was racy. It was something that I just dreamed about…the big whale tale, the wide flared hips…It just made me think about it all the time.”
Growing up in Sheffield, England, a working class neighborhood, Walker rarely saw Porsches on the road. But the fire was already started within. It was the birth of a Porsche man. Walker decided to write Porsche a letter.
“Believe it or not, I actually wrote a letter to Porsche and asked if I could be a designer for them,” Walker laughs. Porsche did reply and told Walker to contact them again when he was older.
“I had a dream and I never gave up.”
Walker now is synonymous with Porsche; as a successful designer, as well as an enthusiastic collector with an enviable collection.
In the video, Walker finally gets a change to drive that same beautiful ’77 White Martini Porsche that had such a profound effect on him, and he drives it in Sheffield, along the roads and streets he grew up on.
“To me, the greatest thing about driving a Porsche is freedom,” he says. “It covers all the senses. In a way there is a sense of chaos and of calmness all at the same time.”
Check out the full video of 9:11 at Porsche. And to see more of Walker’s incredible Porsche collection, check him out online, or on Instagram.
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