Porsche 911: One Car to Do It All - Petrolicious 

The 39 people who gave this video a thumbs down are the guys he beat on the track

I won't lie. The wing isn't there because it looks good. But if you google my name and the word wing or aero you'll see that it's well-thought-out, effective, cheap, and (also important) it unbolts and gets stowed when I'm not on the track.

Note what he says at 5:06 about suspension vs. horsepower. That's a guy who understands.

Dude, this guy is living my dream life.

I think I like this car a lot because it reminds me of how I modified my Miata. It's a 1999, but it has a higher compression bottom end from a 2001, transmission is from a 94, brakes are from the 2004 turbo Miata. My suspension setup is one that I co-developed with a pro shock builder and ended up with something really special. Many of my friends jump around between cars and they always never feel quite right in some way. When you spend a lot of time and are patient when developing a platform and yourself, the results are always much better and more satisfying. I ended up with an absolutely sweet road car that is incredible fun at both track and autocross, too. This is how you do a car right.

The Garage is as cool as the car.

Jack you are the MacGyver of 911s.

I love 911s, but I LOVE that garage! I watch this video every few months...just keep coming back to it, and thinking about it in between. I read the details on the lift somewhere, he got the industrial lift used for like $400 and did all the work himself. Was shocked to learn that all in, it cost him something like $650. That's part of what is so amazing; it's refreshing to see someone put in that much time and effort into making something as perfect as possible. Not throwing money at a problem, applying mind and muscle. #ingenuity

After the years of watching these petrolicious videos, this car remains my favorite and in my opinion one of the best on here.

Love this guy, his car and his garage. That relentless iteration is pretty inspiring. I can't imagine too many more fun things than sitting in that garage and geeking out on all the details for several hours. I especially love the fact that Jack has learned to do all the things he wanted to do and then did them. Respect.

The scuff marks at 3:43 the fact that he carries every thing to and from the track in the car he plans on driving on the track. Gotta love that, that's respectable.

This gentleman is a winner.Do it yourself.Everything.

His dedication to the car is so admirable. The thought of continuously perfecting his car and workshop to fulfill multiple duties on and off the track is such a novel idea that I doubt many could actually accomplish.

I always find myself coming back to this video

This man is the epitome of practicality, American resourcefulness and automotive enthusiasm, rock on! I want that garage!

Watching this for the third time… It reinforces the idea that a 911 is a forever type of car, and that you can find satisfaction in mastering and continually improving the one, right car. I have a 964, and I don’t see anything newer that would make me happier automotively.

Everything in this film appeals to me: The 911 itself, obviously, the very trick garage set up and Jack's philosophy on owning a car like this and getting the best from it. Inspirational stuff.

My favorite Petrolicious video. I was wondering why he is so well spoken, and then it made sense when he said he's a writer.

My favorite Petrolicious video yet. Jack, I remember being struck by your car the first time I saw it on Rennlist years ago and it remains a high water mark I hope to reach in my own projects one of these days. I didn’t realize until now that the garage I’ve been studying the last year for ideas in setting my own up was put together by the same genius! One of these days when I make the trip from the east coast to the west coast to fulfill more Porsche dreams, I hope to run into you at the track. Keep it up man!

Inspirational, one guy that can do it all.

Wow guy is motivated in pursuit of his hobby.

This video never gets old I have lost Count how many times I’ve watched it

Still watching in 2020.

One of the best 911 video/documentaries I have ever seen. Jack Olsen's passion and dedication are so inspiring. I couldn't even imagine that he is a writer and not a mechanic or something similar. His story makes me feel less afraid about trying new tools of trade and start making things done. Would love to get to know him and work with him... too bad I'm a few thousand miles away from his whereabouts xD This Porsche is much better than the Singer ones. The love and dedication... maybe not as fast or as light, but definitely much more "wantable"...

And the 911 is just that, "Developing that one object perpetually".

Found this channel today and all i can say is that i love all of these videos. Every single person has such a strong passion for their vehicle; that is what makes a true car enthusiasts. Much respect to this guys garage though.

The ocd is strong with this one

When this man said he and his 911 play rough together, that’s all I need to know that he’s the real deal. We might have different parents, but we pumped the same race blood

This is such an inspirational video. Not only the car, but his calm approach to everything. I’ve never seen a garage like this before. So incredible!

Being a Porschephile myself, as well as a writer and someone who appreciates beautiful AND functional design, I truly related to the film, car, and Mr. Olsen on many levels. His idea of wanting to further the evolution of both the 911 and his garage into single tools that can do nearly everything well parallels the Porsche philosophy brilliantly. An excellent video!

I think this has to be one of my all time favourite car/documentaries I've watched. Awesome video, Awesome car and even better garage. Thanks for sharing this!

For the last 7 years, I still go to bed wishing I had a garage/ shop like this. Wonderful passion.

Man, such a fan of this video for too many reasons to count. An early 911 is my all time dream car and has been for a long time now. I'm hoping to own one myself some day to use in a similar way Jack uses his; pretty much everything. The video is so relatable to me for much more than that though, but mad props to Jack -- a fictional writer by trade -- for taking on all of this on his own without any prior knowledge. Truly motivational and inspiring ✊

Everything is a compromise. Mechanically or otherwise. That may sound obvious, but it plays in the physical world (physics...dugh) and the human/emotional one as well (marriage?). What Petrolicious speaks of here cuts both ways. Many who have taken the time to find and watch this video have been bitten by the air cooled bug. I am no exception. I can still remember those many decades ago how I wished for a 911 turbo. I can still vividly remember gazing into that book of exotics and latching onto it, despite the competition. Between repeats of the Rolling Stones,' Jump'in Jack Flash, I knew I would have one someday. Truly, after all I have lived through I did not forget that experience. And from modern media I find I am not the only one. That image, that lust, was so strong that I am now (some forty years later) waiting for delivery of my 600 (whp) 964-based RSR twin turbo. What stirs a man to do such things? To remember an image on paper and pursue it far beyond flesh and its first experience? Ferdinand had no idea...

I love this guy he's so intuitive, creating what he needs/wants for his own personal car, as well as his home, he seems like a person who plays a lot of attention to detail and I like that a lot.

I think I like his garage more than his car. Fantastic job.

now recalling some photos i saw on boards in past re: Jack's 911. love that body & gas cap location, etc.thx for posting.

I love coming back to this video once in a while. Jack you're truly inspirational!

This video is timeless. Couldn't tell it was from 2013 until I noticed the dates marked on the comments. Bravo.

Joe Rogan & Bill Burr brought me here.

I had a 84 Carrera and it was the best. I drove the hell out of it, all over the southwest. It never broke, every interface was the best I ever encountered. It did it all. Planning on another one soon.

I appreciate drivers that don't focus on the amount of HP the car can produce but rather how the car can use all it's power thru chassis set up. Well done sir,

this is Singer before Singer got big

I love that it's mixed and matched.. The focus on perfection, matching numbers etc..while nice really detracts from some brilliant cars out there, cars should look, sound and go well.. I think this Porsche does just that.. Kudos to the owner.

I`ve watched this vid about a half dozen times, as well as many others, on Petrolcious. These guys do an awesome job with short stories about people and there cars..........Its a nice change from other vids out there...Thanx

The feels.

... no words ... the car, the Garage , the driver that hold them together ... the DREAM

This is one of the best videos I've seen in a long time.

i had a picture of this garage for years , now that i see this video by accident its blows me away.. so cool

Sometimes I really think that I was born in the wrong country! Searching the internet, Croatian sites for the Porsche cars (old ones ofc) & there is only one Porsche in Croatia that is selling it's '81 Targa without engine & gearbox, everything else on the car is in real good shape. So the car is missing engine & gearbox, as I could see it was 3.0 with the original 74 000 kilometers. So only way to own a Porsche in Croatia is to buy that one & only Targa that is selling for 24 000€ & try to find engine & gearbox in some other country. I mean 24 000€ for that classic that is selling is not so bad because car is in really good condition, but without 2 most important things. Always watching this Porsche videos & thinking to myself wow I was really born in the wrong country. Love this video, love the garage, love how this guy is talking about his Porsche.. Really love every second of it!! I salute you sir!! p.s. I'm sorry for my english!

I have no words, absolutely amazing car. And garage... I have never seen such a great place to work on my car, till now.

"horsepower looks good in a magazine article, but suspension is what gets you around the track fast" Very true statement. This is why I hate it when people complain that some cars are underpowered like the older civics and the brz. The aftermarket is there for all of your speed and HP needs but if the chassis is crap and bloated then it's going to handle like crap.

THIS GUY IS A BOSS !!! I dont know how I feel after watching this video....Envious? Jealous? I think those feelings are in there somewhere as well as a kinship. Ive ALWAYS wanted a 911...from when I was a young child looking into car windows to see how "fast" they go from their speedometer maximum....and that was a long time ago indeed. Now...somebody somewhere sold one of Steve McQueens 911's and my 911 dream SUDDENLY seemed to go POOF! I will find one someday...not running and ressurect it. THIS GUY DEFINITELY GETS SERIOUS PROPS FROM ME....VERY WELL DONE INDEED

Footage of spirited driving mixed with classical music is such a beautiful thing, hard to explain but I absolutely love it. Well done!!

Man what an admirable man - I want to be like him when I grow up…

You've gone and done what I and many people dream of doing. I'd like to have a humble but highly flexible garage and a single car in it that does many things well. Thanks for the story :)

Thanks for sharing. It inspires me even more building my own daily driver that I can take it to the track. I love what you done with your garage. A coworker told me about your video. I love it. I enjoyed every second of this video. I would like to meet you one of these days. I hope I ran into your one day and get to see your car in person. Again thank you for sharing!!! :) Peace

You know, i come back here once in a while, rewatching this video. It's amazing.

That's the definition of a car enthusiast and it doesn't mean liking every car produced. But enjoying a particular car that the title says(does it all).

Fantastic work all around:) Loved everything about all of it. Way to go learn new things and make your life all the better for it.

Even after seeing this video as many times as I have, it's no less inspiring to me now than it was when I first saw it. This really lays waste to the seemingly endless excuses of people not to get involved in projects they'd like to and can afford to, but won't exercise the risk or sacrifice the space or what have you.

I love the mindset and how he thinks of continuing to iterate on the single notion of developing the perfect 911 from all those that have come before.

Most inspirational Jack. It shows that it's never too late to learn new skills and to keep honing any particular skill or object will result in something very special. Much like the rear-engined Porsches :)

This is what you call "making it your own." There are so many purists out there that trash "frankenstein" cars, but the car community is all about diversity and vision. The car community would be pointless if everyone planned on restoring cars to its original form and keeping there. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's refreshing to see people tuning their cars to make them better or stand out more. This Jack guy has a vision for his car and he paid the money, time, blood, sweat, and tears to make it his own. This guy clearly knows what he's doing as he tracks his car and tunes the car himself. That's pretty damn impressive. Keep up the good work my man, I hope to work on a classic Porsche myself one day.

after seeing that garage this is a true porsche guy. what an awesome video. i loved it

Fantastic video documentary. Olsen is well spoken truly focussed man. What a fantastic example of passion, love, science, craftsmanship, and pure enjoyment. A satisfied man in constant pursuit of the action of obtaining perfection.

What an impressive display of applied creativity.

All fantastic videos! Thank you for putting them together, and I look forward to watching many more! :)

I love this video in every possible way. It's 'pure' personal truth. Thank You, Thank You for making it. Kyle.

Man this is the 5th time I have seen this video. This guy is a fictional writer? WTF. Sick car and garage. Goes to show people when one has a passion great things happen. Jack my friend, you rock.

I’m here because of Joe Rogan and Bill Burr

Jack Olsen you roll well. Loved the video~! Love the car. Great narration. Clean tools and work-space is what you do when you are not using the garage. Loved the floor lift~! Good use of the space - drop-down tool storage and work surfaces. I am a long-time Porsche fan. I wish I had this one~! Thanks!!!

Love this guy's car and his garage - can't make up my mind which I love the most - he's definetly living the dream.

Another great video from you Petrolicious. Seen this Pelican member's car and garage/man cave many times, and I am equally excited to see here too. Ive seen his race wheels stacked up on roof for the track. Superb!!

kept coming back to watch this vid.. just to listen and enjoy the way Jack drive his Porsche at 5:19.. hopefully this vid gonna hit 1M views

Graduating from Cal Poly SLO, I came through the red light coming from Poly onto High Way 1 and spun a 1967 912. Old Michelin Pilot tires, I over-corrected several times and wound up facing on-coming traffic--which thankfully was still at the red light 100m opposite me. I cracked the rear wheel from hitting the medium. The car that belonged to my GF at the time; a beautiful red car. Around 2004.

So cool what he said at the end, working on one thing indefinitely.

Great short, unbelievable dedication to your craft, well done.

As soon as they showed a bit of the garage I realized who this was. I followed Jack's garage build on the garage journal. Neat to see a video about his car and his garage.

i have this tabbed as a favourite on my browser! great vid.

Bravo, sir. I'm sure you've heard this before but you're living a life I'm trying to create. It sure does look fun. Love the frankenporsche too! I'm a big fan of the 72RS body, but I'd want decent disc breaks and as you've done, better suspension. Classy stuff.

These videos are amazing. I find myself falling in love with cars I never looked twice at because of the cinematography.

This guy is an inspiration to all innovative men...true master of all.

This is Petrolicious in top form. Even without copious magic hour staging and drone photography.

These old Porsche 911's are so small and compact, and they don't have a massive amount of power, nor do they seem complicated. They're so simple. And with a manual transmission, they just scream "Let's go to a mountain road and drive!" Stunning. I want one so bad!

This man is The Sensei. Thank you for this report. It is an inspiration.

What an awesome bloke. What a passion! Really sweet car and a cool garage!

True inspiration to all enthusiasts that started out not knowing how to change oil on their weekend fixxer-uppers.

I love this man and his message. Great video.

Awesome and enviable car and garage................well done, Thanks

Jack, you're a hero! Dream garage and a cool minset for project, got a fan on Brazil for sure!

What a great car. At one point he says "not collectable". How are those 72 prices doing in 2016 :-)

I love this guys garage... Hoping to make one myself...

I have watched this video soo many times! I can't get enough!

Thanks Joe! This is amazing! Thanks for inspiring Jack!

Yes. In 1972, the 911 was a very simple design. There was no power steering, no power brakes and rear-wheel drive.

Great story telling, great camera and of course a fantastic 911!

A man after my own heart! Driving my 83 911SC at Barber Speedway and have the same aspiration. Cheers to great minds think alike!

Fantastic video, thanks! There really is no substitute for a Porsche!

This is an example of what you can accomplish when you are not hindered by the limits in your head, good job.