17/12/2025
In the age of Instagram, the term “collector” has become a kind of performance. A title bestowed on anyone with enough time and money to gather objects and present them for our reverence. Some collections fit a theme; others are little more than an accumulation. To me, a true collector is not defined by buying power or access but by curiosity. Like photographers, designers, writers or architects, the collector seeks to answer a question only they can dream of, sometimes arriving at an answer - often circling around its edges.
It was this thought that led us to the alpine town of L**h in Austria’s Arlberg region, a place that understands a particular kind of collector. We landed in Zurich on an unusually sun-drenched afternoon, collected a woefully out-of-its-depth rental, and drove into the mountains to catch up with the final stage of the Arlberg Classic Rally. The subject of our story was carving up the passes in a 1974 Carrera RS 2.7. We arrived just in time for the final stop at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski stadium in Bavaria.
The drive back to the **hLodge brings us to the heart of Arlberg where we meet our host, Klaus Moosbrugger-Lettner. A chef-turned-collector and lifelong Arlberg enthusiast, he keeps a ritual we had been told was worth documenting. He welcomes us into the Lodge, its steep rooflines, heavy timbers and stone glowing in the Alpine sun. The warmth coaxed resin from the wood, releasing one of those scents you wish could be bottled.
After catching our breath over a coffee, Klaus guided us through a hallway, then another, before taking us down a staircase opening into one of the most deliberate collections of Porsche competition cars we have ever seen, arranged over two levels of an underground garage. Before we can take it all in a metallic roar erupts, eliciting an aggressive kick-start to my sympathetic nervous system from the floor below. Our host wasted no time pulling the cover off car No.1111 of Japanese Code 980 - or as we know it, the Carrera GT.
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