gamby
gamby SuperDork
9/24/09 11:29 p.m.

Here is a real fantasy car.

http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightline/2009/08/the-ultimate-air-cooled-porsche-911-by-singer-design.html

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/24/singer-911-offers-vintage-looks-modern-appointments-exotic-per/

Even cooler is that one of my favorite musicians--Rob Dickinson formerly of the Catherine Wheel--designed the thing. As Classic Motorsports readers might recall, he and his car were in a modded 911 shootout.

This is just too sweet.

81gtv6
81gtv6 GRM+ Memberand Reader
9/25/09 9:13 a.m.

This is my new "if I hit the lotto" car. Very sweet.

z31maniac
z31maniac Dork
9/25/09 9:42 a.m.

I feel funny in my pants.

That is THE perfect Porsche in my book. Now to win the lotto............

DWNSHFT
DWNSHFT Reader
9/25/09 10:12 a.m.

That is the ultimate 911. End of paragraph, end of story.

oldsaw
oldsaw Reader
9/25/09 10:29 a.m.

Sorry, but as sweet as that car is, it desperately deserves an RSR duck-tail:

Until then, it's not quite finished.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/25/09 12:55 p.m.
oldsaw wrote: Sorry, but as sweet as that car is, it desperately deserves an RSR duck-tail: Until then, it's not quite finished.

Judging from the chatter on the Porsche forums, there's going to be HUGE demand for that Singer tail if it ever becomes available on it's own.

gamby
gamby SuperDork
9/25/09 6:24 p.m.
81gtv6 wrote: This is my new "if I hit the lotto" car. Very sweet.

Agreed. I could totally see that sitting next to my LP400S Countach in my immense garage.

<--runs out to buy Powerball ticket.

CLNSC3
CLNSC3 New Reader
9/26/09 2:38 a.m.

VERY cool 911!

carguy123
carguy123 Dork
9/26/09 9:16 a.m.
CLNSC3 wrote: VERY cool 911!

I'm sorry, I can't put cool and 911 in the same sentence.

While I understand what the guy has done and applaud him for his efforts, it's still an old ugly car.

Yes, I know it's sacrilegious to say and maybe he's corrected the snap oversteer issue and the VW like power but he can't do anything about the feel. C'mon guys have you ever driven one of these things? Drive one of these and a VW Beetle back to back and it's hard to tell them apart.

It screams kit car to me because the old kit cars were usually a VW with more power and that's what the Porsche feels like.

Rusnak_322
Rusnak_322 Reader
9/26/09 9:22 a.m.

carguy123 needs to change his screen name. He cannot be a car guy with that attitude. A 930 is my ultimate car. I did have a 86 911 turbo look, and loved it greatly. Best looking car ever made IMO

DWNSHFT
DWNSHFT Reader
9/26/09 10:55 a.m.

Carguy123 is correct in that the old 911s drive differently. But that feel is what many people love about the cars. Some people think a car is all about what it does, but the 911 (and 914 and 356) are very special to people who care how a car feels.

David

gamby
gamby SuperDork
9/26/09 12:43 p.m.
carguy123 wrote:
CLNSC3 wrote: VERY cool 911!
I'm sorry, I can't put cool and 911 in the same sentence. While I understand what the guy has done and applaud him for his efforts, it's still an old ugly car. Yes, I know it's sacrilegious to say and maybe he's corrected the snap oversteer issue and the VW like power but he can't do anything about the feel. C'mon guys have you ever driven one of these things? Drive one of these and a VW Beetle back to back and it's hard to tell them apart. It screams kit car to me because the old kit cars were usually a VW with more power and that's what the Porsche feels like.

carguy123
carguy123 Dork
9/26/09 2:43 p.m.

No, I love many, many cars, but my old dune buggy and VW kit car days ruined me for any Porsche except for maybe a Boxster or the GT

Rusnak_322
Rusnak_322 Reader
9/26/09 8:45 p.m.

That is understandable. Ever since I had a Fiero, I don't want any Lamborghini or Ferrari.

carguy123
carguy123 Dork
9/27/09 12:16 a.m.
Rusnak_322 wrote: That is understandable. Ever since I had a Fiero, I don't want any Lamborghini or Ferrari.

Obviously you haven't driven a 911 and a VW beetle, but have you driven a Fiero based Lamborghini kit? Me either, but I'd like to try one.

parker
parker New Reader
9/27/09 8:33 a.m.

I owned a 72 Beetle and 72 911 at the same time. The interiors had the same smell, but otherwise a VERY different driving experience.

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