RE: PH Interviews: The Man From Singer Porsche
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Greenwich Ross said:
Didn't he used to play in Catherine Wheel?
Lead singer no less, I remember seeing them at Finsbury Park some 15 years ago.just looked at the website and it must be the same as the intro music is very much like the album chrome in particular Fripp.
Edited by The Walrus on Tuesday 28th June 14:35
really nice cars they make...
in this German 2011 article they take about the price too, their 425hp version cost about 164.403,-euro (235,216.75 USD), pdf file>> http://www.singervehicledesign.com/content/Autobil...
but in this article they take about from 190.000 $ to more then 300.000 $...
http://www.singervehicledesign.com/content/Best_20...
in this German 2011 article they take about the price too, their 425hp version cost about 164.403,-euro (235,216.75 USD), pdf file>> http://www.singervehicledesign.com/content/Autobil...
but in this article they take about from 190.000 $ to more then 300.000 $...
http://www.singervehicledesign.com/content/Best_20...
There are some superb detail touches on the Singer car like the seats, rear shelf, door mirrors, steering wheel, the Heur clock etc., http://www.singervehicledesign.com/
But I do wonder if in reality it would be a better end product than the Harris/Tuthill greenmeenie that was featured on Driver's Republic a year or so ago. ISTR that could be recreated for around £100k.
Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2HjaHS51hk
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But I do wonder if in reality it would be a better end product than the Harris/Tuthill greenmeenie that was featured on Driver's Republic a year or so ago. ISTR that could be recreated for around £100k.
Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2HjaHS51hk
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The Walrus said:
Greenwich Ross said:
Didn't he used to play in Catherine Wheel?
Lead singer no less, I remember seeing them at Finsbury Park some 15 years ago.
(sorry Rob)
but I couldn't resist... (I'm sure his royalties more than make up for bad jokes from idiots like me...)
Now this is what I ultimately want to do with PW-era TVRs...
@ Creme BruleeDrMekon said:
So Ninemeister do the engines? Their 993RSR recreation looks lovely
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI1PjgCV_c4
Just been watching that - that is a lovely 993. Gets past the 358 in the end, too!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI1PjgCV_c4
Housey said:
It really is an incredibly beautiful car, not seen a 911 look better to my eyes.
Hmm. You might want to check out these two SWB hotrods:http://www.johndglynn.com/short-but-sweet-911-pors...
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Ah, but with TVR all the chassis from Griffith onwards are dimensionally very similar save the Cerbera's extra length, and within the three basic flavours of engine - RV8, AJP8 and S6 - there's huge scope for individual permutations. Then there is the innovation within the aftermarket - ACT, SC-Power, TVR Power et al).
My personal preference is for keeping the basic mechanical configuration and refining/improving it rather than creating hot rods/mongrels that will in all probability be virtually undriveable as per your Taimar/Speed 12 example.
With the 911 I guess the market is people preferring the aesthetics, focus and simplicity of the '60s/70s models but wanting to combine that with modern brakes, grip and 9to a point) power - with '90s TVRs it's more a case of nailing the final 10% that Blackpool didn't quite manage...
My personal preference is for keeping the basic mechanical configuration and refining/improving it rather than creating hot rods/mongrels that will in all probability be virtually undriveable as per your Taimar/Speed 12 example.
With the 911 I guess the market is people preferring the aesthetics, focus and simplicity of the '60s/70s models but wanting to combine that with modern brakes, grip and 9to a point) power - with '90s TVRs it's more a case of nailing the final 10% that Blackpool didn't quite manage...
Miles Perry said:
Love the car
Love the concept
Love the company ethos
Love to do something similar with a different marque myself.
It's even modestly environmentally friendly too!!
I think this kind of 're making' of classic cars will only become more popular as modern cars are ever more constrained by legislation in terms of appearance etcLove the concept
Love the company ethos
Love to do something similar with a different marque myself.
It's even modestly environmentally friendly too!!
lets just hope that the EU doesnt put a stop to it with ever stricter SVA type testing for modified cars.
I personally would love to do this with a Capri, all modern bits to bring the performance up to date but the same basic shape, and also as a viable and (semi?) comfortable road car too, not a mentalist track / drag monster (i'll have one of those too please)
"But I do wonder if in reality it would be a better end product than the Harris/Tuthill greenmeenie that was featured on Driver's Republic a year or so ago. ISTR that could be recreated for around £100k."
I agree with Harris and this poster that in reality someone with real rallying experience with these cars would be in a better position to design and sign off the chassis (not the cosmetics mind) than a enthusiast in cally.
What was so sad was that Harris, like usual, never really explained how that awesome Tithill Porsche drove, how did it really compare to something like a 911 gt3 on a challenging road. He said it was his favorite car he'd ever owned and yet sold it faster than Bolt. I know he once commented that the tuthill was actually faster than the GT3; but a better handling car- that I'd like to know. But as is the usual with harris, his pompousness always gets the best of him. Indeed just like all the other cars he "buys" they come and go like the journalists at evo. BTW it is fun using these silly analogy thingy's like the auto jouno's do. j
I agree with Harris and this poster that in reality someone with real rallying experience with these cars would be in a better position to design and sign off the chassis (not the cosmetics mind) than a enthusiast in cally.
What was so sad was that Harris, like usual, never really explained how that awesome Tithill Porsche drove, how did it really compare to something like a 911 gt3 on a challenging road. He said it was his favorite car he'd ever owned and yet sold it faster than Bolt. I know he once commented that the tuthill was actually faster than the GT3; but a better handling car- that I'd like to know. But as is the usual with harris, his pompousness always gets the best of him. Indeed just like all the other cars he "buys" they come and go like the journalists at evo. BTW it is fun using these silly analogy thingy's like the auto jouno's do. j
Edited by j123 on Wednesday 29th June 17:53
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