What cars could be 'Singered'?

[roystinho]

So I've become a little obsessed with Singer 911, I love exactly what they are and everything about them, how everything has been 'reimagined', old skool motoring but essentially a brand new car.

Now I'm nowhere near a position to get one, but it got me thinking, could the business model work for other old cars, specifically old cars that rust? I watched something how they strip the 964 down and e-coat it to stop the rust, then basically cover it in carbon fibre bodywork.

So could you do it to a classic mini for instance? Or would you? Even if the 'business' side of things didn't stack up as it would be a very expensive little car.

What other cars do you think would be a good car to 'Singer'?

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Aphex said:

A Datsun 240z would be nice but theres plenty of nicely modified ones around

Great shout.

I think that they need to be an iconic type of car, but not a rare beast as to ruin a collectible, like the above list with the Miura, 2000GT and Skyline (Hakosuka I'm presuming you mean?)

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Mound Dawg said:

We're already doing it (and have been for some years) at Alfaholics.

Yeah love your stuff, I've never looked properly into the processes you do/how far you go with your cars though - gonna have a look over the weekend now though

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Some great suggestions. Also some good info on the cars and companies that do similar stuff.

Does anyone else go to the lengths that Singer do? I really don't know. I don't expect many, if any, to produce CF panels, but do they rust proof them?

I think the 2002 is my personal favourite suggestion. Such a bank of parts to shoehorn in from over the years