Autofarm

[RtdRacer]

Just read the article on PH. I went to school in Amersham in the '80s, and we used to walk past the Autofarm garage at the end of Station Road on a daily basis. It was always full of these impossibly exotic whale tailed 911s. Oddly enough, I never liked them that much then - I was into Astons.

But I always wondered what happened to it - nice to see it still continuing.

[anonymous-user]

Yes, they've been ticking along just outside Oxford for years. I used to read about the famous Autofarm Porsches as a boy in the 80's and it was probably their RSRs that really sparked my interest in 911s. Then I moved down to Oxfordshire for work in the early 90s and was pleasantly surprised to find that I was living less than a mile from their workshop. A couple of years later I bought my first 911 from them.

[blade7]

Autofarm rebuilt/modified a 944 turbo S a few years back, I think it came up for sale briefly but when I tried to track it down it had disappeared, Autofarm said they didn't know where it was either .

[Wozy68]

RtdRacer said:

Just read the article on PH. I went to school in Amersham in the '80s, and we used to walk past the Autofarm garage at the end of Station Road on a daily basis. It was always full of these impossibly exotic whale tailed 911s. Oddly enough, I never liked them that much then - I was into Astons.

But I always wondered what happened to it - nice to see it still continuing.

Great lads, and Josh Sadler came over well. It was a few years ago now and I went to them with'handling issues' with my 964 C2.

I'll never forget being driven down a country lane in it with one of the Autofarm guys at an indicted 120MPH whilst he's 'holding' on to the steering wheel with the tips of one finger of each hand.

Interesting fact, whilst screaming down one particular road, as we came upon a farm entrance, he calmly stated that we were doing 125 plus, at that point and on that type of road, he stated that they had never got an RS (964) anywhere near that kind of speed.

Maybe I just had a quick C2.

[Slippydiff]

Wozy68 said:

"he stated that they had never got an RS (964) anywhere near that kind of speed"

Maybe I just had a quick C2.

Maybe

but more likely, I'd suggest it had nothing to do with how "quick" your C2 was, and everything to do with a standard 964 RS having spring and damper setting less than ideal for bumpy British A/B roads. Put some suspension better suited on an RS and the C2 would seem like a wallowy barge with a steering column forged from weapons grade blancmange

[Wozy68]

Slippydiff said:

Maybe

but more likely, I'd suggest it had nothing to do with how "quick" your C2 was, and everything to do with a standard 964 RS having spring and damper setting less than ideal for bumpy British A/B roads. Put some suspension better suited on an RS and the C2 would seem like a wallowy barge with a steering column forged from weapons grade blancmange

I know.

It was mean't tongue in cheek.

[Slippydiff]

Wozy68 said:

I know.

It was mean't tongue in cheek.

I know too.

Hence the and the

[anonymous-user]

My 964RS was dog slow on those same Oxfordshire roads. Way too stiff and low. The standard C2 was far better set up for hooning along those roads. To put it in perspective a bog standard 996 is light years faster than either. But the most fun I've had on those roads was in an Autofarm 2.7 RS. Just perfect for that sort of driving.

[Wozy68]

Slippydiff said:

I know too.

Hence the and the

I thought so, but it was late and I wasn't concentrating, I'd do a smilie now but I don't know how too using my phone. Oh hang on -