Harry's Garage - YouTube

[E90_M3Ross]

Did I hear that right, optional 6 speed gearbox for....£26,000!?!?!?

[greenarrow]

Just watched this and think Harry was in love....! I'm not usually a huge fan of restomods but what a car !

[W124]

NDA said:

W124 said:

Reminds of relic guitars and all that. But it’s quite something.

My thinking too. It's a recreation of something that never existed - although there's no doubt it's beautifully done.

I'd have an original - warts and all.

I also reckon, now I think on it, that much like relic guitars, they will be tricky to sell in a few years, when this phase has passed. In exactly the same way a mint 964 won’t be. But no 964 is going down that road like that.

[Venisonpie]

E90_M3Ross said:

Did I hear that right, optional 6 speed gearbox for....£26,000!?!?!?

Yup.

[2172cc]

First thought was it looked ok but not £650k's worth, that was until he mentioned how much a Singer is now. Then he said about the carbon wings but steel doors...for that money I'd want it all carbon.

[thegreenhell]

W124 said:

NDA said:

W124 said:

Reminds of relic guitars and all that. But it’s quite something.

My thinking too. It's a recreation of something that never existed - although there's no doubt it's beautifully done.

I'd have an original - warts and all.

I also reckon, now I think on it, that much like relic guitars, they will be tricky to sell in a few years, when this phase has passed. In exactly the same way a mint 964 won’t be. But no 964 is going down that road like that.

It must surely be a passing fashion, just like the '80s when Gemballa, Koenig etc were the equivalent of Singer etc now. Those cars are mostly unwanted now, apart from curiosity value.

There was also a fad in the '70s where people were converting the old long hood cars ('65-'73) to look like the latest 930 turbo body style, the exact opposite of 'backdating' that is so popular now.

[Pistom]

Harry should have released the Theon video this morning.

It could at least claim to be an April fool.

Leather oil filter cover.

Sorry, I'm struggling to get past that.

[Speed 3]

If money was no object I'd have that in a heartbeat and would probably go for that colour. Just the epitome of what a 911 should be for me. Interesting the number of Targas in build at the factory, always liked them when most didn't and blatting about with the roof off with that soundtrack would be amazing.

Not getting the angst for the oil filter cover, in my old Tuscan one thing that drove me mad was the plastic cigarette lighter from a Jag. It jarred against all the bespoke TVR aluminium so I got one made up in alloy.

[NomduJour]

2172cc said:

Then he said about the carbon wings but steel doors...for that money I'd want it all carbon

Maybe with a nice steel cage - bit flimsy those old shells (Gunther Werks, not Theon, but still):

[Jobbo]

The bespoke front sidelight/indicator cluster and modern headlight units make it look more like a 993 from head on than a restomod. Backdated air-cooled 911s are fine with me provided they are completely original looking. Stick 17” Fuchs wheels on and projector lights and it looks more like something you’d have seen in Max Power back in the day.

Some quite tasteful interior trim though; I liked that. But not as much as I like the heritage interiors in a 992 for 1/4 the price (or 1/6 the price if you don’t mind a year old car)

Edited by Jobbo on Monday 1st April 13:02

[Pistom]

Speed 3 said:

Not getting the angst for the oil filter cover.

It's often the details which make something very right or very wrong.

[pork911]

Like heaters and radios

[Pistom]

pork911 said:

Like heaters and radios

[ArgonautX]

NomduJour said:

Maybe with a nice steel cage - bit flimsy those old shells (Gunther Werks, not Theon, but still):

Ruf always put integrated cage in all their cars.
New SCR and CTR are carbon monocoques with integrated roll cage, not a 911 shell.

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

I wonder why they don’t simply paint the filter

[thegreenhell]

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

I wonder why they don’t simply paint the filter

Or just spend £6 on a different filter that isn't bright orange.

[Pistom]

thegreenhell said:

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

I wonder why they don’t simply paint the filter

Or just spend £6 on a different filter that isn't bright orange.

I imagine because the kind of person this kind of concept would appeal to, likes the idea of a leather cover instead.

The more I think about it, the more I'm wondering whether Harry was playing an early April fool on us.

[Caddyshack]

Pistom said:

pork911 said:

Like heaters and radios

The heater is probably and option based on the type of exhaust, they are air cooled so it depends if the exhaust has a heat exchanger.

The radio is tough on a carbon fibre shell, often glass mount is not great but I expect if you are spending 600k there is a solution if you want.



Re the poster above about wanting carbon doors then I am sure you can have that, it just isn’t sensible without door bars.

[ChocolateFrog]

I get that it's really good but they're rinsing blokes eith more money than sense.

I struggle to believe they can hand over the invoices while keeping a straight face.

"He's actually gonna pay it"

Suppose we just accept as fact that a handful of billionaires get richer and richer as 99.9999% of us get steadily poorer.

Don't get me wrong it's a lovely thing along with the Singers and Tuthill's of this world I'm just utterly done with million pound cars with hilarious options prices and more than a bit sad that you can no longer pick up a reasonable 993 for £20k.

[WPA]

I fully respect the craftsmanship that goes into the car but £750k, no thanks

Sure it is great to drive but too loud and I don't think it sounded nice.

Does anybody know how it works with deleting airbags and registration as surely it needs those.