RE: Pauls Stephens Le Mans Classic Clubsport
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Davey S2 said:
On the basis that it would be a car I would probably never sell I'd rather give £150K to Tuthill, Vanthull or one of the other builders and design and build my own hotrod / outlaw 911.
Objectively I'd do the same. But, notwithstanding the monetary concerns, I really like what they've done here. Chris Harris's car was fantastic.
Its like every pub is now a Gastro pub, every burger place is gourmet, every old s
thole gets gentrified, Every song on an advert gets murdered by a breathy girl singing too slowly, every old 911 seems to be getting this kind of treatment !
Starting at a quarter of a million pounds, its very nice but isn't it a not that special circa 40 grand mid 80s 911 thats been fully restored with a few choice bits on ?
Fair play if they are selling at that but I just don't get quarter of a million quid for an 80s 911 made to look older and a bit like an RS, however nice the hamper is.
I want a full on 80s taste bypass evocation based on a new 991 turbo, Strosek body styling, massive wheels, flat nose, white interior with red piping and a massive car phone, fk yeah, even though I grant you they are very nice, I am getting a bit bored of these oh so tasteful "boutique" 911's now, someone perhaps go in another direction ?
thole gets gentrified, Every song on an advert gets murdered by a breathy girl singing too slowly, every old 911 seems to be getting this kind of treatment !Starting at a quarter of a million pounds, its very nice but isn't it a not that special circa 40 grand mid 80s 911 thats been fully restored with a few choice bits on ?
Fair play if they are selling at that but I just don't get quarter of a million quid for an 80s 911 made to look older and a bit like an RS, however nice the hamper is.
I want a full on 80s taste bypass evocation based on a new 991 turbo, Strosek body styling, massive wheels, flat nose, white interior with red piping and a massive car phone, f
k yeah, even though I grant you they are very nice, I am getting a bit bored of these oh so tasteful "boutique" 911's now, someone perhaps go in another direction ?suffolk009 said:
daveco said:
RM said:
unpc said:
Agreed the Lotus is far lovelier than the Porsche but as far as I know there's no one out there offering a restomod service for Esprits where wealthy buyers can buy a turnkey product, is there? Maybe I should start one...
I always thought a V8 Esprit under a S1 bodyshell would be rather nice.unpc said:
suffolk009 said:
daveco said:
RM said:
unpc said:
Agreed the Lotus is far lovelier than the Porsche but as far as I know there's no one out there offering a restomod service for Esprits where wealthy buyers can buy a turnkey product, is there? Maybe I should start one...
I always thought a V8 Esprit under a S1 bodyshell would be rather nice.Armitage.Shanks said:
That's a lot of money as I thought Singer started around the same price?
Early Singers started in the 200s (see the Chris Harris video where the guy talks starting mid-high 300,000s in dollars) but things have gotten rather-more serious and I reckon the cars they're whacking-out now are 2-3 times that.The absolutely bonkers Williams tie-up engine is probably a six figure item in itself - the extensive carbon and interior stuff is 'if you have to ask' territory too
I'm not saying quarter-of-a-mill is cheap but the cost of 911s in general does not reside in the land of the sane does it???
I often wonder how much people pay Nakai san to smoke 20 packs of fags whilst wielding a razor-saw on their automobiles ;0
Looks good, but then it's been pummeled into the petrol-head psyche over the last decade and there are now a great many companies here and overseas cashing in.
I saw this one pop up recently: https://theondesign.com/
One thing I do wonder about this whole restomod scene; how long before all the old 911s are cut / rehashed / modified into something non-original, so the handful of original examples left in existence continue to ascend to Ferrari 250 price levels / be hidden in private collections.
I saw this one pop up recently: https://theondesign.com/
One thing I do wonder about this whole restomod scene; how long before all the old 911s are cut / rehashed / modified into something non-original, so the handful of original examples left in existence continue to ascend to Ferrari 250 price levels / be hidden in private collections.
I remember the days, probably only 15 years ago when PS were selling Ginetta and Marcos cars. It was probably not their staple trade but it was what drew me to their website at the time. I can see why tgey went exclusively or at least primarily Porsche... some eyewatering prices there.
PS also sold Porsche back then and prospects who walked in for a 964 or 993 fell in love with the 2.7 and SC cars. A few asked Paul if he could make a classic with modern (reliable, fast) internals and so he did a few 911s based on the SC and later 964. That's how things started. As Paul was familiar with the 'add lighntness' principle he asked UK suppliers to help him make his take on the 911 theme. Good money: try and make a decent 911 and you're looking at 100k. Making it reliable, pretty and your own sucks up another 100k. These are proper cars.
dgmx5 said:
I remember the days, probably only 15 years ago when PS were selling Ginetta and Marcos cars. It was probably not their staple trade but it was what drew me to their website at the time. I can see why tgey went exclusively or at least primarily Porsche... some eyewatering prices there.
PS also did a lot of Caterhams, I sold all three of mine to Paul. I test drove a camoflague green Marcos coupe with a supercharged Mustang engine (and it started snowing) that was interesting. He was also selling Smarts when they were import only. I have one of those from him in 2000-ish.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff