RE: Behold ITA001 - Theon Design's latest 964

RE: Behold ITA001 - Theon Design's latest 964

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Behold ITA001 - Theon Design's latest 964

Black over tan is always a winner, right?


Choosing the paint of any new car is a big deal, let alone the colour of a very expensive and very personal restomod. Fortune may favour the brave, but what’s good for Instagram might not be so good at your house. Too restrained may not do the hours of work lavished on your new pride and joy justice. Heaven forbid you copy another spec. It’s a real bind.

Sometimes, you can’t beat a classic. Back when John drove a Theon Design Porsche 964 911 at the end of last year, he said the only thing about the whole car he’d want to change was the colours, preferring a more traditional silver with red leather rather than the Viola of the test car. This Theon commission, if not quite to John’s ideal spec, is certainly more traditional; it’s the very first car going to Italy, and it’s Schwartz Black with tobacco leather.

It’s classy, stylish, and, by the standards of the genre, really subtle as well. It’s only when up close enough to see the grey graphics and champagne petals on the Fuchs wheels that many will notice this isn’t just another old 911. And that’s pretty cool.

All the good bits that have made Theon’s builds so beguiling are in present and correct in build ITA001. It has the carbon body (meaning just 1,152kg wet), it has the 400hp flat-six snorting through Jenvey throttle bodies, it has the Tractive suspension and it gets all the juicy upgrades from really racy Porsches, including a 993 RS diff and gearbox. This might not be as attention-grabbing as some restored and modified 911s, but rest assured the experience is going to be just as vivid.

Perhaps the most notable aspect of this build, actually, is its practical nature. Rather than being another stripped-out, retro road racer 911, this one retains four seats. Custom built and inspired by the rear buckets of a 928, it means four people (albeit smaller ones in the back), can travel in quite some style. And, relatively speaking, some comfort as well, with a Focal stereo fitted and five modes - ‘carefully calibrated over countless test miles’ - for the clever suspension.

“We’re delighted to reveal ITA001 to the world,” said Adam Hawley, Theon Design Co-Founder. “It retains the air-cooled enthralling 911’s charm, but blends it with modern, focused performance and dynamic ability; it’s a classic 911 with an addictive dose of modern GT3 thrown in.” The restomod craze may no longer be the new thing, but that prospect remains a tantalising one, especially in black and tan - and even if interested parties must wait a year and half and pay at least £380k for the privilege. Best get that order in for silver and red soon, John…


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rallye101

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1,865 posts

196 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Wow....

Would be very happy to have that sat in my garage...

WonkeyDonkey

2,333 posts

102 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Wow another 911.

Wab1974uk

981 posts

26 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Got to say, it does look nice.

Have to say though, the whole resto-mod 911 thing is becoming a bit saturated. Not that I'm complaining. If I had the money I'd love to have one. But it would be a Singer for me.

greggy50

6,161 posts

190 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Singer DLS is £2m so this seems a bargain at 20% of the price...

B10

1,226 posts

266 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Behold!!!

Darnoc95

432 posts

29 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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In my eyes that is the pefect blend of old & new. Just looks so right! Love the colour combo also. Yes the Singer cars are more tech advanced but so what, who cares this sort of power in a 964 era car is all you really need. I want this a lotcloud9

Geoffcapes

670 posts

163 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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That is beautiful!

Much want!!!!!!!!

MrGeoff

645 posts

171 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Yep, that's pretty nice. Agree with the comments about the resto-mod market being a bit oversaturated for the Porsches but this is really nice.

TheMilkyBarKid

532 posts

28 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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B10 said:
Behold!!!
They are definitely having a laugh with this now aren’t they? I reckon one day soon all that days threads will start with a ‘behold’ headline biglaugh

Gecko1978

9,603 posts

156 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Seems OK value of you want "your" idea of a perfect 911

brough74

123 posts

160 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Yes please

A quality resto-mod done properly.

Shame i will never afford one

schaeffs

321 posts

141 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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I absolutely love this and think it is truly special in a way that a lot of the modern Porsche's are not. However I can't help but wonder if you don't get a very close DRIVING experience as a 981 GT4 in comparison to this. Its not something you are going to get an easy back to back test on but would love to know...

swisstoni

16,850 posts

278 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Shame they have to plaster their name everywhere.
Although I suppose for £300k+ you could ask them not to.

Iamnotkloot

1,395 posts

146 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Yeah, that's lovely - maybe they should do a 928, just for a change? I'd love to see one the same style as this....

wpa1975

8,600 posts

113 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Another 911 resto mod, nope just too many now.

NGK210

2,867 posts

144 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Looks better in black, but Singer still has the aesthetic edge.
Rear seat divider is ugly, too wide and too tall imho. Also needs a ‘proper’ steering wheel - Momo Prototipo - and less gratuitous house branding, please.
As production of the Singer Classic is now capped, why not?

SpudLink

5,669 posts

191 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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TheMilkyBarKid said:
B10 said:
Behold!!!
They are definitely having a laugh with this now aren’t they? I reckon one day soon all that days threads will start with a ‘behold’ headline biglaugh
Well, it provided my first laugh of the day.

What The Deuces

2,780 posts

23 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Really lovely car except the wheels are too big and it looks worse off for having them that size.

Still I guess you get to spec what you want when you part with the cash!

Sulphur Man

224 posts

132 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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This plus a Range Rover Classic from Lunaz for pootling about. Job done.

Darnoc95

432 posts

29 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Seeing this reminds me of a trip to the auto sports show i think it was in 2006 & their was a company ( forgot their name now) who took your donor 964 or SC & converted it into a 964 RS replica.The car they had on the stand was a truly fantastic recreation. I enquired about the price & it was around the £45K plus donor car a lot of money back then but not crazily so.
I was tempted to get rid of my 996 & go down that route but chickened outbanghead.
Soooooo wish id gone for it now. If any company could offer that package now for under £100K they would be a queue all around the NEC.