RE: Behold ITA001 - Theon Design's latest 964
Discussion
TheMilkyBarKid said:
JJJ. said:
BrewsterBear said:
There’s a line somewhere, between a car that is designed to be used, and a 2000-hour piece of art that costs more than a house so it rarely leaves the garage.
We also forget that, for all the coverage, there’s only a couple of hundred Singers out there, and perhaps a couple of hundred more of the other fancy restomods. There’s tens of thousands of more regular old 911s out there.
BrewsterBear said:
It's a lovely looking thing and I imagine it'll have been executed and finished beautifully, but £400k seems a lot. I've loved aircooled 911s since I was a kid and have owned a few. My current one, a 1982 3.0 SC, I bought ten years ago before prices went mental. It was tired, a bit scabby, a bit rattly, but it drove and stopped and had an MoT.
I decided to restomod it and make my own perfect driver's 911. Full bare metal treatment, any rust cut out and new metal put in by someone experienced with 911s. All steel panels as fibreglass never looks right, no matter how well prepped. A 3.6 Varioram from a 993, for an easily installed, torquey engine that can push on, mated to a freshly rebuilt 915 box with a Quaife diff. Street sports suspension as there's no point losing your fillings for the sake of a second a lap when you drive on B roads most of the time. I wasn't trying to recreate any model, just taking bits from the back catalogue that I liked. No big w*nky bubble arches or 17" fake Fuchs.
I ended up with an incredible driver's car that makes me smile every time I take it out and every time I look back after parking up. Over 300bhp and less than 1100kg. And all for a quarter of the cost of a Theon. It would likely cost someone a bit more to do these days, but even if it was an extra £50k on top it's still got to be a bargain if your aim is to drive the thing rather than brag.
Beautiful - truly stunning! Massive respect my man!I decided to restomod it and make my own perfect driver's 911. Full bare metal treatment, any rust cut out and new metal put in by someone experienced with 911s. All steel panels as fibreglass never looks right, no matter how well prepped. A 3.6 Varioram from a 993, for an easily installed, torquey engine that can push on, mated to a freshly rebuilt 915 box with a Quaife diff. Street sports suspension as there's no point losing your fillings for the sake of a second a lap when you drive on B roads most of the time. I wasn't trying to recreate any model, just taking bits from the back catalogue that I liked. No big w*nky bubble arches or 17" fake Fuchs.
I ended up with an incredible driver's car that makes me smile every time I take it out and every time I look back after parking up. Over 300bhp and less than 1100kg. And all for a quarter of the cost of a Theon. It would likely cost someone a bit more to do these days, but even if it was an extra £50k on top it's still got to be a bargain if your aim is to drive the thing rather than brag.
jonnyfive said:
people saying there are too many resto mods for 911's... but have you ever seen one? No there are not too many!
Classic PH. Moan about restomods, then love any photo of a restomod that is posted, then moan that there are too many eating up 'pure' original, then then love any photo of a restomod that is posted, then moan that the prices are too high and it driving the cost of originals up, then love any photo of a restomod that is posted,...and repeat.The rest of the world sees a beautiful car, that drives like a beautiful car should, and looks like a beautiful classic car does, but won't breakdown like a beautiful classic car could.
The issue is not the Restomods, its the moaners
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