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davidcc

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hi all
I love the idea of a retro look with modern performance, reliability, customisation and comfort. I play the Euromillion regularly in order to be able to get a Singer 911 one day but wanted to talk to someone who has ownded or knows enough about these retro conversions. How does one start preparing for this? Any shop you wamt to stay clear from? How to avoid spending too much? Etc
thank you

 
Autofarm a good place to start. If engine mods too then Redtek. Pick up some copies of 911&PW and also Ultimate Porsche (this month's copy covers mods and backdates so useful info there).

Personally I don't get the Singer thing - too expensive, too personalised. The money some are spending for a personalised modern aircooled exceeding an original '73 RS, S etc they're 'copying' doesn't add up for me. Then just to garage/parade it (and most do), just misses the 911 point. Fair enough though, each to their, own and I'm not against that of course.
 
Thanks for your thoughts. I am definitely not after a car to parade it (only). I do c. 4 trackdays a year with my Cayman. Do you think these cars will struggle to take a beating on the track and potentially not cope?
 
:) Always a subjective viewpoint.. wait until you ask about engine oil recommendations!

My 964 is used hard. Lucky enough since moving out from London to have open country fast flowing A and B roads and twisty bits. Always a weekly spirited drive had. The 964 is mildly uprated (remap, RS clutch/flywheel/mounts, cup pipe, different dampers/springs and tuned by Centre Gravity). It does do an annual very hard 6-hour daily push of 5 days with friends around the Scottish Highlands and coast. Barely out of 3rd gear and 5k rpm and tbh, the harder it is pushed the happier it seems to feel.

So long as its well looked after (for me that's regular high quality Millers Motorsport oil and filter changes) and you are hands-on with fettling, it really is rewarding. 140k miles on a later M64/03 engine from Redtek with oil consumption less than that of factory spec when new. A good friend has his (pretty much std) 964 in the PCGB Speed Championship and does pretty well. It's a Metzger engine, and that's good enough for me I guess.

Where are you thinking - a regular track oriented 964 or something else/older?
 
I've visited Pro-9 in the past and they do customised ala Singer conversions on 911s (much cheaper) but it's still expensive.
They used to do lots of retro look '72 when the 964's were going for £10k.
Simon is the boss and worth chatting to.

http://www.pro-9.co.uk
 
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