George Elliott
New member
I read the article on the Harris/Tuthill Viper today, twice, and I think after many years I have seen the ideal 911.
It reminded me of one of the first Autocar issues I remember reading, - the 911 Turbo road test of c1976. I read it over and over aged 11.
I like many 911 variants for different reasons, and I've put this on the 964rs Forum because its the variant I like best.
The original is the purest shape
The 2.4s is the sweetest engine
The 2.7 is the most memorable with the duck tail and Carrera script and rally involvement
The Carrera 3.0 is a workhorse with body colour door mirrors (in 1976!!)
The 911 turbo introduced flared arches to production
The 3.2 the is an even better workhorse with nicer finish
The 964 is a modern workhorse including a heater and coil springs and a 200kg flywheel
The 964 RS is the above without compromise
The 959 which was the 1988 McLaren F1, introduced intelligent 4WD and twin turbos and water cooled heads
The 993 is all of the above with compromise reinstated, Vario-ram and a fresh look incl hints of the 959
The 996 was too big but......
led to the GT3, which had a proper engine and grows on me more each year
and the Turbo, which had a proper engine plus a turbo and depreciated to become a performance bargin
The 997 improved the pair above but when considered as an everyday Motor Car is perhaps to good...
and the Cayman proved this to be the case.
In a world of replicas, and recreations, this Motor scribe appears to have used his experience of the cars he has tested in the course of his work, and brought it together with an exceptional engineering resource in England, to create the ideal 911.
If "the Viper" was avail as a production model for £50k, then I would regard it the best everyday sports car available.
Subject to a test drive[
][][], I think the ideal 911 is with us.
George
PS : What happened to the tooling for the ur 911?
944t
964rs
964c2 - ideal 911 project (work in progress)
It reminded me of one of the first Autocar issues I remember reading, - the 911 Turbo road test of c1976. I read it over and over aged 11.
I like many 911 variants for different reasons, and I've put this on the 964rs Forum because its the variant I like best.
The original is the purest shape
The 2.4s is the sweetest engine
The 2.7 is the most memorable with the duck tail and Carrera script and rally involvement
The Carrera 3.0 is a workhorse with body colour door mirrors (in 1976!!)
The 911 turbo introduced flared arches to production
The 3.2 the is an even better workhorse with nicer finish
The 964 is a modern workhorse including a heater and coil springs and a 200kg flywheel
The 964 RS is the above without compromise
The 959 which was the 1988 McLaren F1, introduced intelligent 4WD and twin turbos and water cooled heads
The 993 is all of the above with compromise reinstated, Vario-ram and a fresh look incl hints of the 959
The 996 was too big but......
led to the GT3, which had a proper engine and grows on me more each year
and the Turbo, which had a proper engine plus a turbo and depreciated to become a performance bargin
The 997 improved the pair above but when considered as an everyday Motor Car is perhaps to good...
and the Cayman proved this to be the case.
In a world of replicas, and recreations, this Motor scribe appears to have used his experience of the cars he has tested in the course of his work, and brought it together with an exceptional engineering resource in England, to create the ideal 911.
If "the Viper" was avail as a production model for £50k, then I would regard it the best everyday sports car available.
Subject to a test drive[
][][], I think the ideal 911 is with us.George
PS : What happened to the tooling for the ur 911?
944t
964rs
964c2 - ideal 911 project (work in progress)
