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epoch911

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Currently in a 964C4 and was looking to go to 964 Turbo or even 993tt (oddly was looking into smtk's car before he decided not to sell it in favour of a rep!) but my heart is telling me to go back in time and to sacrifice outright acceleration for driving experience. And after seeing the 911st in 911 and PW (gorgeous), my mind is almost made up.

So the question...where do I start? I am not massively knowledgeable but I want the process to be as much of an experience as possible.

it seems there are 3 companies out there that crop up regularly and wanted any experience you guys might have of them, or a nod in the direction of where to start. The 3 I have so far are:

Paul Stephens (though not sure I'd want the PS badging)
early 911 -
Renn sport classics (as per the 911st above)

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance

Ant
 
hi

most has been answered here

http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=270921

Quite a few members of DDK are / have backdated later cars too

for the record, I prefer a genuine early car over a backdated one. There is something about an original that can not be recreated [;)]
 
Ant,

http://www.autofarm.co.uk/ have probably been back dating cars the longest, but I'm not clear whether you're saying you want a back dated car, or a proper early car.

If you want the whole experience . . . . getting a proper early 911 is probably what I'd recommned (i.e. where's the fun in getting an off the shelf early 911 look alike - although saying that, they're probably rust free, faster, safer and easier to drive - but that's not the point [&:][8D][&:] [:)]).

Before you decide which route to take, you really need to drive one (either proper or look alike) . . . . so take to trip to somewhere like autofarm and take a test drive (he'll probably have 'proper' early 911 there also to compare).

If you were looking at a 993 TT, money shouldn;t be a problem . . . . which is handy (for you [:'(]).

Phil


 
Thanks for all the feedback. Maybe I'm just being all consumerist about it...y'know, "I want this and that and I want it NOW." It does seem to be a bit blurred...this whole debate around what constitutes restoration/rebuild/back date/replica

Problem is what I want is:
The look of the early car
The feel of the older car
Definitely the wide body
The noise.
Basically the whole experience.
BUT
I need to use it every day for the commute into work.
And take it on the track from time to time.
I have no garage.
And I can't afford an original RS! (which
So what do I do?[8|]
 
If you're after a wide body (i.e. properly wide - RSR styli) . . . Rennsport (anyone got their website address . . . aren't they in Beglium?) is probably the way to go . . . but they aren't cheap. But then saying that, they're not going to be practical for daily use.

The autofarm cars probably do all you're asking (apart from the feel bit - all backdates are going to have 'better' handling) . . . give them a bell.

Phil



 
You can't have the whole experience because the feel of an older car is different to the feel of a pre-impact car. But what you want from the sounds of it is a car that drives like a 3.2 and looks like a pre-impact bumper car.

I believe Nick Moss is currently doing exactly this project at the moment for another forum member.

Ian.
 
I am converting a 3.2 Supersport to 2.8 RSR look. The motor is still under discussion, but the 3.2 is not the best base for "the noise" as they don't rev as well. We are pricing a 3.4 based on the 3.0 bottom end, giving a shorter stroke, hence more revs.
 
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