How to turn a Porsche 911 into a £250000 supercar - Manchester Evening News
Singer Vehicle Design, the Los Angeles-based tuning house, is known worldwide for its work on the iconic 911 and revealed its most recent projects at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, at the request of Lord March. The company has now broadened its remit – beyond its exclusive work on 964 911s – to the restoration of Targa and traditional coupé versions. We were invited to a photographic studio in London to take a look and also to chat with Singer boss Rob Dickinson. The former Lotus engineer explained that his initial motivation was to celebrate the “incredible air-cooled era of the 911 with some kind of halo machine – a kind of greatest hits car. The first incarnation of this vision, a 1969 Porsche chassis with a 1979 engine, was restored personally by Dickinson. Dickinson is quick to point out that his firm does not make its own cars. He also says that the work is a tribute to Porsche, a principle that means Singer will always “tread gently” with the brand. The original 964 was fitted with a 3. 6-litre, 222bhp flat six engine, the Singer version is offered with either a Cosworth-tuned 345bhp flat six or a 4. 0-litre flat six, which ups output to. Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
