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Written by Ollie Kew
The reviving, reimagining, and restoring of old Porsches knows no bounds. In California, there"s a squad of em, spearheaded by Singer. In Japan, RWB adds wheelarches for days. In Germany, there"s even a carmaker called Porsche, who recently flogged their restored Project Gold" 993 Turbo for a cool 2.4million. Now, Porsche GB is in on the act. To mark the marque"s 70th anniversary, 20 restorations have been commissioned by the British arm of Stuttgart"s premier sports car profferer, and will include front-engined, mid-engined and rear-engined models. No word on Macan Diesels, though Porsche says: "Each car has undergone a bare metal restoration and is beautifully finished in a special Liquid Metal" silver paint, which was developed especially for the 918 Spyder hybrid super sportscar. A full engine rebuild, some using a new short block engine" (as available for Boxster and Type 996 911 models), has also been carried out." Because, as the internet is happy to exaggerate, some of Porsche"s early dalliances with water-cooled boxer engines weren"t the most bulletproof engines in the world
Date written: 1 Nov 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13910
The reviving, reimagining, and restoring of old Porsches knows no bounds. In California, there"s a squad of em, spearheaded by Singer. In Japan, RWB adds wheelarches for days. In Germany, there"s even a carmaker called Porsche, who recently flogged their restored Project Gold" 993 Turbo for a cool 2.4million. Now, Porsche GB is in on the act. To mark the marque"s 70th anniversary, 20 restorations have been commissioned by the British arm of Stuttgart"s premier sports car profferer, and will include front-engined, mid-engined and rear-engined models. No word on Macan Diesels, though Porsche says: "Each car has undergone a bare metal restoration and is beautifully finished in a special Liquid Metal" silver paint, which was developed especially for the 918 Spyder hybrid super sportscar. A full engine rebuild, some using a new short block engine" (as available for Boxster and Type 996 911 models), has also been carried out." Because, as the internet is happy to exaggerate, some of Porsche"s early dalliances with water-cooled boxer engines weren"t the most bulletproof engines in the world
Date written: 1 Nov 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13910
