I have an odd personal connection with this car. This builder built virtually the same car as my NSX but in a 993 chassis. Everything down to the same power-to-weight ratio, same 6spd ratio+wavetrac, same recaro seats, and many other subtle touches. It was oddly cool and can confirm the formula works!

@anthonyjenkins8562

Жыл бұрын

300ish whp in a roughly 2800lb car is driving perfection imo. Enough grunt to be dramatic, not so much that it tries to murder you constantly

@wiegraf9009

Жыл бұрын

What engine did you put in there?

@RyuMoto

Жыл бұрын

@@wiegraf9009 fully built 3.6L ITB NA based off the stock 3.0 C30A

@kevinbodman1011

5 ай бұрын

​@@anthonyjenkins85622800 pnds no freekin way

FINALLY! A 911 restomod that appeals to me. It's not trying to remove its 911-isms, meaningfully refreshed interior touch points andmaking the exterior changes functional but subtle 👌Also nice to see the narrow body get some love)

@cataldinho

11 ай бұрын

have a look at the RUF SCR, that thing FLIES

That front end has a whiff of RUF and the CGT. Great driving review and cinematography as always 👌🏼👌🏼

Looks incredible, I want this so badly. Except those wheels.. I'd definitely swap those out.

@ArtVandelayOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Beat me to it,yeah the body is stunning but why did they choose those vile wheels....mind boggling

I can remember reading HC learning to drift in a 993 20 odd years ago.... Absolutely love how he articulately dissects the driving experience and shares it in such valuable minute detail. Its a real skill that had been honed over time. Can't wait to see where HC will be in another 20 years, one things for sure, I will enjoy the ride!

I love the tail and the front lip on this car, really modernizes this classic but in a sudle way. Nice work

I’ve seen this in the metal at Goodwood, absolutely stunning however I agree with Henry and would have different wheels.

Very well done. LOVE the RUF style front end and tiny mirrors...

i always love 993. i have posters of the 993 all throughout my childhood, not ferraris or lambos, just porsche 993s. best gen imo

All these different restomods are starting to feel like marketing exercises

@alpeena

Жыл бұрын

to some degree they are!!!

Always nice when you upgrade and fine tune such an icon. Nevertheless it's hard to understand how they can justify a request of 400.000£ . Singer is honestly something different.(if they'll ever decide to approach also 993 ) Kaege too.

Very nice video, really professional footage ... and great content ... thanks !!!

Fantastic video sir thanks Henry I love the 911 993 :)

Wonderful review ...... Wonderful restomod. Congratulations PS & HC.

The door mirrors are just lush!

I loves the different flavors of 911 restomods

Quite. Simply. Stunning.

Lovely review as always sir! Great camera work as well! Great matching nato strap as well, looks like you may have joined the TGN supporters group? ;)

Lovely thing, I’d still take a RUF scr personally, just the small matter of winning big on the lottery and then that preference would actually have some relevance.

@lorddoosworth8175

Жыл бұрын

A light blue Ruf SCR is the stuff of dreams 😍

Still loving 993 styling to date. It's also the last generation of air-cooled powertrain, so it adds up the cool factor.

@javiersilva1577

5 ай бұрын

Honest question. Why do people love air cooled porsches? If they were superior, they wouldn’t have switched to water cooled.

@farishanafiah8461

5 ай бұрын

@@javiersilva1577 Air cooled engine has less parts to maintain and generally bombproof.

Nice Restomod 993😍

That version would be the one I would buy. No frills but beautiful, no nonsense quality. Now I need to miraculously get rich.

clean...nicest small bodywork 993 of the world...carfection..thank you

What a beauty ! ❤️

Fantastic Henry. You should see if you can get your hands in a Kaege Retro. They look fantastic!

Great comment on the rims!

I bought my 964 from Paul and even my standard car was very well prepared, so if you can’t afford the clubsports I’d recommend checking out the rest of his stock.

Good Lord but that is a beautiful 911. Outstanding

This is the restomod i'd buy as my track day weapon as you can drive it to the track and back home again, albeit with custom-spec'd Porsche auto-blip

Yay a 911 gestoomd... I'm so glad someone finally did one!

Those mirrors don't appeal to me personally but god is this an amazing machine.

I am amazed, who let Alex go. I watched the entire channel because of his delivery and stories and subjective analysis.

You can have the car, yet another recipe for a 911 curry. I did enjoy the commentary. Henry seems to have left the news anchor voice behind and returned to the way he used to present and sounds like he is sharing not telling. Very much enjoy listening to that.

Thats lovely but speaking as a woman who has drove a real 1973 Porsche 911 2.7 RS , you will never ever experience a car that much fun ever again , It is the best track car I've drove , the best road car for village lanes I've drove , problem is I could not afford it even 20 years ago it cost over £100 grand , now its 10 times that amount , I drove also an Original Porsche 911 Turbo from the late 70s and honestly i did not enjoy it as much , why ? Because 2 things first huge turbo lag , literally it would take like 10 seconds before that turbo kicks in if you were in the wrong gear and revs were too low and secondly it weighed a lot more than the 911 RS and was very very scary in tight corners as the back end would have a bad habit of wanting to step out , anyway Amazing review glad to see a Restored modern classic 911.

It's nice to see the 993 generation 911 finally get the attention of restomod firms 😄👍. Great video as always Henry :)

@lassebauer

Жыл бұрын

Guntherwerks..? 😉

@nathanb2100

Жыл бұрын

@@lassebauer Yep 😄

@cosmicspanner

Жыл бұрын

Means we're getting old, buddy! 😵😅

@nathanb2100

Жыл бұрын

@@cosmicspanner probably yeah xD

@emailandydean

Жыл бұрын

Not really. Stock 964s are as rare as hens teeth and 993s will be going the same way.

Hasn't seen much from carfection lately hope to see more again. I would still get the new Gunther werks tornado or a singer over this. Not that this isn't nice

Considering it's their 1st attempt, not bad.. 😎👌

Of all the 911 restomods out there, this one really appeals. Shame I won't be troubling PS with my budget...

Excellent

Of all the Porsche restomods, I feel like this 993R by Paul Stephens captures the essence the best. At least for my tastes. I’d have a very hard time deciding between this 993R and the 1965 911 SWB by Sports Purpose. Two great cars at opposite ends of the air-cooled 911 spectrum.

Nice review. I also am not generally keen on resto-mod 911's. However the subtle design changes here along with a duck-tail really do appeal to me. Love the interior, looks perfect. I don't mind the wheels at all, certainly many resto mods (other than Ruf) have cocked up the wheel choices badly. As this is a street car, the little ear mirrors are not useful in real world suburban driving. I think the period correct aero mirrors would look just fine. The exhaust tip design should be thought through and kept near to the 1995 993 oval or the later 96-98 squarish style.

Favorite 911 RM

With all roads going 20mph, and average speed cameras everywhere I wonder if our grandchildren will one day ask “Grandad what’s a car?”

So dope.

What a dream 993. I hope to one day be able to afford any 993 at this rate sadly.

@Carfection - Henry, correct me if I'm wrong... But, no matter how many times you say "Prototipo" (Momo) in this video, that wheel will never become one! 😜 I mean, sure the owner could have had it re-trimmed to add the 'Stripe' that a 'Prototipo' doesn't usually sport in stock form... However, the dish on that wheel leads me to believe it is much more likely the Momo Mod.07 wheel. I figure you have driven enough cool Porsches to have seen plenty of both options by now.. Apart from that, beautiful review of a really nice crafted Porsche! Thank you for sharing it and all the exquisite details with us. 👍

4:11 This, ladies and gents, perfectly explains the level of how connected a true petrol head can become to some cars. 😅👌 This is my kind of tuning of older cars! Kinda OEM + , pretty original looking, but better. Looks and performance wise. No doubt in my mind i would 100% rather pay 400k for this than a modern day Ferrari or whatever, if i ever would be filthy rich that is ofc. Great video as always from you guys! 👍

Design wise this is a little bit better than the usual 993 restmods but I'm still waiting for Singer quality on a 993. If I'm ever rich enough I think this is a job for Retropower

They should start to make their own chassis (ex: Ruf CTR anniversary) if they keep "ruining" original untouched chassis.

@camerone397

Жыл бұрын

The thing is, there are so many 911s out there (at least, in comparison to other legendary-status sports cars) that at the end of the day, unless you're starting with a super rare spec, it's not like you're losing some super valuable historical artifact. I mean, just look at the highest-profile restomodder, Singer. How many Singers have been made, a few dozen? And look how many 964s were made in total by Porsche. Frankly, I love the 964, but a base one in the condition most are in when they're sent to Singer isn't really anything worth keeping stock.

@griphy

Жыл бұрын

Does it say that all original chassis had to be original and untouched?

@emailandydean

Жыл бұрын

@@camerone397 "So many 911s out there". Really? Can you find me a 964 coupe? Currently none on Autotrader, except turbos.

@camerone397

Жыл бұрын

@@emailandydean Lol, nobody buys air-cooled Porsches on Autotrader. Don't believe me, just look at the production numbers. Porsche made 62k 964s in total, including over 18k C2 coupes and 13k C4 coupes. It's fair to assume that 90% of those are still driving because they get babied, they hold their value, and they don't rust badly. That's at least 27k coupes still out there, by my count. It's not a rare car. Obviously a Camry is more common, but that's apples to oranges. For the kind of car it is, that's a pretty decent number. You take one and restomod it, and it's not like you're modifying a 1 of 1000 car, which is my point. For every restomodded 964, there are probably a hundred stock 964 coupes.

@emailandydean

Жыл бұрын

@@camerone397 I presume you have a Porsche? Where should I buy one LOL?

I love most of them. This one, the Singers, 911Rennsport, Emory's 911K... Not a big fan of the Gunther Werks, even if I admit it is apiece of engineering. I wonder when do you expect to check and drive the Tuthill Porsche 911K? What a specification and what a beauty.

The best resto mod would still be a Singer.

NICE

Beautiful car only things I dislike are the duck tail spoiler, the wheels and the front spoiler. That said one can’t make everyone happy, so in light of that I’ll keep mine as is😎 and admire this lovely effort from PS. 👌🏿

Oh wow! The Gunther’s are cool in a technical sense but they look like a cartoon character. This design is stunning

@tamasszabo8824

Жыл бұрын

It appeared to me that Henry was not genuinely enthused by GW Porsche either.

I'd like to see the final ducktail and I just don't love the tailpipe/rear bumper setup. Otherwise its amazingly nice and restrained

At the rate of conversions, resto mods, hot rodding, and modifying will there be any original 993 left in the world? haha!

Great video, great car. But I like your watch. What is it?

@carfection, what watch is Henry wearing ? Unimatic ?

I spent more time researching your shoes than watching the video, are they good for driving over Pilottis?

The front rounded-square air intakes, and the insert panel they sit in, seem to have sharper radius corners than Porsche would have provided. Small thing, sure, but if everything is in the details...

993 hot rod? Approve! 👍🏽

What’s the kettle and hob you’re rocking in the video?

Hmmm... This, or a 993rs and about 100k left in the bank? I mean, it's lovely but I'm pretty sure I know which one I'd choose.

@nigelprice7953

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. There seem to be quite a few similarities between the two: Recaros, basic interior, thinner glass, aluminium bonnet, extra 200 cc etc. When it comes to resale time I suspect that the RS would be a lot cheaper to have owned, plus the RS has (dreamy) split rim Speedlines.

Hey Singer ! Here's a new kid in the neighborhood

Fantastic car! So subtle and tasteful. Beats the riced-out Gunter by a mile. Not sure I would call this a Restomod, though. More like a hot-rodded 993. Except for the suspension pretty much all stuff that could get and was done in period. Now, could you build this for less than 400k? Only if you do it all yourself. You might be able to find a Porsche garage who could do the WORK for maybe 150-200k, but then you would spend the time equivalent of 200k on managing said work/specifing the details, least you get only half your vision. Anybody who ever had a custom car/bike built will be able to attest to that.

The Singers of the 911 world always gave me weird vibes. Like yes, it IS the perfect 911 to me, at least on paper. I should love it, right? But it also feels a bit wrong to me in a way. It's too idealistic and I feel like it almost compromises the charm of the 911. In my mind, the perfect 911 build would be a combo of various 80s/90s parts. Maybe a 964 Turbo widebody shell (but without the wing) with a built 3.8L 993 RS motor, 6-speed RWD gearbox with the LSD, 964 RS seats, 968 CS steering wheel, a short-throw shifter, 993 Turbo brakes, and BBS LMs. Oh, and rotate the gauges, but keep the numbers pointing the wrong way. Now to find $300k to make it happen...

Nice squale there, iykyk

Much prefer this understated restomod look compared with the OTT of others.

I hope these wheels are on it just because it's a development vehicle. Judging this against the other Resto-engineered 911s being manufactured this seems to come up short.

Needs Turbo wheels with spacers.

Kinesis wheels would be fire

I prefer that teal coloured Porsche you showed off a while ago. As for that key faub... ugly as sin! 🤣

It's the Porsh Restomod Channel.

I'm still waiting for the 993 Turbo restomod that installs a PDK to make the car more drivable and enjoyable.

I read about this in EVO magazine and it said cost minimum £100,000 plus a 993 carrera? Which is about 70 or 80 grand. So how come its jumped to £400,000? I mean its academic anyway as i can't even afford the normal 993 carrera but I'm just surprised by the price jump.

I've a 1996 993 C2 iris blue metallic, 66,000 miles, 6-speed manny tranny, varioram. No CEL, no oil leaks. I'm never selling it.

No central locking?

The wheels and mirrors are big fails on an utterly stunning body

Like the watch! Make?

Is this restomod the same price range like Guntherwerks and the other competitors?

@harryspeakup8452

Жыл бұрын

Cheaper than where Singer are now, I don't know about Guntherwerks

It Sounds almost like stock 993! It Should be a little more shouty and exciting for that amount of dough.

This car doesn't have enough ground clearance to be driven fast on public roads. It's for poseurs in "The More Money Than Brains Club."

@oibal60

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the low camera angle on some of those corners revealed the VERY limited clearance. With today's pi$$-a$$ roads, the front and the front side-splitters would be trash after one outing.

❤👍🌎

That sound would drive me crazy. I’m not a fan of the side view mirrors.

Yeah - I agree with the majority of the comments nice car looks cool, but the price……..😩

Seems very expensive until you look at 993 Carrera RS prices I guess

That doesn’t look like the Prototipo. Are you sure it’s not a MOD 07?

I don't know about these 911 restomods, seems like a compromise from both a styling and driving aspect. I think I'd be way happier in a 991 GT3 touring that revs to 9k, try that in your restomod.

@samsung5

Жыл бұрын

This is 500 lbs lighter than that car

all in the details... but in fact is in the fat cheque you have to give them, it is not worth it for 300k

Cool car, but calling it a 993R seems a little odd, almost like it is an OE Porsche product that was offered (too many nightmares of seeing R logos put on Honda civics, I guess). Gotta be more creative than that. And agree, the wheels are odd choice.

Can somebody ID the watch?

@readk

Жыл бұрын

Possibly a Scurfa Diver One

i''d change the mirrors to the original Porsche mirrors then it will the perfect Porsche

You lost me at €400k 😂

It needs Speedlines 2110

More importantly Henry, is that a baltic on your wrist?

@markhuyskes7671

Жыл бұрын

Same question here 😊

I understand the appeal of restomods but, I’d much rather own a car that can deteriorate from hard use. This means a mechanically sound old car modified for street and track use, not a plush mega money one off.

@billymania11

Жыл бұрын

Good points. Something is lost with the resto-mods but then on the other hand, the car may have been junked for good, if there was no resto.

There are too much Porsche Restomods out there... Gunther Werks, Singer etc...🤷🏼‍♂️

@kjb8321

Жыл бұрын

Surely that's a good thing? Introduces competition, which equals a higher quality product

@buddy8412

Жыл бұрын

Because they tend to make 1 of 1 customs. Instead of 500 million of 1

@beagletje75

Жыл бұрын

And the tuning like Techart and Ruff

@allensaunders449

Жыл бұрын

There isn't to many just the right amount. Great diversity and there are actually very few cars maybe a few hundred worldwide

@flsupraguy

Жыл бұрын

If someone's willing to pay what's the problem?

Achingly cool….

Those wheels need to change

I'm a 911 fan, especially the latest turbo S, but this car, to me, sits too low or the wheels sit too high in the wheel arches, almost like the suspension has collapsed...