Singer and the porsche 911 brings the reader as close to these beautiful machines as one can get, excepting the lucky few who own one. The work it performs on classic aircooled 911s is second to none. Out of respect for porsche, and to respect porsche s trademark rights, this incredible machine should never under any circumstances be referred to or described as a singer, singer 911, singer porsche 911 or a porsche singer 911, or in any other manner that suggests that it is anything but a porsche 911. Tim gregorio takes jay indepth on singer vehicle designs 100th commission. Inside singer vehicle design with founder rob dickinson. Meet the man who daily drives a porsche reimagined by singer. Bart kuykens profound love affair with the 911 started early. Exciting books and great toys for young and old porsche fans. Video rob dickinson rose to fame as singer and guitarist of the90s band catherine wheel, but hes always had a passion for cars, and studied automotive design at university in the uk. Porsche legends such as walter rohrl, hans mezger and norbert singer. Singer williams porsche engine details, specs, performance. The 911 r is a fantasy porsche, a naturallyaspirated and manual only piece of rolling art in an age of pdk transmissions and ultimate lap times.
Singer, the californiabased company that restores and reimagines porsche 911s made between 1989 to 1994, has been working with williams advanced engineering of formula one fame, michelin. Tag heuer carrera 160 years silver limited edition. Photographer bart kuykens and his porsche 911 youtube. Out of respect for porsche, and to respect porsche s trademark rights, this incredible machine should never under any circumstances be referred to or described as a singer, singer 911, singer porsche 911 or a porsche singer 911, or in. The petrolhead corner rob dickinson of singer vehicle design.
Porsche 911 reimagined by singer is absolutely one of those cars. Quite a few books have been produced on the porsche 911. The product of singer s painstaking effort is a porsche 911 restored and reimagined by singer. Follow petrolicious into the heartland of america as we pay a visit to indiana to meet matt euson and his porsche 911. The information in this book is true and complete to the best of our knowledge. Kuykens himself owns a 911 f series in gt silver from 1970 a constant. Singer book cover one more than 10 in the 1970s a boy was in the backseat of his dad. In the end, he created seven illustrated books an issue for every letter of the porsche. Singers latest porsche 911 has the most amazingly retro interior weve ever seen contrasting the orange targa is a gunmetal gray coupe thats rather understated.
If you want to have a low profile, then its good to choose something like white, black, silver, or gray. Singer vehicle design is driven by the singular vision of rob. The team from singer undertook a dynamics and lightweighting study with williams f1 engineers and this car, owned by porsche collector scott blattner, will be the first fruits of that study. Porsche 911 classics for sale classics on autotrader. It is, of course, a porsche 911 reimagined by singer vehicle design svd of sun. We talk to edward lovett, the owner of the monaco car. Singer vehicle design is coming out with a book that offers a closer look at some of the companys beautiful creations. For dickinson, though, the appeal of singer is in experiencing what he believes is the pinnacle of porsches heritage, and in taking an icon like the 911 and polishing it up and representing. This is singer and williamss lightweight, 500hp wildly. Singer vehicle design svd or singer restores and modifies existing porsche automobiles for its customers. Meeting singers tribute to the porsche 911 autocar. The product of singers painstaking effort is a porsche 911 restored and reimagined by singer. And thats exactly what most people are looking for.
Obviously, you cant go around dropping goldplated, ermine. Singer vehicle design is driven by the singular vision of rob dickinson, an excar designer and rock musician who came to be one of the worlds foremost distillers of the essence of air. Singer s latest porsche 911 has the most amazingly retro interior weve ever seen contrasting the orange targa is a gunmetal gray coupe thats rather understated. Californiabased singer vehicle design is one of the bestknown names in the world of porsche enthusiasts and collectors. Singer and the porsche 911 book photo gallery autoblog. Classics on autotrader has listings for new and used porsche 911 classics for sale near you. Readers told us we should include the singer porsche car on our lists since. Abebooks, an amazon company, offers millions of new, used, and outofprint books. Porsche 911 by singer design indiana car video hypebeast. Singers 100th porsche 911 restoration jay lenos garage. The legendary porsche 911, remastered singer vehicle design has fashioned the most retrolooking supercar on the road todaya bespoke remix of the classic aircooled porsche 911. Aston martin db4gt fixing an icon at the franschhoek motor. And thats exactly what rob and his team are doing at singer vehicle design, recreating 911s in a.
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