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Singer Vehicle Design: 911 & Porsche World magazine, November 2009
Jamie and I shot this piece while in California in September and October of 2009. The day was fraught, with huge traffic on the way to our rendezvous on Mulholland Drive, then the car had a few running problems and stopped on the bottom of a bumpy and incredibly busy Friday afternoon rush hour Mulholland [...]
VB Raw: The stripped-back SC
Pulling weight out of a Porsche 911 is one thing and quite a common occurrence nowadays, judging by the stories we hear on impactbumpers.com. But here’s something different, courtesy of the chaps at banksiaeffect.com.
This ‘78 SC, apparently quite an original Australian example, was bought by the brewers of VB Raw beer in 2009 and [...]
Updated WEVO Porsche Shifter
With over 2500 WEVO Shifters for the Porsche 915 and G50 transmissions in circulation across the early 911 community, this excellent product has proven itself to be a genuine improvement over the original. I have a Classic 915 shifter in my Orange car (bought and paid for by the previous owner) and I really do [...]
The 912 Overture
California Porsche guy Pete von Behrens has just released amazing pictures of his WEVO-built 912, known as PVX. I was lucky enough to meet PVX in the metal on our last visit to San Francisco.
Somewhere along the line, WEVO have discovered the secret of selective molecular atomisation, as every nanogram of 912ness has been obliterated [...]
Blessed are the Fugly
Let’s take a trip to Imagination Land.
Imagine a car with all the sexiness of Salma Hayek. Imagine that same car with a chassis more alluring than Scarlett Johansson. Imagine the intensity of having more power than Vanessa Williams. Finally, imagine taking those ingredients and wrapping them up in a package more sophisticated [...]