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    Love it. Would drive the hell out of it!
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    I guess Porsche doesn't really care because all they are doing is restoring/modifying a P car and putting another badge on it - every car is unique and really at the end of the day anyone could recreate one - I really don't see any infringement
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    Don't know if Seinfeld has one but Leno does and he tends to like his cars "patina".
    I admire the artwork but I would drive the hell out of it.
    You never see them re-sold so that may tell you something about the joy they bring their customers or...they are just so rich it doesn't matter.

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    Has Jerry Seinfeld bought one yet?

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    There were two at our annual, local Porsche show in Roseville at the park.

    One was 'Dubai', the other I didn't catch the name of. Each was uniquely different. One had an Ed Pink carressed flat six and the other a Cosworth.....

    Stunning, but somewhat misses much of what I love about the early longhood cars.

    They seem so 'jewel like' and 'perfect'. I think Porsche wanted to offer the best, but not really allow their 911 to become a 'crown jewel'. The first 911s were serviceable and somewhat simple, with a modicum of race readiness. I would have a hard time biting down on the bridle and turning a half million dollar Singer loose on a track day or on a climb up the Grossglockner Pass.

    They are hyper cool.
    BUT, I would be beyond paranoid owning one.

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    R&T . . . . . . . .

    http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...ned-by-singer/
    http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...g=roa&click=yr

    . . . some numbers



    '. . . The noise made my kidneys itch . . .'



    '. . . I saw Dickinson walking over, clapping and grinning like a shot fox.

    "We just want people to drive the damn things," he said . . .
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    great article. Incredible writing...

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    It was easy to just dismiss this car . . . 'cause o' cost. I still remember C Harris commenting on the $30k wiring harness --- 'what are they f*cking smoking?' I thought

    But there are enough OCD-inducing builds here, on Our Site, that Singer's kinda --- energy? . . . has an audience. Mr Dickenson does what a lotta Car People already do --- or want to . . .

    He just does it more . . . as in WAY

    For anyone building a Hot Rod 911 . . . the bar is now set preeeeeeetty high

    Mr Dickenson also does what he does ---- for money . . . the b@stard!

    Feel that?




    But . . .

    . . . looking at The Car --- as a car?



    It's just spectacular. I mean --- totally over the top

    Nobody --- and I mean ab-so-lutely nobody . . . does what Mr Dickenson does. I've seen little bits of what his cars have, in Hot Rod shows, usually . . . nickel trim, leather-work, upholstered trunks + engine compartments, fab'd-up gauges + levers + handles + knobs + switches --- little touches that don't call attention to themselves but, somehow, seem even more spectacular for it --- Singer's brass-plated alu lugs, for example . . .


    . . . but packing it all? --- in One Package . . . that does >170 mph?


    That is SO sick


    The irony is --- having built this howling/sliding/jewel of a car . . . most people who could own/appreciate such a treasure . . .


    . . . would probably have stroke actually using it


    So --- a Huge Shout-out for the Guy who let R&T thrash his



    Wonder who's paying that detail bill?

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