What a week! What a lovely week!

"Jon Resk" (jonresk) 06/25/2015 at 16:05 • Filed to: None

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Weeks like these make me want to become a better person. They make me want to smile at strangers and drink more nasty green smoothies. I actually walked to work today.

“Why?” you may ask. Well, I’LL TELL YOU WHY:

The new Ford Focus RS has just been officially rated at !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Yes.

The new !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has been leaked and announced. Yesss.

And, Singer Vehicle Design just announced their first !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , dubbed the Montreal . I’m from Montreal. Coincidence? I. THINK. NOT.

My body aches with very large quantities of want.

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > Jon Resk 06/25/2015 at 16:29

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I can’t even look at the Singer 911’s without getting seriously depressed that I’ll never be able to own one. They won’t exactly depreciate...

TheOnelectronic > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 06/25/2015 at 16:44

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NONE of the air-cooled 911’s will depreciate. At least not until everyone gets worried it’s a bubble and stops buying them causing the prices to plummet.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Jon Resk 06/25/2015 at 16:49

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Maybe you’ll see it.

The cars are named for their owner’s geographic locale... someone from Montreal commissioned that car.

Was it you?

It is an amazing car.

I have always thought the rear glass angle on the early Targa cars is too vertical compared to the sleeker fastback profile of the coupe, and that hasn’t changed here.

(I quite like the sleeker angle on 991 Targa, which looks remarkably like the GTN Targa hard-top for 996 and 997 Cabriolets.)

However, it is nearly impossible to argue with the idea of a gorgeous, second-to-none-craftsmanship Singer Porsche, playing a 4 liter flat-6 symphony, conducted with a 6-speed stick, with the open atmosphere cockpit.

I realize it is even less likely than a Singer Targa, but I can only imagine the universe-collapsing paradox that would result from the critical mass of awesome that a Singer Speedster would attain... if the Targa monocoque is stable enough with the roof open, then a Speedster should do just as well.

It could perhaps employ a b-pillar brace behind the front seat backs and under the aerodynamic tonneau cover, or otherwise driver-protective Boxster-esque leather upholstered roll hoops, even if rollover protection is not strictly original on a Speedster.

Others have tried back-dating a speedster... (RWB, RAUH-Welt Begriff, did the blue speedster pictured)

...but somehow a Singer with a bit of nickel plating (perhaps the cut-down windshield frame, properly flat across the top, and more), tone-on-tone side sill stripes, the motorized spoiler, leather-woven upholstery on light-weight carbon fiber bucket seats... carbon-fiber bodywork, and the whole 9 yards... plus the mechanical updates, 964 suspension tuned by Ohlins, forged 17” Fuchs RSR replicas, 993 6-speed Getrag gearbox, and either a 3.8 Cosworth engine, or this Targa’s Ed Pink 4.0 Liter 390-horsepower free-breather...

resto-mod epic perfection.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jon Resk 06/25/2015 at 17:45

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I want. Much want. But can’t have. :(

Jon Resk > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 06/26/2015 at 08:56

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You caught me red handed ;)

No but seriously, I had no idea they were named after their owner’s locale... Now I’m both depressed and excited at the same time. Montreal isn’t a big city, so I will definitely take a picture and post it here if I see it, though I’ll be trying my best to hold back the tears.

As for a Singer Speedster, I could see that happening in a year or two. Someone will eventually pay them enough to have a one-off Singerified Speedster. I can only imagine how beautiful that thing might look, given that all their other creations are flawless works of nickel-plated art.

Although those you posted above are gorgeous, I’ve always appreciated Singer for their subtlety as opposed to other designers. They keep it clean and slick, and improve upon the original without going over the top (minus things like leather in an engine bay).

Jon Resk > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 06/26/2015 at 09:15

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“Depreciation” and “air-cooled 911’s” in the same sentence?

904 GTS > Jon Resk 06/26/2015 at 13:02

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In the meantime, enjoy Gary R Engle’s labor of LOVE.., the SpeedsterGR -

Stainless, laser-cut oil cooler grill, silver crest, 993 headlights, no channel hood, single wiper,

Ruf inspired front & rear caps, 18-inch custom wheels, Strosek electric mirrors, original 2.7 tail

custom fixed side windows, stainless laser-cut engine lid grill

custom dash & instruments, custom hightht & reach adjustable steering column, custom shifter

ROTHsport-built, individual throttle bodied MoTec injected and ignited ~300HP 3.8L engine with ERP Öhlin suspension, of course. From scratch to this, it took Gary _18_ years to built it.

A multiple page article about this car was published in EXCELLENCE, February 2014 issue.