Between firms like Singer,
Canepa, and Paul Stephens, there’s no shortage of people out there committed to
restomodding Porsches. But this latest project isn’t being undertaken by any of
them, nor by any competitor. This one’s being done by Porsche itself.
It’s called Project Gold, and
Porsche Classic has been releasing a steady trickle of teaser videos to give us
little hints at what to expect. From what we can see so far, the
project appears to be based around a 993-generation 911 Turbo – the last of the
air-cooled models, which in and of itself has earned the mid-90s model
something of a cult following. It was also the first Turbo to employ all-wheel
drive to help channel all its power to the tarmac: 402 hp , to be
specific, from a 3.6-liter twin-turbo boxer six. The later Turbo S that
followed two years after in 1997 was even more potent, with 450 hp –
but only 183 of them were made.
Given its cult status, and the
70th anniversary which the project ostensibly aims to help celebrate, suitably
painstaking level of attention to detail that Porsche Classic seems to be
applying should come as little surprise – right down to the gold trim evidently
featuring both inside and out.
That’s about all we know so far,
but you can bet there’ll be more videos to follow before the finished product
is revealed on August 24 (likely in Monterey). After that, Porschephiles can
look forward to seeing it in the metal at the Rennsport Reunion on September
27, when it just might put all those independent restomodders in California to
shame.
