Therefore, as you’d expect, with Greg’s own cars being a rolling advertisement for his skillset, when he builds something attention to detail is done to the nth degree. In fact, I actively avoid letting him see my cars now because he possesses the frustrating ability to pick up on the smallest defect or blemish from a hundred yards away. Greg’s approach to bodywork – and I’m sure he won’t mind me saying this – has been called OCD-like on many occasions. He’s painted several of our SH Garage cars, in part or whole, over the years, as well as being behind the paint and bodywork of some of the UK’s top show cars.
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Greg is the man behind Southam Bodies, and one of the UK’s top body and paint specialists. I’ll interject at this point to bring you up to speed. I sold the black one, we did a deal and I left the engine with the engine builder while the shell came back with me so I could start work on it.” “It was a good car, but in getting the engine to how he wanted it, the rebuild costs quickly spiralled out of control, so I told him I’d buy it off him.
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“I was looking to get rid of my second 964, a black one, when a friend of mine bought this red one and tore it down ready for a full engine rebuild,” Greg explains. He had also developed a method for creating his ideal 911, so when this car came into Greg’s possession he knew exactly what he was going to do to it. Living The DreamĪt around a similar time, Greg Howell – the man behind the 911 you see here – had already owned two, and knew what all the fuss was about. My appreciation for the 964 seemed to gently manifest itself over the next 10 to 15 years, until I was in a position to eventually buy one – they’d come down in price, I’d saved up my pennies, it was meant to be.īut I didn’t. I had however around that period been adjusting to Tiffani Amber Thiessen’s transition from Saved By The Bell to Beverly Hills 90210, so my memory is somewhat hazy. I was a 13-year-old boy when Bad Boys came out, and I do recall a fondness for the 964 forming at this point. It wasn’t the poster car on my childhood bedroom wall (Lamborghini Countach and Ferrari Testarossa, in case you were wondering), nor do I remember an epiphanic moment growing up. I can’t put my finger on the point at which the 964 became the one for me. Take for example the 996 and possibly even the 997 models – time has not served them nearly as well as it has the 964. Quite often when a model enjoys as lengthy a heritage as the 911, the arrival of each successive generation instantly condemns the previous generation to pasture. Porsche also created something that has stood the test of time like very few other models. To this day, very few other cars make me exclaim with excitement when I see one on the road. It was the point at which Porsche seemed to overcome the clunky design awkwardness of the Carrera 3.2 and managed to create something that acknowledged the more subtle design cues of its predecessors – the early 911/912 and earlier Porsche 356. It’s the pinnacle of the 911’s design in my opinion.
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There’s just something about the 964 that appeals immensely to me, both on an aesthetic and emotional level. Probably a C2, but I’d be delighted with a C4.
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I know the spec I’d want precisely: manual gearbox, no sunroof, full interior, stock body, Guards Red. I’d love to hear your personal list in the comments below.įor me, it all boils down to the Porsche 911 964. You’ve probably got a top five, right? A list of the models you’d snap up straight away with a big lottery win or windfall. Or you might find yourself with more humble yet equally drool-worthy aspirations a bone stock but immaculately restored Mk1 Golf GTi, Peugeot 205 T16, or Hakosuka, for example. Your mind might dart to the most exotic and lavish supercar a McLaren P1, Porsche 918 or LaFerrari. The one specific model that, were the constraints of time, life, practicality and, often most crucially, money was not an issue, you’d own in a heartbeat. I guarantee that every single one of you reading this has a dream car.