The BEST restomod Porsche 911 Workshop 5001 Build #11 | Henry Catchpole - The Drivers Seat

This Porsche 911 restomod by Workshop 5001 could easily be overlooked. That’s half the appeal. But it would also be a crying shame, because it is brilliant. A 964 RS ‘plus’ that is fabulous from its flawless Grigio Scuro (yes, a Ferrari colour) paint to its magnificent 380bhp engine sitting below a neat, carbonfibre ducktail. Based in LA, Workshop 5001 is a small but deeply impressive place run by Marlon Goldberg. His first love is engine building and he has built dozens of flat sixes in varying capacities for all sorts of Porsches. However, he has also done a few special projects. Complete cars taken right back to the start and built up better than new. Each one has been different and this remains true with this, build number 11. It mixes original and modern with sublime subtlety to create something that still clearly identifies as a 964 but with the performance turned up quite a few notches. The engine has significantly more power than the wildest 3.8 RS and the suspension gets the l