ALL-TERRAIN COMPETITION STUDY
“ What’s quite remarkable about 911s is they suit off-road use. It’s part of their genius,” so says 911 rally and motorsport specialist Richard Tuthill, while giving the Parallax white Porsche in front of us a final checkover pre-photography.
As is well known, for as long as the 911 has been driven for the purpose of recreation, it has also done so for racing – be it road or rally. We’ve documented the 911’s rich history in rallying many times in this magazine, which was borne out of Peter Falk (more on him on page 50) and Herbert Linge’s thrilling assault on the 1965 Monte Carlo rally in a near-stock 911S, winning their class and finishing 5th overall. Porsche’s decorated legacy over rough terrain in the 45 years since includes notable dominance at the Dakar and, latterly, thanks to Mr Tuthill, safari success in East Africa, simply one of the world’s toughest endurance races. By default you might think that the 911 was built to go racing – on tarmac – but rallying over rough terrain has also been at the core of its DNA, which brings us to the latest work from Singer.
Regular readers (and indeed anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock these last ten years) will know of Singer’s brilliant work in restoring Porsche 911s, unleashing in them a new lease of life that enhances Ben Dimson’s original
