Not all cars can become classics after decades of weathering, and obviously, all 911-loving enthusiasts know this, especially these next five.

RUF (Germany)

In 1987, a yellow 911 set an astonishing speed of 342 kilometers per hour at the Nardo circuit in Italy, a record for a production street car at the time. The official name of this 911 was - CTR (Group?C?Turbo?RUF), and fans called it - YelloBird?

The CTR is powered by a 3.4L horizontally-opposed six-cylinder engine that makes more than 470 horsepower with twin turbos. Mated to a RUF-built five-speed manual gearbox, the overall mass was reduced to 1150 kilograms, and the 100km acceleration time SPORT?AUTO measured 4.1 seconds, 0-200km/h was a horrific 11.4 seconds, with a lap time of 8 minutes and 10 seconds in the New York North. At a time when tire technology was not mature enough, this performance is already considered very fast.

The RUF brand dates back to 1939, when its founder, Alois Ruf, started out as a garage, and after the Second World War became involved in building buses.

In the early 1950s, when the economic crisis hit and the German government's energy conservation policy came into effect, RUF responded by modifying the Beetle's engine to improve fuel consumption by reducing displacement, which was, at the time, very popular.

But the good times didn't last long, and with the death of the old RUF, the company's business was handed over to his son, but Alois Ruf Jr. was not the same as his father, and was only interested in sports cars, and the car that interested him most, and also the best sports car in his mind, was the Porsche 911.

The road to the modification of the RUF 911 has been open ever since.

Since then, RUF?911's road to modification has begun.

SINGER?VEHICLE?DESIGN (USA)

We often hear of Singer.

Singer's founder, Rob Dickinson, was first the lead singer of Catherine Wheel, and the reason why he named his studio Singer. named his studio Singer was partly a nod to his former career as a singer, and partly a tribute to legendary Porsche engineer Norbert?Singer.

Rob Dickinson, who has a background as an automotive engineer, was first known for refurbishing the Brown Bomber 911E in 2003, a car that was favored by many Hollywood celebrities because of his frequent trips to Hollywood. It was for this reason that Rob?Dickinson decided he wanted to have his own workshop so that more enthusiasts could own a Singer-style 911.

In 2009, after receiving an investment, Rob?Dickinson completed his first air-cooled 911 for restoration in Monterey, near the original Rocky Beach.

After that, the first air-cooled 911 for restoration was completed in Monterey. Since then, a 964 has been given a new lease of life at Singer?s workshop in Sunbury, north of Hollywood.

If you want to own one of Rob?Dickinson's technically perfect restored Singers, you'll need to spend more than $350,000 to do so. On top of that, of course, there's a long waiting cycle attached to it, as it takes more than a year to restore a Singer.

Manthey?Racing (Germany)

Unlike the previously mentioned tuning gurus, Olaf?Manthey focuses more on track and manufacturer partnerships.

Olaf?Manthey's case of fame was the modification of a 911GT3RS, which was then taken to a short-track test at Germany's famed F1 circuit, Hockenheim, after modification, and its lap time turned out to be 0.5 seconds faster than Porsche's original wonder car, the 918?Spyder? The new generation of Porsche's mid-mounted GTE chariot, the 911?RSR, also comes from Olaf?Manthey.

Of course, in addition to tuning cars, he also collaborates with Porsche factory teams, running the Porsche WEC World Endurance Championship factory team. As for achievements, in his first year with Porsche (2013) he won the GTE-PRO class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Olaf?Manthey's life can be said to have been about racing.

Born in 1955, he grew up in the golden age of motorsport, taking up the sport at the age of 19. In the mid-1980s, Manthey became a driver in the DTM, competing in a Rover Vitesse; in the 1990s, he joined Persson Motorsport, working for Mercedes-Benz DTM; and in 1996, he won a race near the Nürburgring. In 1996, he founded his own company near the Nürburgring, focusing on building Porsche Carrera cars and racing them, and in the late '90s, actually won almost 30 VLN races, a race held only at the Nürburgring.

Obsessed with the Nürburgring, his ability to tune the machine is actually second to none in the industry over the two decades of lap-scrubbing history at the Nürburgring. And his tuning factory is actually located near the Nordschleife?Dottinger?Hohe? stage (the longest big straight).

Magnus Walker (UK)

Magnus Walker's claim to fame was the 911T, code-named 277, a 911 known as the Widowmaker, which he put into heavy metal with blue bumpers and red paint. that energized the tuning scene at the time.

Magnus?Walker's visual flair wasn't first displayed on the 911, but on jeans.

Born in England in 1967, Magnus?Walker first saw a Martini painted 911?Turbo at a car show at the age of 10 and thought it was the most beautiful car in the world. Immediately afterward, he wrote to Porsche, which surprisingly responded and welcomed him to apply for a job after he finished school.

After that, a happy Magnus Walker dropped out of school, took up alcohol, heavy metal, and was even "forced" to leave the UK.

At the age of 19, he took to the streets of the US to sell his own altered jeans, showing off his visual flair and sense of style, and soon created his own brand, Serious?Clothing, which he sold for 15 years.

With the money to naturally buy their favorite 911, 277 just appeared, and is often seen in the vision of the police.

Although the 277 only had 200 horsepower, Magnus?Walker gave the 911T a decent performance by chassis-modifying it and reducing its weight, and he often raced it on the road. Two years later, he started competing again in races organized by the Porsche Club, and his years of drag racing experience have brought him many awards.

It didn't take long for him to get tired of this life. He decided to take a big step forward for his dream and sold all his non-911s and started collecting 911s to his liking, focusing on building 911s in his own style.

RWB (Japan)

Nakai, the founder of RWB (Rauh-Welt?Begriff), is a man who has a religious devotion to the German performance car culture at heart. performance car culture with a religious devotion and worship of the Japanese tuner. Although RWB is a German acronym, the name is actually derived from Rough World, a Japanese drift team from the 1980s of which Nakai was a member.

Relying on the success of modifying a Toyota AE86 in his youth, Nakai bought his first Porsche in the late 1990s at the age of just 28? --911 (930). Until now, all of his works are also still based on the 930, 964, 993 as a modification, which is inspired by the wide body of the Porsche GT2 rivet link.

Nakai's RWBs are now all over the world, including RWB?long?island in the US and RWB Pink Pig #23 in Shanghai.

In Nakai, we can totally see the Japanese artisan spirit.

RWB's front and rear bumpers, side skirts, and wings are all individually customized by the customer, made mostly of fiberglass, with little advanced craftsmanship, but with maximum visual effect, and although they are also fixed by rivets and glue, they are not over-the-top and aggressive. Prior to the modification, Nakai goes over the details of the customer's requirements and draws out the parts that will go into the build personally for Nakai to go to the customer's garage and install them, whether you're in China or the United States.

"Every car has a soul, half of which is born and the other half is given by the owner." -- Nakai

This article comes from the authors of Motor Home Car Family, and does not represent the views of Motor Home's position.