The ‘just’ is Kamm’s word, and I realise it’s doing a lot of heavy lifting, particularly as it excludes the donor car and that adds £50,000. But Kamm brings the body back to better than new condition, and it gets stiffened, while carbonfibre is used for the wings, bonnet, boot, mirrors and bumpers. At 860kg, it’s a significant 100kg lighter than the original.
The T gets a lower-tune version of the C’s 2.0-litre engine, making 161bhp, which Kamm is also going to make available as a crate engine. Kamm is finding that a lot of classic Porsche lovers, particularly younger ones, like owning a classic car but are short of the time and nous to keep one working.
As someone whose Volkswagen Beetle carburettor diaphragms corroded due to today’s hygroscopic ethanol-laced fuel being left in them, I know the feeling. Gosh, if only to have a rather more modern throttle-bodied engine that will start on demand.
I haven’t yet seen a T in the flesh, but I can tell you (and will again soon) that Kamm’s crafting and finish are both exceptional. Also, Kamm’s idea of a restomod is rather different from most, especially when it comes to Porsches.
Most of those – Singer, Gunther Werks, Theon – take a more recent 911 and back-date the looks; Kamm takes a classic and leaves it looking entirely in-period. It’s more like Alfaholics’ take on Alfa Romeos: keep it looking sweet and upgrade the mechanicals.
Just like my take on my Hillman Imp, except for the bit where their cars work. Kamm will start building Ts next year – and more on them soon.
Peak Experience
At first I didn’t believe Aston Martin when it said peak torque from the Valhalla’s V8 engine was at 6700rpm, the same revs at which its peak power appears – especially given that the base engine in the Mercedes-AMG GT makes its peak torque from 2000rpm. But they assure me it’s so.
Power and torque are related: horsepower will always be equal to pounds-feet at 5252rpm, below which torque will exceed power and above which power will be bigger. That doesn’t mean torque can’t peak beyond that, but for it to peak at the same engine revs as power is vanishingly rare.
