Mike Brewer is restoring a classic Porsche 964 (Image: X / @MikeBrewer)
host Mike Brewer has claimed he is the “only one” restoring his Porsche in a certain style.
Mike is an avid fan and is working on restoring a historic Porsche 911/964 Turbo alongside his TV work.
Mike picked up the historic Porsche last summer and quickly admitted it was a “dream” to own it.
After securing the model, Mike stressed the car needed to be “recommissioned for the road” to its former glory.
However, on a tour of Design 911’s Porsche studio, Mike stressed he was when compared with almost every other owner.
Mike previously claimed it was a ‘dream’ to secure the classic model (Image: TikTok / @mikebrewerofficial)
, Mike said: “We are doing some design work on my Porsche 964 but we are not going to this extreme.
“I think I’m probably one of the only people in the Porsche enthusiast world at the moment that’s not buying a 964 and backdating it.”
Backdating is the process of making a than it really is and has become a popular method among collectors.
This could celebrate a certain time period or give a model a classic feel that would stand out among die-hard enthusiasts.
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However, Mike has admitted he likes his creature comforts behind the wheel and was not prepared to go to town on reforming his Porsche.
He added: “I like the fact that my car has got hydraulic gearbox, hydraulic brakes, power steering, air conditioning, It feels like a modern car but it’s still a car stuck very much in the 1990s.”
In February, Mike revealed that it would “soon” be time to start restoration work on the classic 964 Turbo. The project got underway in June with Mike taking the lucrative historic model on a road trip for work in Poland.
Restoration work has already begun (Image: TikTok / @mikebrewerofficial)
The trip would see the car dropped off at with Mike hoping the group would “restore it to a level that I’m very excited about.”
Mike admitted his love of Porsche cars started as a kid growing up in South London.
He stressed: “For me as a young impressionable man wanting to succeed in life, for me it was always going to be a 911.
“I fell in love with the shape and the look of them well before I got to drive one.”