Revolutionizing the Porsche 911: Inside the World of Lab Eleven | Jay Leno's Garage
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- Ever wondered how a classic Porsche 911 can be transformed into a modern masterpiece? In this episode of Jay Leno's Garage, Jay takes you behind the scenes of Lab Eleven, where Porsche enthusiasts take restoration to a whole new level. From the meticulous craftsmanship to the unique modifications that make each car a true work of art, this is an episode you don't want to miss. Join Jay as he explores the passion, innovation, and dedication that go into every Lab Eleven Porsche. Watch now and discover why this is not just another car - it's a legend reborn.
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I love the Company Rep. He was not a Salesman but a technologist.
Every question Jay asked was answered with the correct amount of detail.
Super informational and absolutely beautiful ride!
I enjoyed that guest. He was very polite, polite, no non sense yet he still had personality. This was an enjoyable episode even if we have all seen it done before.
And his grandma is awesome 2.
@@bigshorty4855 grandma? Aunt maybe
People scoff when I praise Leno's car passion. Rich guy, rich toys, they say. But his level of obsession, knowledge, and joy is like some Platonic-ideal expression for a worldly function. Most cannot speak of their own family with such emphasis. It's a contagious joy.
Leno is clinically obsessed with motor vehicles; his wealth allows his obsession to be at this level.
@@petesmitt jealous pete
Mr. Leno appears to be the foremost authority in the US (World?) on all things automotive. I could be wrong, but I do not see him ever using notes on this channel, unless he is doing research before each filming, which I doubt. I do know that he told someone that he could feel that the car he was driving had the wrong tires on it. Who can feel that the car has the wrong tires installed? I would not know that the car had the wrong tires on it, even if the tires were square.
@@jazzbariman Poor road grip
Having no children and a huge income influences the pursuits of men
What I like the most is that it is mostly metal, which can be repaired at any quality repair shop, actual glass, not plastic, simple bumpers that relate to the older models and are all wrapped up with the look of the long hood, but with the newer suspension, and modern amenities. Just wonderful!
Well said
And the interior isn't all done up like a tart's boudoir. God knows how much Singer spends on those interiors, which are just for looks.
Jay Leno is such a legendary car enthusiast, hope we have him for many years to come.
"Feel free to step on it." Music to my ears.
That's just good advice for pretty much any life situation.
I like that guy
I would be rude not to!
Jay's too!!! lol
Touch of a Bavarian accent on Axel? 'Foah' for 'four'.
Love this era of porsche, everything you need, nothing you don’t, beautiful lines, awesome
It has been a really masterful decision of Porsche to encourage these special builds with factory support. Ferrari will probably sue you if you spraypaint your car in a non-standard colour because they are that protectionist of their cars.
@@tjroelsmaBrand not cars. Plenty of their cars are customized. It’s when you mess with the brand they call their lawyers. Considering the amount of hyper car manufacturers. All they have left is their brand.
its not that era of Porsche its a modded newer 911,
@@Nyx_88888the 930 Porsche also as gorgeous as this 911.
@@tjroelsma totally agree about Porsche allowing these backdates. But thought I heard that Singer was having some legal issue with Porsche?
It’s difficult to improve on the original Porsche, but I think they did it here. Thanks Jay. 😎👍😎
I always admired the 911 in my day. I could not afford one with my under $5,000 salary but my wife bought me a used 1970 VW Porsche 914. And I loved it even if Ferdinand himself didn’t. The mid engined power and two seats balanced 50-50.
The Porsche 914 was the biggest selling single Porsche model until the SUVs came along.
@@mikedx2706 - I didn’t know that. Thanks.
My 85/1 944 was not considered a real Porsche, but I loved it just the same!
Having a woman like that is better than a Porsche; she was the keeper.
The first two generations of the Cayman still were the small size,(911 from the doors forward), and with the mid engine layout are wonderfully balanced. The "poor man's Porsche" is the way the car was originally designed but cost forced them to use the "peoples car" parts and put the engine in the rear. I'll let the 911 guys think they've got the superior car, we all deserve to have something that gives us great joy when we drive it. Put's a huge grin on my face, I love it!
An intelligent, interesting conversation.
Jay allowing his Guest to properly present the vehicle.
A fantastic Host.
Thank you, Mr. Leno
Apart from the garish Lab Eleven logo on rear bench and dash, this is the nicest re creation of an air cooled 911.
When my lottery numbers come up.. straight to Lab Eleven !!
Good luck!🙏
@mikebarnard2689 I rather like their logo in the Gulf livery, as shown on their USA website.
Or were you simply referring to the specific version affixed to this particular example?
To your other point, I _couldn't_ possibly agree more! I'll be there with my lottery winnings too. 😁
@BringerOfDearth I saw there is a outfit that are doing this stuff with the 928. Looks incredible and probably drives that way. I think they were talking close to a million $ US. That's where I'd be going if I hit the lottery big..
@@Scotty70 Solid point.
I may have to go a _bit_ more in on my workplace's Powerball group. 😁
Two wonderful gentlemen with an incredible 911. Thanks, Jay. We love you.
All I can say is wow. Absolutely beautiful work. How faithful they are to Porsche's original design, while finishing in modern tolerances. The fact you can go get this serviced at a Porsche facility still at that. Just immensely impressive.
One of the nicest cars I've seen featured on the channel. I love this generation of 911 and this is just the perfect level of modernisation for such a classic vehicle.
Well done. Wish I could remotely afford a $1m vehicle like this lol
Wow, this is such a beautiful Porsche. Love the color. Great build👍nicely done Lab Eleven.
Oooh, finally somebody is modernizing an old 911. I thought nobody would ever think of doing that.
Well.... 🤣
I see what you did there!
Tell me about it. The way it's going, there'll soon be no decent, early and unmodified 911s left.
It's a backdate build starting with a modern 993 not an old 911. Totally different thing. Apart from that the Singer shitboxes cost seven figures these days so why not spend 750K on a real Porsche?!
@@Madagon367 A 993 is "modern"? It was superceded by the 996 nearly 30 years ago.
For Porsche to certify the car, it must be very impressively built. I would think the engineers at Porsche look at these completely professionally rebuilt cars and say to themselves, "Someone finally did this right." Beautifully finished vehicles.
What you do Jay, is to bring all cars and all history, and how amazing everything is. And you show this to the younger generation. We need to remember the past, and love all our old technology, and cars, because that got us to we are today. I wish I could be there and do what you do. I fear no one else will, or they will be so far and few between. Bless you Jay!!!!!
What can you say about Jay Leno? Absolute legend. Love this show
Sad day when collection has to be broken up
Lab Eleven is going to sell cars like crazy. That said,I'm still a Gunther Werks guy. I just REALLY like what they do with the 911 platform.
Singer, Gunther Werks and now Lab Eleven.... Ruf is still the OG and where I'd spend my million
A few others too. It's the biggest part of the reimagined car industry I'm a fan
There is one more Manufacturer in Germany with excellent quality and it’s right around the corner from me 😂 DasTriebwerk
Me too. I own a modded but comparably “humble” 996 Turbo. My local PCA Club chapter was invited to a RUF dealer meeting in Miami. Our mouths hit the floor upon gazing at these spectacular cars. RUF will always be my go to car when (or if) I hit the big time.
Agreed. They have there own chassis and other parts.
We have Tuthill, Paul Stephens and Autofarm in the UK doing backdates/restos long before Singer and that hobo Magnus
I like that 'mustard' colour and the yellow and black trim, of course the mechanical refinements are fantastic. Tasteful yet different interior, Long live Porsche. Well done Lab Eleven.
Their website calls that color 'Olive' but ya, It is nice. They have a shade of green called 'Pennicillin'. Same tone as bread mold LOL.
Definitely a 'poop on' colour.
I've always loved the sound of st8 6 and flat 6 engines and v12s also since the age of 9 years old. Porches definitely made an impression accelerating as it passed by me.
Can’t afford a Lab Eleven, but hopefully one day I could try my hand at rebuilding one with my pops.
What a piece of work. The craftsmanshsip on thsi car is next level. The rep on this car was very proud and confident and understaded .
I own a 1995 993 Coupe it's stock and I'm happy with a factory Porsche .
I swear the 911 in this video is actually a 964. Do you agree?
Nice car, but there’s 2 things I’m medium fond of:
1.) Except for the interior, basically anybody could copy/build it, because it’s all original Porsche spare parts, just ordered and put together.
2.) The engine parts received “a carbon overlay”, which means they simply put a carbon skin over an already existing part, making it heavier (to look cool) instead of making a completely new component.
Other well known companies actually produce their own components for similar price.
It seems to be a project wanting to ride on the retro Porsche wave, but slightly late to the game, AND not fully dedicated…see the name (!!??).
Fun video as always!
Best wishes
Living in the vicinity of Jay’s garage my dream is to visit it and do a tour with the man Jay himself
Mr. Axel Weller was born with a passion for cars! He has always created new inventions when it came to cars!!! Hands down he works with passion
If only Leno knew his opinion is now valued by car manufacturers and engineers around the globe in his own right. And he earned it.
The color palette of the '70s is hard to beat. I couldn't explain it to you in words; it's more of a "if you lived through the '70s you'll remember the colors" sorta thing. Browns, and dark green and orange colors, and yellows. Just a great palette. Very nostalgic
Yeah, I grew up with these colours, we had "avocado" appliances. It's not a palette I want for my $700k custom Porsche though.
I don’t see any colors anymore on new cars here in America. It’s all gray/white/black. There’s no exuberance anymore.
Resell value
What color car do you drive?
@@garrettlowell7637what is your car colour?
@@drp1036 I drive a moss green Jeep with a spice colored top, and a lapis blue E28.
I am not Porsche fan and not crazy about that color, HOWEVER there is something about this car that is appealing. Just looking at the mods and the perfect paint. I like it.
There's just something about a Porsche that can make a color you don't otherwise like seem quite nice.
Gorgeous Car! miles of speed and miles!
Absolutely gorgeous machine. Brown Mustard color makes it unique. Cool.❤💙👍😎
I love the car and truly enjoyed listening to Axel explain everything...wish I could own one.
“Feel free to step on it” Love it!!
You've gotta love Leno for his honest reaction to hearing the price
Im just noticing how thin jays getting is. i hope its just a dieting thing. long live jay!❤
i was just noticing that too, maybe Ozempic ? (i hope)
Hasn't his wife passed away?
@@jeanpottam6080 - worse...dementia.
It is definitely not a diet thing. Jay is a human being just like the rest of us, and he is getting to the end of his time time here on Earth, unfortunately. Fortunately, he has made quite a name for himself, and I think that he has done more than enough in his life to "wrap things up" with no regrets. I hope he feels the same way.
@@moogle68 you know nothing. Smart people shed weight better late than never. Jay is smart.
This is very well done! Love the flares rear-end, the color matching flywheel, period correct features. Beautiful automobile!! LUV IT when the gentleman said, "feel free to step on it"
That may be the best color combination I've ever seen on a Porsche in my life...
I have owned several air cooled Porsches over the years including an original 73 RS Lightweight. I loved them all. This car is beautiful and extremely well done.
I remember taking a certain friend for a ride in a light fast car and I can tell you that 350hp to 2600 lb curb weight performance is a lot different with those two in it and it's over 3,000 lb
That mustard color is just *chef kiss* the perfect shade of yellow!
Jay, you've lost much weight. If the loss is intentional good, if not... Dear Sir, my heart runs out for you. Good bless, may you be strong and healthy.
I've never been a Porsche fan but this one is so beautiful.
Holy cow this car...and the interior. Heavens, it's beautiful.
Right, I want to commend the guest and his company. For this price, it needs to be impeccable. This they accomplished.
What a beautiful Porsche. I love how Lab Eleven kept the classic look but modded everything. Very nice!
Main reason why Porsches have good mileage is, unlike alot of other performance/ high end manufacturers, they run almost every time you start them. Most Italian, French, and British sports cars are constantly broken down for various reasons.
Thanks 👍..
The paint on that car is just impeccable. Wow.
I'm watching this video again and that car is totally awesome.
Wow, that thing is Gorgeous!
Anyone who gets one of these is very fortunate. I wish I were one.
The 911 is an Iconic body style. The World of Body Eleven. So stylish and timeless. Thank you Jay for sharing!
💯👊👍💕
Body Eleven?...what's that, a spa retreat?
The detail is incredible. It didn't even have a passenger sideview mirror. I remember my 1979 Porsche did not have one and always thought that was odd. The modernized period gauges and steering wheel was amazing.
Damn 530pm central time now, I almost missed watching this today. Break my 10yr run.
An absolute work of art, not a porsche fan but this has changed my mind.
Every time I watch your videos I always focus on the Citroen SM in the back for some reason
Hi Jay. I'm not really a Porsche fan but back in the day l took a Carrera for a brief drive . Oh my word , what a hoot ! And l was at a show last year and there was a 911 sc parked up . Took a look at the speedo 186, 000 miles . A proper Porsche !!! Thanks Jay . I'm sure the colour looked better in real life .......baby pooh brown ! Really ! 😊
Man what a beautiful Porsche!👌🥰👍Singer, Lab eleven really knows how to make a Porsche look absolutely stunning!! Boy it sucks to be poor!
Thanks 👍..
That was fun and informative. Thx Jay. Love the story at the end when your guest mentioned that as a child, he would only drink out of the cup that had the green Porsche on it. Haha. So he is exactly where he should be now. Haha. That worked out nicely.
Great car. Great guest. Expensive, but I'm sure those who can afford it won't complain.
Beautiful car ! I had rop at night after h.s.and painted one of my cars the same color.
Love it !
Jay Leno is the best!
I'll be expecting your massage.
Modified, but still so obviously a 911, love the early 70s look of these cars, despite owning a more modern one, I don’t think they ever beat that look.
That guy's great, and it's the first time. I heard someone say they need to get gas. Love ya J
Absolutely stunning!! And a lovely colour combo. I wasn't sure about the colours at first, but I fell in love by the end. Just wonderful all around. The build quality looks next level. And good horsepower to weight ratio. Nice that it's not 700hp and 3500lbs. Much rather have 2600lbs and 350hp. Far more rewarding to drive like this. Thanks for posting Jay!
please stop hacking these amazing 993s and 964s up, Jay, please make the bad men stop!
Jay, for 26 years I've been a Mercedes-Benz owner-driver, yet I appreciate Porsche engineering. It's all German engineering--Deutsch engineert. :)
Good to see Jay back doing what he loves
I'll be expecting your massage.
Jay Leno's impersonation of the german TV crew had me LOLing hAHHAAH
I would want one without all the Lab Eleven logos.........
I’m guessing for all that money… they could delete the garish stuff … esp the interior.
Man I absolutely love this car, even the colour, which I'd usually hate, works perfectly. Bravo.
Beautiful work on this one! My. Favorite!
That was a great little story about young Pino going to that car show and getting caught in a Porsche and not getting punished but even rewarded with a little car model and other Porsche stuff.
Thanks 👍..
🏆Jay Leno🏆🍀king of cars 👀✌️
You just gotta love it when the represetative of a car company turns out to be a tech nerd and car enthusiast. My first thought at the start of the video was like "uh, just another expensive modernized 911" - but I ended up watching the whole video. 😎👍
You had me at $750K!
Safest Porsche - pay a fortune to put it on a pedestal... and NOT drive it.
Its an amazing car but that doesn't justify the 750k price tag IMO. You can buy half a dozen original and desirable classic cars for that kind of money.
Plus GST, PST, Luxury tax and exchange for me in Canada, the grand total is $1,390,687 CDN. Hard pass. I can buy a nice 993 C4S for $130k-$140k US.
I turned off when I hear that, just completely nuts
Superb car where Classic meets High Tech and Live in Harmony
Would love to see Bruce Canepa’s new backdated 911 that he’s debuting @ Pebble this week.
❤ and blessings 2 you and your wife! I admire you in so many ways! God blessings for you taking such a great job of your wife! Praying for you all may God be with you all
Jay looks great, have a blessed day
Absolutely spectacular looking car.
Be still my restless heart. Go for it, Jay. During the late 1970’s I test drove a three cylinder Yamaha 750 motorcycle. It sounded just like an air-cooled Porsche 911. SOLD! I rode that bike for thirty years. I have a water-cooled bike now. It sounds pretty generic.
Yes! I had one as well and always said that it sounded like my dad’s 911! XS750 triple
06:18 "Mǐ always like the Fuchs."
~Powers, A. _c.1975_
I love it. This is so very beautiful. I love these older Porsche's. Thank you.
Axel knows his stuff! I'm not a big Porsche guy, but that is one beautifully done car!
Yep, I'm one of those who do not like what Singer, Lab Eleven and others are doing to classic 911's. And starts at 720k lol. I also don't care how many they made. In my opinion, converting an original classic 911 to a resto is sacrilege. Glad I bought my 1982 911 SC. It will stay 100% the way it left the Porsche factory in 1982 on my watch. If I did crave a modern 911, I'd go 20 miles from my home and buy a 2024 however since Porsche is no longer offering base and S trim manual 911s, that's never going to happen. I suppose that's one pro argument for these resto modders. Admittedly, at 58, I'm like my Air cooled 911, an old relic of the past and I like it that way.
Totally agree. And the funny thing is that this very expensive restomod is still not a modern car. I'd rather be sitting in my 991.1 911 when hit by an SUV or truck in today's crazy traffic. These kinds of expensive reimaginations are not meant for the real Porschists, just for wealthy people who fell in love with the iconic shape and the idea of driving an oldtimer but who hate, or at least lack the love of, really taking care of one. They basically don't like the way real oldtimers drive and feel but nevertheless they want to be seen in something oldtimer-adjacent. I guess that in their world you get more bragging rights with these very expensive restomods than with the original stuff itself. On special occasions, I love taking out my all-original 1967 911R which I inherited from my father. I take care of it without trying to improve on it (except for tires and wiper blades maybe) and drive and respect it the way he always did over the years. And if I want performance or long-range reliability, I'll take one of my more contemporary Porsches. The whole bunch of them still cost me just a fraction to purchase, run and maintain of the price of one of these almost perfect "reimaginations". Different strokes for different folks I guess...
From about 17:10 to 17:20 THAT'S the sound.
Man I've been inlove with Porsche for decades.
Recently bought POWSCHE (Solana Token) really promising and great car community, whole narrative is "Need Money for POWSCHE"
Looks close to the most perfect 911 ever, and I am deliberatedly not a Porsche lover.Very competent german guy with Jay,all explanations spot on.Apart the mustard colour ,a really VERY nice car.But the price is just nuts, and will make it be a show queen for most.Thanks Jay for this discovery, getting me to be interested in a Porsche is an achievement 🙂
Jay “this is California you do whatever you want”, meanwhile you can’t modify your exhaust, tires or even use half the products in the paint dept. lol. Now Florida is a different story. If it moves it gets a plate.
Good video and nice redone "old school" air cooled car!! Back in the 80's I had a People's Car 1965 air cooled Volkswagen Beetle. My best friend had 1982 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 liter Mustang. He told me once that my car exhaust sounded like there were quarter's falling out of it!! This exhaust sounds a lot better!!
Stunning 911, but I must wait for my reincarnation to get one.
how much is this?
@@pikachusolu1606 700k with no options
Owned a 911 Carrera 4 and 4s and really loved the 4s. Both last air cooled 98 models.
BravoJ《☆》👍🏾🍺🤳The sound of a Porsche flat Six is intoxicating eh✌🏼😎☯️
Wheel package is terrific. If one insist on tire-colored wheels than a bright ring sets the wheels up nicely.
Cool it has the Monte Carlo bar
My ultimate favorite 911...wow just wow!
I am definitely not a Porsche kind of car enthusiast but I do love what they’ve done with that one. It seems to be top-notch.
I’ve been interested in Porsche since I was 8 years old. Had a matchbox car of one and liked them ever since. One day I’ll get one.
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What a beauty of a Porsche, as cool as it is to have one of this original doing this restomodification is also cool, to get the best out of both classic and modern world.