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If you’re a regular listener to this podcast, you are most welcome to enjoy the soothing, received pronunciations of our guest this week, Justin Lunny, founder and CEO of Everrati, a bespoke restorer and manufacturer who transforms automotive icons into electric vehicles.
Oh no, not another EV resto-modder, you say? And of Porsche 911s!? Fear not, because as you will hear on this episode, Everrati’s approach sounds just posh, sophisticated, and well-considered as Lunny’s accent.
This becomes apparent by simply looking at the approach to the hallmark of its business: electrifying the 964 generation Porsche 911. It starts with good condition, low mileage versions equipped with the unloved automated manual “Tiptronic” transmission that was a precursor to Porsche’s double-clutch PDK. The vehicles are stripped down to the bare chassis and then carefully restored and improved upon with modern material and mechanical upgrades. All of this while a state-of-the-art electric powertrain, complete with custom electronic management systems, is installed.
Of course, Lunny doesn’t believe Everrati is diminishing or disrespecting the Porsche 911 legend by replacing its flat-six soul with a powerful electric motor and spreading batteries throughout the chassis to improve upon the weight distribution. In fact, we ask him for his thoughts on a particularly popular Porsche tuner known for cutting 911 fenders with a cigarette in one hand and Sawzall in the other, and Lunny is diplomatic, but crystal clear on how his approach is different. Lunny believes Everrati is improving the classic cars it selects—making them faster, more comfortable, and more valuable, while keeping them on the road longer. And if you still don’t like what he’s done, there is good news: Everrati’s modifications are 100 percent reversible. Not that you’d want to, says Lunny, once you experience how his cars drive on road and off. Our man Angus recently sampled Everrati’s very first conversion of a vintage Mercedes-Benz SL, and found it “absurdly easy to drive.”
In addition to Pagodas, 911s, and Ford GT replicas from Superformance, Everrati applies the same care and attention to early generations of Land Rovers, known as Series Land Rovers for the cognoscenti. These are the Lego Duplo- looking Land Rovers, with wide, boxy front fenders, and narrowly-spaced headlights mounted over a mesh wire grille. When hearing about the specs and seeing the leather finished cabins that retain period correct hardware with subtly updated improvements, it’s hard not be more impressed. Everrati’s treatment of the iconic British off-roaders is somehow more impressive than what it does with the 964s, if only because heavily modified and modernized Land Rovers are a far rarer thing.
Not wild enough? No worries, because we close the episode with insights on how Lunny’s team is currently ripping the V-12 guts out of a rare Italian sports car, one that has angular bodywork, huge tires stuffed under flared over fenders, and a bull on its nose. If you guessed Lamborghini, you’re right—but it’s not any of the scissor-door wedge-shaped rockets you’re thinking of, but rather the ultra-rare, Saudi-special LM002.
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