I'm sorry but you are going to have to pay attention today.
So, we're looking at the difference between old classic cars, restored classic cars and new classic cars and even spookier things about James Dean and Mazda.
Let's start by looking at Porkers. You can buy an old classic Porsche for $45k. You can buy a beautifully restored 1973 Porsche 911 E Targa from Sydney's Classic Throttle Shop for $240k. But you can buy a new classic Singer Porsche for $800k.
Singer Vehicle Design, owned by Rob Dickinson, former lead singer of Catherine Wheel, restores and reimagines 1989 to 1994 Porsche 911s for its clients. So, you supply the car and Rob does things to it that would cause the three Ferdy Porsches to roll over in their respective graves and charges you up to a mill for the pleasure.
If you want to go a step further, Rob will add the Singer Track 1 chronograph (wrist watch) by Swiss designer Marco Borraccino for a lazy $56k.
Now Britain has left the EU you can buy a proper new, old, English classic, a Beacham Jaguar, just up the Maraekakaho Road in Hastings, New Zealand. Greg Beacham was doing medicine at uni when he became obsessed with the "space, grace, and pace" of Jags.