---
title: "Tuthill’s Latest Porsche 911 Safari Build Is a Rally-Ready Orange Rocket"
description: "The world-renowned builders of off-road 911s just wrapped up their latest project."
date: "2017-06-01"
modified: "2017-06-01"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/11030/tuthills-latest-porsche-911-safari-build-is-a-rally-ready-orange-rocket"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
tags:
  - "911"
  - "Build"
  - "Coupe"
  - "custom"
  - "luxury"
  - "porsche"
  - "rally"
  - "Safari"
  - "sports car"
---

# Tuthill’s Latest Porsche 911 Safari Build Is a Rally-Ready Orange Rocket

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If you haven't noticed, off-road Porsche 911 "Safari" builds [are the thing right now.](<https://www.thedrive.com/video/5586/the-porsche-safari-911-is-filthy-fun>) Not since the heyday of Group B racing and the brilliant Rothmans Porsche 911 SC/RS have auto enthusiasts been swimming in so many incredible rally-inspired projects. And now legendary U.K.-based workshop Tuthill Porsche, vanguard of the car's rally racing pedigree and builder of all-terrain 911s, just put the finishing touches on its latest creation: a one-off, Safari-style classic 911 for a lucky American customer.

Tuthill Porsche was actually involved in [preparing the body shells](<https://www.tuthillporsche.com/about-tuthill-porsche/>) for the SC/RS back in the 1980s, and more recently sent a veritable armada of their rally-ready 911s [to compete in the East African Safari Rally,](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/4667/watch-these-vintage-porsche-911-rally-cars-blast-across-africa>) so all that experience went into building this orange beauty. The job involved "many hundreds of hours" of custom fabrication to bring the stock body up to rally spec, using the same techniques that got 15 of their cars across the East African finish line in 2013.

![message-editor%2F1496345840313-tuthill-porsche-build-porsche-911-safari-2-720x480.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1496345840313-tuthill-porsche-build-porsche-911-safari-2-720x480.jpg>)
*Tuthill Porsche*

![message-editor%2F1496345846876-18766541\_1452780134779154\_7843661343147035745\_o.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1496345846876-18766541_1452780134779154_7843661343147035745_o.jpg>)
*Tuthill Porsche*

![message-editor%2F1496345851674-tuthill-porsche-build-porsche-911-safari-3-720x480.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1496345851674-tuthill-porsche-build-porsche-911-safari-3-720x480.jpg>)
*Tuthill Porsche*

![message-editor%2F1496345855193-18156046\_1413718902018611\_1572540991685642804\_o.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1496345855193-18156046_1413718902018611_1572540991685642804_o.jpg>)
*Tuthill Porsche*

The resulting road-ready rally car packs upgrades like a brand-new suspension identical to the real Safari cars, a completely revamped electrical system, and custom-made brake calipers with fully adjustable bias, along with personalized touches like a body-color-accented interior and the ducktail engine cover out back. There's also a set of nudge bars if anyone needs, well, a nudge.

[Tuthill ends its press release](<https://www.tuthillporsche.com/blog/tuthill-bespoke-porsche-911-safari-rally-car-road/>) with a note that their cars are *meant* to be driven, which could be either an underhanded warning to the future owner or just an expression of their mission statement. Either way, we hope this Safari-style 911 sees plenty of miles—both on and off the beaten path.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/kylecheromcha.bsky.social>)  
[Instagram](<https://www.instagram.com/kylecheromcha>)  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-cheromcha-1550248a/>)