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Up for sale is a super rare example of a 1955 Porsche Pre-A 356 Speedster recreation with only 7500 miles.

This is a very rare 356 Speedster which has beehive tailights and shinedown license plate lights. It comes with a powerful 1915cc engine. 

Weighing in at 1300 lbs, the Speedster's power to weight ratio makes for amazing performance. 

Comes with a soft top, and air conditioning ($2,500 option).

Every detail was meticulously built replicating the original down to the shift knob. 

First $28,900 takes it.

 

Here is the ad with photos on the samba: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/cla...etail.php?id=1780609

 

Call (415)939-8988.

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I thought it was powerful because a lot of these Speedsters come with 1600cc engines. I drove one of those before and it was like a night and day difference with the 1915cc motor. I guess it isn't a powerhouse compared to the 2110cc engines but it has some good power that's for sure.

 

As far as the weight issue goes, I was always told that the Speedster and Speedster replicas weighed 1300-1400 lbs. max. I have never weighed it before and I may be wrong but it definitely does not feel like 2000 lbs to me. It's so light, I can turn the front wheels by pushing the tire with my foot while sitting on the floor!

1. It probably weighs ~1800 lbs

2. The A/C unit there square in the middle is the pits.  Nothing authentic about that.

3. "every detail meticulously built" -- horse feathers.  If you want to see meticulous look here:

 

https://www.speedsterowners.com...0#445610807411459070

 

4. What is particularly "rare" about this replica?  Anybody here know how many have ever been built?  What are we up to now, 5,000,  10,000?  Somebody must know this number.  Was it really cast off of a pre-A?  That might make it rare. Certainly, just having bee-hives does not make it so.

 

This does not wash . . .

Last edited by El Frazoo
It has a Vintage Speedsters interior. I didn't know that Kirk did AC units. I don't imagine the AC gets a lot of use in these parts.

I think this car is in SF, but he may get down around Menlo Park on occasion. There is a black replica up that way. Every once in a while people say they saw me driving up that way. (My car has never been that far North)

Good looking car.

I'd love to be able to get 28k for mine.

I agree with all of the posts here, but I think we may have been a little too hard on the guy.  He just joined the site and probably just discovered us while looking for places to post his car for sale.

I think he is in the same boat as many owners out there who bought their cars without the knowledge that all of us have gained by being on the SOC.  He is probably just going with what the previous owner told him about the car and probably had not reason to question any of that information.

We are a tough crowd.

 

Yes Ted, Vintage does offer AC.

Thanks for the people that had kind words to say. I based the price on some nicer replicas I saw sold on Ebay. Obviously, the range is big but it seemed that high $20k's wasn't unreasonable at all. I love the beehive tailights and saw that it was a very rare option with these replicas. 

 

By the way, it is a Vintage Speedsters built in 2007 and runs perfectly. The AC unit doesn't particularly look authentic I agree but really comes in handy. Even here in SF. I thought I would remove it along with the CD/MP3 player, but then I decided to sell it since I am buying a house. I can tell you that I'd definitely keep the AC if I were to keep the car. 

 

Anyone interested feel free to make me a reasonable offer. I have an interested buyer driving down from an hour and a half away to see it this Sat.

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Actually, it's not a bad looking car.  And it has about the same amount of incorrectness between a Pre-A and an A version that a whole lot of other replicas have (except for Manny's!).  Things like a combination of Pre-A and A features kind-of munged together into something that looked good to the builder or owner.  Nothing wrong with that and unless you're really into what's authentic in one model or the other, no big deal.

 

Yes, this is (often) a tough crowd, and none of these guys ever added a touch of "marketing flair" to any of the ads they used to sell something, either.    But this site is all about replicas, so there you go.  The "real" Porsche Speedsters came in at 1820 pounds curb weight, (about the same as a replica) so you might change your ad to reflect something like 1800 lbs, and, while you have a period correct shift knob, the bend in the lever is at the bottom (like a VW beetle) rather than at the top (in a real Porsche).  How do I know all this?  I wrote this:  https://www.speedsterowners.com/pages/356-a-changes

 

Good luck with your sale (and the new house!).  As mentioned, your asking price is high, especially for this site, but you might find someone on eBay in your area with the hots for exactly what you've got and would be happy to pay the asking price.  If not, you can lower it till you get a bite.

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Thanks for your feedback Gordon. I agree with everything you said. I'd be interested to see Mannys car too as I can definitely appreciate a highly original replica. I have the same plan to market the car so glad we think alike. I also have a 550 Spyder made by Beck and read everywhere that it weighed 1300 lbs or so. I might have assumed that they weighed around the same weight. 

If you wanna see Manny's car, you gotta go to South Africa.  That said, his thread here is loaded with pictures, so you can "see" his car in some detail that way.  also, you can peruse Porsche web pages, and there's a a ton of books out there that provide history of the marque, including the whole line of 356s.  If you really want to know ALL about what went down throughout the 356 build line, it's all written down, with pictures.

Hi ALB and all: Jerry's my name and I'm more of a looker than a poster! I also thought the black Vintage was smart looking. And I also sold my '58 speedster for a

house, and have never gotten over it. What I had to do at the time,alas. There's no

difference between the T1 and T2 bodies, but there were some important mechanical changes for the '58 model ~ the best and last year- (not counting the handful of cars

made in '59)

Now looking to find an older IM that I won't be afraid to drive - unlike my '58 after

restoration. Was all set to buy Stroud's IM in Boise, but he got there first ~

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