2006 Speedster Outlaw for sale; $30K

2006 Speedster Outlaw
"The Hoopty"
This is the Speedster replica to take to the races.

This unique, custom design was built by Jim Sartwell Race Cars (JSR) in Severn, Maryland. JSR has been building custom Volkswagen race cars, dune buggies and street cars for more than 20 years, but most are restricted to track use. Like every JSR-built racer, this car has a complete tube chassis and five-point safety equipment, has been converted from independent rear suspension to shortened swing axles and has had its front beam shortened by three inches on each side. The chassis is fully welded and reinforced, and was powder coated at Premier Powder Coat in Lanham, Md. as soon as it was completed. The chassis is free of rust.
JSR modified a 1.8-liter Type IV Volkswagen engine to the current 2424-cc displacement with a 71-mm stroke and 104.5-mm pistons, held in check at 6,000 rpms by a complete MSD 6AL box, MSD Blaster 2 ignition coil, MSD distributor and MSD ignition wiring setup.
The race-prepped engine, originally found as a 2.0-liter, 134-hp stock engine in the

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Other significant modifications from stock VW include a welded frame head, Baja rack-and-pinion steering (which now allows for a stopper-to-stopper turn with a half-turn of the wheel), shortened tie-rods, reinforced frame horns, transaxle braces, 6

Cory, say it isn't so....

I have really enjoyed watching the progress of your build. Thanks for sharing the victories and the heartaches. I look forward to your next project...I need to catch up on hundreds of post here!

Cheers - Mel

No problem, Mel. Big things are afoot; I'll probably not change sites, but I'll be a Spyder guy by May's end.
Moved a bit north, huh? Greener pastures, I hope?

Welcome to the dark side Cory ;-)

angela (spyderwoman)

Coming soon to a eBay auction!

We've seen this car before, and there's no way I'll be able to touch this for what I'll get for the Hoopty, but I want this general idea -- in Cosmic Green:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2560/Porsche-550-Coupe.html

Auction link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1955-Speedster-Outlaw-The-Hoopty_W0QQitemZ250186696815QQihZ015QQcategoryZ6428QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(Thanks, Alan!)

Cory - best of luck on finding a new home for Hoopty! Remember to use your powers for 'Good' and NOT 'Evil!!

Thanks, Jim! She's up to $3,600 and climbing ... Nice low reserve in the mid-20s ... might get there yet!

hey cory
when convenient can u send me an email on how ebay works.
looking at what costs are to advertise
hopefully i will put mine up for sell sometime soon
goodluck with your sell

angela
i got my vin number on the rubicon

I had to ask Alan for help. It's a mystery to me. Sorry.

Cory, I just saw that 550 Coupe at the Rennsport Reunion a couple of weeks ago. Looking at the car and imagining driving it all out from Guatemala to The US border on 1953 Mexican roads really gave me felling of respect for the driver. Cool car now in beautiful condition. Good luck with the auction.

Das Hoopty is over 10K!!!! GO GO GO HOOPTY!!!!

Gerd - congrats! I pick Steve's jeep up this morning. Just an unlimited X but with some nice features. Just right for "lifting"...

angela

beware of zero feedback new users (like the current high bidder).

Cory - you are in a great spot with 5 days left!

WOOOO-HOOOOO! We'll have Alan to help sort out the details, I think.
Glad he's helping me sell this thing.

Crap! Ended at $11,300. Where have all the smart people gone?

This has been one weird auction with questions on Cory's car like "Does it have a glove box?"
Just relisted it with emails sent to 0 bidders, if they don't respond, they get their bid cancelled, I then block future bids from that users name.
Tell you all what, if I didn't have the current speedy project underway, I would be bargaining with Cory ....

that's weird - it went up like a skyrocket and then plateaued with 5 days left? unusual for sure. that car is worth a hellava lot more than what it ended at.

What a surprise. I expected at least the high twenties. Sometimes ebay makes no sense.....

Was going thru some of my old pic's and this one reminded me of Cory's ride....

When you modify a car to be your personal spec's, you may find that others may not share your opinions....That said, I am having a similar problem selling my Rigid Shovelhead...I have narrowed my selling audience due to my personal tastes, I believe Cory has done the same thing...
I am not suprised at all that he is having a hard time selling the Hoopty

Vince - what's the Reserve on that picture?

I don't normaly read the "Classified" thread, but now I have seen the light. Like all the other threads on this site, this one too is "feature rich"!

Well Vince I can see the similarities although there are some differences also. That one clearly has a cracked frame. Similar paint but I'd have to go for a ride in both just to see the performance difference. You know...the DTM conversion may actually work for both. She may be the type four me (badump bum!!) Same flip back engine cover though. Either way your gonna have to put a ton of money into it and at the end of it all your gonna get rid of it for something with more real parts.

Cheers!!

Rodger, well said, but I think for me anyway riding either would be more than my heart can take....but what the hell, you gotta go sometime....

I couldn't help but notice the dual-port intake has a crack! Might also need a stroker crank and some head work.

Sorry so long checking back -- been in NYC.
Wow, Vince! Keep those a-coming!

As for the ad, I'm really not up in arms about it not selling. It took so long to get all those little details right that I'm pretty sure it won't go until exactly the right person sees it. It'll have to be somebody who's VW savvy and really wants a car they can throw around -- they'll have to know what they're looking at.
I probably could stand to put a coat of silver on it, and go ahead with the Rhino lining or the Line-X under the body, maybe put some effort into a tall windshield and a bimini top -- and then she'd go if I parked her someplace other than my house with a cover over her ...
I'm not going to be broken-hearted if I wind up "having" to keep the Hoopty for a while longer. It's not like I didn't spend a good deal of time and energy making it perfect ... for me, anyway ...
;)

Here's a link to Alan's current auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1955-Speedster-Outlaw-The-Hoopty_W0QQitemZ250189676996QQihZ015QQcategoryZ6428QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I kinda thought your absence might be BERT-related. Welcome back.

Thanks, Lane!

Trying another ad venue, just to see what attention it gets:
http://community.carcrazycentral.com/Classifieds/ClassifiedDetail.aspx?ClassifiedID=970

BTW -- I just noticed that the banner at the top of the ad has a wine-colored 356 with a roll bar on it. Interesting, since I think the Hoopty is the only 356, real or otherwise, on the whole site!

Cory-

Nobody asked me, but I think your earlier observation about the paint and windshield is headed in the right direction.

As Paul Harford found when selling his car (and as Vince noted)-- everybody appreciates something a little bit outside the norm, but the market narrows to a pin-point when you start coloring outside the lines. Admiring something, and being willing to buy it are two vastly different things.

In my unsolicited opinion-- if you really want to sell the car (and I'd council you to consider very carefully if indeed you really do), I'd do what I could to make the car more livable for the average buyer. Paint and the windshield would a good start, and I'd make sure everything I did to the car from here on out made it more user-friendly, even at the risk of watering down the concept. Every pot has a lid, but sometimes looking for the right lid is like searching for a particular needle in a stack of identical needles.

The time of year isn't doing you any favors, nor is a tanking economy. Selling a car with no top would likely be a lot easier in late spring or early summer. Taking it off the market would allow you the time to do the stuff you know would help you sell it, and maybe give you more time to carefully consider if you really want to sell it after all ;).

Good luck.

I will agree with Stan on this one. Cory, I have driven your car before and I know what is able to do,but for people that are seeing ONLY pictures it is hard for them to decide. Also,no top or side windows,it has to go to a place that rain is hard to come by.
Hope you have a better luck in the future.

Thanks for the wisdom! Naturally, you guys are right on the money. It is the wrong time of year to sell a convertible or a boat. I think I probably knew that going in; I was kinda counting on the eBay to be such a vast network of prospective buyers that I'd be able to get away with not putting a top or a new windshield on the car again, or maybe that someone out there would realize that $30K was a steal for what it'll do and what went into it.
Lesson learned. I'm just going to keep going with it now, and we'll see what improvements I can make before someone offers me a wad o' cash this spring.
I don't owe anyone for it, so it's not killing me to keep it. Drove it yesterday, as a matter of fact, and beat the snot out of it. I'd parked it after the trip to Wolfgang's house a month or so ago with Kelly. I put the covers on it and left it alone; yesterday, it fired right up and tore up some asphalt.

I'd almost forgotten what that car could do. Whether it sells or not, I'm bound to be happy either way.

Cory, The way I look at selling... a speedster needs to capture the attention of a vast number of potential buyers i.e. a color that is appealing, however not a color or scheme that a seller happens to like. A windshield, wipers and top will certainly add to the potential buyer market. Talk with you on Saturday when I pick up Warren's speedster...can other suggestions. ~Alan

I heard my name . . . Will have to agree that time of year and the narrow niche for a topless racer have conspired. This car is special, in many ways. And I can testify that it is short on creature comforts. Windshield, wipers, top, sidecurtains, and seats will go some distance away from the initial concept, as noted, but would be more attractive to more folks. Are there places where folks go to sell racing machines, as opposed to just fun cars? The Hoopty is much more a racer than a fast get-about.

I think Kelly has the right idea. I understand that some of the vintage racing organizations are becoming more flexible regarding repliclas competing in their events. Most of the players would look at 25-30K to get in the game as a bargain, especially when the car might be very competitive from the get go. Have Alan throw it on one of his trailers and make it a "racing package for under $30k".

It's ........Black Eye Betty !

Cory, It's like this picture....It really looks good, some would think that they should all look like this, but then there are others who like the traditional type.....
Wait long enough and someone will come along and say "Hey, I like that a lot"

Cory,

I like Tom's idea, you could set it on one of my new trailers, do the photo op, perhaps list it in "others" makes, I'll collect my trailer cost then.

Wow, Vince!
Alan, we'll see. I have to find my dye-grinder, first. And since we're steadily proving the theory that the racer look isn't doing too awful well yet ... I might just hit it with Porsche racing silver and concentrate on a top and windshield combo for now.
I dunno. I do know my upholstry guy's a frigging genius, and he'll know what looks good. I'd be leaving the car with him for about two weeks and spending about a thousand bucks.
Then there's the paint guy.
Then there's the Lexan dude.
Back to the upholstry guy ... And by then, the Porsche shop for the big spring tune-up festival ...

WAAAAA-HOOOOoooooooooooooo!
(I can feel my all money leaving my wallet again!)