Check this out forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=12f45af438c671e6e735f3a72efe40d3&threadid=182192. What do you gyus think?
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Check this out forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=12f45af438c671e6e735f3a72efe40d3&threadid=182192. What do you gyus think?
I think the guy has a 356 that is now an odd ball to say the least , I would think it is of little value.......... Alan
I think it's gotta' be worth 4500 bucks, if it isn't rusty. C'mon, this is the outlaw speedster dude dream. Go wild all you guys who say you want a coupe- you'll never see a replica for this price...
Stan ,
I went back to Pelican for another look, closed my eyes , even clicked my heels together to sail off into a "dude...dream mode!" Still a coupe body grafted onto a Beetle chassis no matter how I look at it. It might be worth decent pocket jingle.....
I went back to Pelican for another look, closed my eyes , even clicked my heels together to sail off into a "dude...dream mode!" Still a coupe body grafted onto a Beetle chassis no matter how I look at it. It might be worth decent pocket jingle.....
I thought it was impossible to put a 356 body (being a unibody design) on top of a VW pan. Does this guy know what he's talking about or is he pulling our legs?....
WOW! I'm surprised!
Why so snobbish over a genuine steel 356 with a different drive train and suspension and so in LOVE with a fake fiberglass 356 with the SAME suspension and drive train!?!?!
Stan is right, this is a dream car. Do it up how ever you like and it's perfectly OK. Are the outlaws coming out of the professional shops any different? Take a 356 Coupe, change it to a flat four Porsche/VW BUS engine, put on after market Italian carbs and American Gene Berg components. Custom trans, proprietary axles and front suspension pieces, after market brakes and hubs. One off wheels from Germany or Italy and call it a PORSCHE?!?
That car has a Porsche VIN and a custom shortened and mounted chassis utilizing VW components. It's a bastard, but it's a Porsche none the less.
A Very UNsnobbish, TC
Why so snobbish over a genuine steel 356 with a different drive train and suspension and so in LOVE with a fake fiberglass 356 with the SAME suspension and drive train!?!?!
Stan is right, this is a dream car. Do it up how ever you like and it's perfectly OK. Are the outlaws coming out of the professional shops any different? Take a 356 Coupe, change it to a flat four Porsche/VW BUS engine, put on after market Italian carbs and American Gene Berg components. Custom trans, proprietary axles and front suspension pieces, after market brakes and hubs. One off wheels from Germany or Italy and call it a PORSCHE?!?
That car has a Porsche VIN and a custom shortened and mounted chassis utilizing VW components. It's a bastard, but it's a Porsche none the less.
A Very UNsnobbish, TC
Woofgang,
Is the 356 a true unibody? Are the suspension pieces and engine mounting points really a part of the reinforced body structure? As opposed to, say, the bug with a separate chassis (pan) or a tube chassis/rail chassis car? I've never owned one, or managed to get under one to have a look.
If this is true, I can see how a "rusty" 356 would have to be looked over very carefullt before buying.
Thanks,
TC
Is the 356 a true unibody? Are the suspension pieces and engine mounting points really a part of the reinforced body structure? As opposed to, say, the bug with a separate chassis (pan) or a tube chassis/rail chassis car? I've never owned one, or managed to get under one to have a look.
If this is true, I can see how a "rusty" 356 would have to be looked over very carefullt before buying.
Thanks,
TC
I'm with Ricardo - it is virtually impossible to put a VW chassis under a real 356. I had a '62 356 Karman Notchback from Virginia Beach - read that as rusty! I welded lots of metal in to make it so both doors could open together and the shift linkage not bind. The chassis is unlike the bugs. Things like tie rod ends are the same and many parts look like VW but they aren't the same. I suspect it is a real Porsche chassis and he just doesn't know difference. Humm says it has a 911 suspension?
check out following URL to see 356 structural components of their unibody. store.partsobsolete.com/strucbodpar.html
check out following URL to see 356 structural components of their unibody. store.partsobsolete.com/strucbodpar.html
Team; although I've never owned a real one, I've read about them and seen drawings of their bodies, etc. and what Wolfagang and I are saying is true; original 356's were not pan based as Bugs; check out Wolfgang's link...
Woa . . .
That's WAY more complicated and hugely different from what I suspected/expected. No wonder you and Wolfgang were questioning the construction.
Thanks,
TC
That's WAY more complicated and hugely different from what I suspected/expected. No wonder you and Wolfgang were questioning the construction.
Thanks,
TC