356 Speedster body on a Boxster?

I've been lurking in the background, soaking it all in.

Yesterday I was checking out used Boxsters on eBay... Thinking to myself, gosh they just don't *look* as good as a Speedster.

I'm 100% positive that this has been looked at. Seems like it would be obvious. But I have no idea if the dimensions work out, et cetera. But, what the hell, if you can do it with a Beetle, why not?

So, has anyone built a 356 Speedster on a Porsche Boxster?

Why?????

It'd be a lot more difficult as a Boxster is a unibody car. You can't just swap bodies. The Boxster is a good bit longer as well.

"Why?????"

Because!!!!!

Why modify a Volkswagen Beetle to obtain a Speedster replica?

Why modify a Porsche Boxster to obtain a Speedster replica?

It's obvious isn't it? Take all the handling, performance, and safety attributes of the modern Boxster and put it in the Speedster's clothing.

That's why folks are putting Subaru motors in Speedsters, right?

As far as the dimensions, I figured they'd be pretty close, but you're right, the Boxster is significantly longer. It doesn't seem so to my naked eye, but I looked it up and it is.

Wheelbase
Boxster = 95.1"
Speedster = 82.7"

And of course the unibody... I didn't think about that.

Still I can't help but think that much of the rest of a Boxster's mechanicals, minus the unibody, could be utilized in a super replica.

That's why you go to Henry and have him build you an Intermeccanica speedster or roadster with all 911 suspension and drive train.
Having driven Rick Davis's new roadster I can tell you it is the best of both worlds.
Providing you can come up with the scratch, of course.

I think the Suby is a heck of a lot cheaper to get and to maintain. More hp per dollar.

Subaru originally bought the rights to produce the horizontal 4 engine. From none other then Porsche.

They really aren't that much different, especially in the turbo class. The porsche drivetrain is longer however, and that would present some difficulties. You got to get it all back there behind you, but not so far back that it gets rear weighted, and not so far forward that you don't have room for the driver, and the axle has to line up with the wheel well within a certain range...oh and then theres the problem of engine height, which must remain low enough that it isn't higher then the back of the car, and yet not jack the car up....oh it is a fine balancing act.

Terry does have a good point though, why not just get an IM if your willing to pay for the porsche engine....I would love to have one, but his point about the price is legit.

Clearly I was unaware of the options provided by Intermeccanica...

And don't forget about that vendor at Knott's who had a Carrera GT rebody on an old Boxster. Pretty cool - except hardly anyone in the US knows what a Carrera GT Porsche is when they see it.

I would look GOOD in one of these!

Imagine the waiting line if someone would build this to drop on a donor chassis!

You might have a look at the 904 ... The Cayman is being billed as its direct descendant. I REALLY like them.