914 chassis as a base for a Speedster? | 356 Speedster, 550 Spyder, Replica, Automotive Community

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Someone has been doing their homework:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/A914_chassis.jpg

Stripping away sheet metal panels and bulkheads and cleanly replacing them with reinforcing tubes. A neat partial tube frame, mid-engine Porsche platform.

Of course, it's the length of a stock 914 or Beetle (approx. 80 inches) but a Speedster body could be artfully lengthened and fitted with a styled hard top, or the uni-body shortened. A coupe version of the Spyder done in the long body style of some Porsche racing cars would look killer.

Just a little food for thought.

5/3/089:16 AM

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Former Member

Someone has been doing their homework:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/A914_chassis.jpg

Stripping away sheet metal panels and bulkheads and cleanly replacing them with reinforcing tubes. A neat partial tube frame, mid-engine Porsche platform.

Of course, it's the length of a stock 914 or Beetle (approx. 80 inches) but a Speedster body could be artfully lengthened and fitted with a styled hard top, or the uni-body shortened. A coupe version of the Spyder done in the long body style of some Porsche racing cars would look killer.

Just a little food for thought.

5/3/089:16 AM

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TC:

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5/18/0811:55 AM

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