http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-356-THE-PUPPER-AUTHENTIC-RESTORED-PORSCHE-RACE-CAR-356-VINTAGE-911_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6428QQihZ011QQitemZ320068839867QQrdZ1
We have got to have seen this here before, but the details are strikingly and hauntingly familiar:
"The special utilized a shortened VW center tunnel, with a square tube supporting space frame. The motor was a 1300 VW mated to a VW transaxle, 356 drum brakes and porsche suspension. The following year, Pup built a second, more streamlined body, and installed it on the VW chassis, with a 1500 Porsche motor. He sold the car to make room for a carrera speedster, in which he won the 1958 national championship. After a succession of owners, the car was left decaying behind a gas station on Sunrise Highway. Soon forgotten, but luckily, a few years later, Butch Strunk discovered the old race car. However, because it had several modifications, and was in such bad shape, with a tree growing up through the center tunnel, the identity was a bit unclear."
What in the wide, wide world of sports is the difference? He just described half our cars! (With a VIN ... naturally. But still! More than TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND BUCKS? I should have been a used-car salesman!)