Does anyone know of this speedster?
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It's the rare black saber toothed Speedster. Once thought extinct, but rumor has it that others may have been sighted lurking near PCA gatherings ... 
Or a Mastodon! It was mentioned in another thread. 1/2 hour to remove the oversized nerf bars and it would be a nice looking Speedster.
If you check his feedback on eBay you'll find he has sold several replicas, VWs and classic cars.
I'm not sure exactly what the reason is, but there is definitely a reason that it only received bids up to $20,000 in the current market.
Where does it show that the eBay seller has sold several replicas recently? I can't find that.
The speedster looks like a cobbled home assembly with the cow catcher nerf bars needed to be shortened prior to the install, roll bar is funky and the top looks like a hastily rolled up Du bai desert tent .. all would be an easy fix.
Listing was ended 4 a few days ago
@Troy Sloan posted:I'm not sure exactly what the reason is, but there is definitely a reason that it only received bids up to $20,000 in the current market.
Where does it show that the eBay seller has sold several replicas recently? I can't find that.
A friend bought a ~2000 built CMC wide body with a 1600 for $15K last month.
@Alan Merklin posted:The speedster looks like a cobbled home assembly with the cow catcher nerf bars needed to be shortened prior to the install, roll bar is funky and the top looks like a hastily rolled up Du bai desert tent .. all would be an easy fix.
Oh Lord!! ..... I almost fell over reading this !!
Where does it show that the eBay seller has sold several replicas recently? I can't find that.
Look in Seller's Feedback - he recently had a '7x Volvo P1800 listed. Sold a F355 replica, a 1980 replica ?, a '76 VW bug, '77 VW, Mustang, '71 El Camino, '70 Dodge Dart.
@WOLFGANG posted:Where does it show that the eBay seller has sold several replicas recently? I can't find that.
Look in Seller's Feedback - he recently had a '7x Volvo P1800 listed. Sold a F355 replica, a 1980 replica ?, a '76 VW bug, '77 VW, Mustang, '71 El Camino, '70 Dodge Dart.
I did, but it was on my phone, maybe I need to do it on the computer, because I didn't see any of that.
Yup. It's there when I Iook on my computer, but not when I use the app on my phone. It looks like he sold one car that may have been a Speedster. It's the only thing that comes close to a Speedster price. He has sold several other items.
I never knew you could see this information on eBay. It's helpful, thanks for the tip.
The wheels look way too big and somehow the stance is not right. It’s sitting too high and looks like a Baja Bug; not sure if it’s the photograph angle but the proportions look all wrong.
@Impala posted:The wheels look way too big and somehow the stance is not right. It’s sitting too high and looks like a Baja Bug; not sure if it’s the photograph angle but the proportions look all wrong.
So maybe it's just me and Ricardo... but most of the flared speedsters out there work really, really hard to "fill the wheelwells", and end up with cars that ride way, way too high, at least to my mind's eye. This car is a classic example of that.
A classic-bodied speedster with a nice stance has no more than an inch of sidewall showing from the top of the rim to the bottom of the rear wheelwell, and the front set so that the bottom of the door is about level.
When a car has the wheels pushed out so far that the tires cannot tuck under the fender, it can't get dropped low enough to look menacing. I realize that the shape of the wheelwells is different, but the tires can surely tuck under them. For reference, see the flared Walter Röhrl car Ray linked the other day:
That looks great. Putting jumbo wheels on a car, then jacking it up so that everything clears makes it look like a Shriner car.
I'm not sure why most guys building a flared car can't see it or fix it.
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Stan; you’re so right. Actually I like the early widebodies as made by CMC; they look nice with the wheels tucked in. I believe they also made another one that the called the Californian. It’s also a question of proportions; big ghetto style wheels look at home in low riders but out of place in Speedsters.
CMC "Californian's " can look good.... five that I've done.
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Are these "Super Wide Body"
NO - FF/CMC only made the Classic (non flared wheel body) and the flared wheel body that they called the Californian (and a 359 replica). Old VS made super wide bodies.
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The Californians look killer. They still keep that old school charm with the right proportions. The super wide bodies seem to have enlarged wheel wells; I don’t mean to sound disrespectful but they look like caricatures to me. Something screwed up in the proportions.
Alan what wheels are you using on those cars and what are the specs on them. I’m looking for a new set for my widebody and I love the look
Thanks
15x7 Polished Ridler Style 675 Rim 5x4.75 ( GM ) 0 Offset and I believe they are 3.75 backset. eBay sometimes has them for about $675.00 shipped with center caps.