Can someone identify the maker?

I've been offered a Speedster replica and I wanted to ask the experts here more about it. It's a '55 replica but somehow the side curtains don't look right to me; they look as a homemade job probably to get better visibility than the stock ones. Also it's lacking the upper side mouldings. I would like to ascertain the car's origins to be able to get the replacement parts to make it look correct. It also needs a paint job among other things. For more pictures please check my folder (Impala). I appreciate your help.

Ricardo,
Is this a tube or a pan based car?
Interior pictures offer the most revealing evidence of manufacturer.

It's pan based. Unfortunately, as you can see, the current owner has just a cheap digital camera. He'll be mailing me good quality photos which I can scan and post here.

Do you have a picture of the dash? From what I see so far, Cmc/Fiberfab with some nice beehive tail lights and a shine-down license plate light.

Took another look at the pictures, one piece cast engine grill and the front turn signals look like CMC, I'm pretty sure that's what it is.

Thanks Kurt; I'm waiting for more detailed pictures of the interior. I'll scan them and post them here when I get them so that you guys can get a more accurate view of what it is. What do you think of those side curtains? Are they original?

I forgot to add something: Would I be able to get replacement parts for this car from Vintage Speedsters? Would they fit? Thanks!

Those side curtains look like they were made according to the CMC manual.
www.speedsterowners.com/library/cmcmanual2/images/cmc94.jpg

BD

As promised, I'm posting some more pictures....there's more in my folder.

Ok; something else...which curtains look more authentic, these ones or the ones from Vintage Speedsters? Would the ones from Vintage Speedsters fit this car?

Just wondering,,where are you located and
what are they asking for the car?????

I'm in Puerto Rico (a US territory in the Caribbean) and it's around the 10k mark.

Here's another question: I notice no round cover plates on the sides (in front of the back wheel arches) as on the original Porsches, Karmann Ghias, VS and Intermeccanica replicas, etc. What's up with this? Does the fact that it's missing those cover plates mean that the quality of the body is not as good? Can those round thingies be made so as to make the car look more authentic? Happy New Year and thanks to all!

Those were to access the torsion bar on the original speedsters. Some replica molds have a faux outline built into the mold so it looks like they exist. It only means that the mold your car came out of, didn't have them.
-=theron

You also asked earlier if replacement parts can be used from Vintage Speedsters or other suppliers. The answer is yes, and no. I've had pretty good luck with Kirk at VS in getting parts for my CMC, but they've been mostly gauges and trim - nothing like a hood or door or anything like that. Others in the forum may have had more experience with those items. Other trim stuff - lights, tops, side curtains and so forth, should probably fit with some tweeking and people here should be able to help with that or give you more advice as to what they've tried and what worked. I've found that the narrow seating channels makes it difficult to get seats to retrofit - they have to be only 15" wide or so, unless you do some drastic mods to the mounts.....original Speedster seats fit OK, as do Porsche 914 seats.

gn