CMC/Fiberfab 1987 build for sale

Nice Car!.....Good Price....

Hi Larry

I love the look of your car.
although a porsche owner and enthusiast, I’m new to the speedster seen. What’s it actually registered as? And do you know how easy/challenging it might be to register and smog here in CA?
thanks in advance

Alex

Alex:  I think you intended this for me, Safety Jim in Buffalo NY.  At the advice of a manager at my local DMV, I registered it as it looks. So, it is registered as a 1955 Porsche.  ( She found a picture back then in some old book!)

  I also got a build certificate and it could be registered as an 1986 home-built in NY.  Either way, there are no smog tests here for cars of that age so it is easy to pass the NY State inspection.  I am not at all familiar with what would have to happen to register it in California.  However, there are some very good sources for that kind of info here in the club.

It has a pretty stock VW 1600 that is upped to a 1641 with stock carb, intake and exhaust.   

Nice car and honest presentation. Good luck with the sale.

Sorry @Safety Jim in Buffalo.  Was half asleep when I sent the message. Ok, thanks for your reply. Think I need to do a little research re CA smog and come back to you. Cheers

No problem at all... You will have to go through the DMV drama for any used Speedster you find.  I think Troy Sloan would be a great source of info on getting a car registered and legal in your state.  I know there have been discussions on this site many times about how to do it.  There is still a VW vin on the chassis if you want to go that route. It is a 1971 VW pan....  Good luck with your search and keep us all posted on your progress!

I own a CMC/FiberFab also built in 1987 and registered in California as a 1971 VW which is what the pan Vin # is. If you register it in California as a 1987 you will have to pass smog so, if you do buy it,  you better register to the Vin # of the Volkswagen pan. And it will still be needing inspection at the DMV, but I had no problem five years ago on that.

Secondly, why so cheap, I got offered $30,000 cash 3 years ago and turned it down. Mine has a Porsche 912 engine which raises the price but there’s no way I would let it go for the price you’re asking, not even near it here in California.

Indian Bob:  I am offering it to SOC folks who have been so very helpful through many years. There are some things that the car needs for sure. I would drive it anywhere in the continental US right now. However, If I were to keep it, I would paint over the original GEL coat, move the fender mirrors, redo the dash switch locations, remove the radio and such. Wiring is original and if I stripped the car for painting, I would replace the harness.  The seats are new, but the rest of the interior is original and a little tired.  The guys that have seen it at Carlisle would understand.  Basically, it could be a driver for fun or, a future project for someone to make it great....

   The price is reflective of what has been done recently and what is still original. Honest, ethical and true to the best of my knowledge.  Thanks for asking and suggesting that my numbers are low!  ;-)  I appreciate your input.  Hey, bye the way, the Bills just won thier second pre-season game..... LOOK OUT TAMPA BAY!   

Jim   

Doesn't CA still have the SB-100? Special construction and smog-free for life, in California.

Lots of guys on this forum know about it, but maybe more so over at spyderclub.com.

Im about to realize real soon that I need to sell my fiberfab unfinished car...mid 80's or early 90's car I cant remember and I cant seem to fine the time or disire to finish it.

there's no free ride here in Kali...gotta dot the i's and cross the t's

Don’t feel too bad, @marksbug.    Many people have been in the same boat.   It looks like it should only take a few months to complete it - Until you actually get into it and then find that it will consume you.    Either that, or “life gets in the way” and calls you to do family things, not the car.  We understand.    I went through that, too.  Maybe it’s just not your time to build a car, right now.

Settle on a good price for what you’ve got, sell it and move on.  Again - We understand.

@marksbug posted:

Im about to realize real soon that I need to sell my fiberfab unfinished car...mid 80's or early 90's car I cant remember and I cant seem to fine the time or disire to finish it.

Straight or widebody? Someone on here will want it. Pictures, location and price helps too.

straight, not wide ass. my brain aint smert enough to figure out how to post pics on this site. it could be so easy.just 1 click and then select...but it aint. oh well.I can send a pic ...or 2 .

Actually it is easy.  Below and to the right of the text entry box used when you are creating a post is an "Add Attachments" icon.  Click on it and select your pictured, making sure to click on the display pictures button. The instructions on the screen are pretty clear.

somehow I dont see that add attachments icon . I see the insert image, but it's asking for crap I havent a clue about. I only have 2 pics any way.and it's stuffed into my garage with car cover on it and stuff piled around it...

It’s below the response box. It is in a blue font with a paper clip next to it.

Like this?  

I know what it is but it's not on my computer for some reason. oh ****...there it is...I must be brain dead. that paper clip looks like a dist addvance spring....and apparently the "add attachments"  next to it didnt go through......the fog. sorry

no gorden not like that...well sort of the insulation is piled behind mine with milling machines on both sides, mig welder,tubing bender,lathe's,parts, more parts,wood...more wood ,router bench,and some assorted crap.tools, more tools. car cover on car.

Mark is near me in NW FL.  He's about 8 miles away from me in Shalimar.  I'm in Mary Esther.

im pretty sure it's sold. the guy who bought my bug a few years back up in alabama was very happy with the bug that he wants this too. & I know it will be show quality when he is done. if any thing changes...I will post it. I would of liked to get a little more than he offered but I know his work.i m only loosing a little for storing it 8- 10 years. just dont let the wife know

Who is Mary Ester?

@Michael McKelvey posted:

Who is Mary Ester?

'I was going to simply say "Have fun" but that wouldn't be appropriate....

@Michael McKelvey posted:

Who is Mary Ester?

she's the sister of Poly  and related to Fred G. Sanfords Aunt Ester

OOOO she is somethen...really somethen. she has santa rosa with her.and the pair...will I can say...could hurt you if you aint real carfull. why do you think wolf has his gang with him when he is in Mary Esther . aint Esther is on the far end of the family.poly Esther can be a stickey situation, and  at times hot under the collar too. I try to stay over hear in shalimar, she smells nicer.