Does everyone know about a Speedster from Cobra Engineering/South Africa ?

Hello,
I have bought in Spring 2007 a widebody Speedster Replica.
This one must be an older or one of the first speedster Replicas.
Base is a 1964

Welcome!!

Your speedy has vvery interesting features like those subtle flaired fenders and the front turn signal flairs.

very cool. Any plans for it?

Hello Paul,

Thanks...
My plans: I will install original 356 Porsche Instruments in the dashboard. Engine overhaul plus new Weber IDF 40 Carburators.
Or original 356 Engine plus IDF 40.
From VW Brake Drums to Porsche 356 Aluminum Brake Drums.
New Seats and Seatbelts.
A webasto air heater for the german winter, we have also nice winter days here in Bavaria, but they are can be cold.
New interior and new outside paintjob.

Best wishes from Udo and Speedy...

have you seen the aluminum drum covers? reason i say this is that the 356 brakes here in North America are really expensive.

http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=1503

That money could be better spent on the paint job / interior / beer / women? :)

If you do what Paul suggests, you can install disk brakes for better performance, but the aluminum covers (called "drumskins") will make it look like 356 aluminum drums.

From what I can see that looks to be the sebring kit speedster that used to be sold my Kit Car Centre/ VENOM and now REPLICARS. As far as I know there was only ever one company in South Africa to sell the 356. A few companies sold turnkey cars, but only ever KKC made the shells.

The set-up and lines look to be almost the same as mine, sans the flairs.
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7182/caraudio017ps2.jpg

I just saw your other pictures now, I'm staking everything by saying that this is a KKC sebring kit. The dash layout, the smaller dash pad all point to this. A sure way to tell would be to lift up the rear carpet where they did the cut as they never stepped this joint.

Also do you have a small lockable area behind the seat, if so take pictures of that and then I can tell you for sure.

- Gary

Yup, Gary is right, I too have a flared speedster and the shape and size of the flares are typical KCC.

damn I meant to say KCC and not KKC, I was on Kustom Coach Werks this morning, something must have rubbed off.

luis. You need to join the www.aircooledvwsa.co.za. We have a few speedsters on there already.

Golf motor or nissan 1400?