ebay "spyder" seller

This seller should get a Pulitzer Prize for fiction what a BS artist, a full pan replica and this guy referes it to a James Dean replica and oh yea IM builds these too :(
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-550-Spyder-Covertible_W0QQitemZ300130004564QQihZ020QQcategoryZ7251QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Yeah, this guy sounds like a schmuck.

I'm not sure what you had a bowl of this morning ..............

But it's that wonderful long version! The PERRY or something like that. I just LOVE that style. Imagine how sweet it would look with a Karmann Ghia roof grafted on. Rear side windows filled with louvered aluminum panels. LeMans style flip-filler cap bolted to the rear most corner of the side window louvered plate with the filler line running to a second "long distance" tank in the bulkhead in front of the engine, Wide fives, no caps, hood straps and pins, lower front ground effects from the early Alfa coupe, padded aluminum windshield tabs and rear window straps, rear roof vent with double fiberglass roof bubbles, maybe a GM V6 or Suby in the rear with an aluminum radiator in the bulkhead between the engine and interior compartment, big side body inlets to feed it cold air and lots of aluminum outer trim and screening riveted where necessary .

Like a long distance, extended wheel base, endurance car. A predecessor to the long-tail 917 derivatives.

Maybe . . . ? If it were a tenth the price? Good starting point at least?

Oh, come on . . . . throw me something . . . . anything . . . .

I could always go down there and see if his eyes are brown. They should be, it appears he is completely full of crap. If it is Navarre, it is about 50 miles from me.
I always thought the longer full length version just doesn't look right. Kind of like a 4 seater speedster, it just ain't right.

I believe T.C.'s on some goood meds. Cabanaboy - heal fast!!

TC, you're out of your mind.
It's loooong because the engine's behind the axle!
Might as well be a limo!
:)

Not a fan here either, just looks wrong to me.

uuurgh, I just threw up in my mouth a little

Suppose, just suppose, that the original 550 Spyder had been built on a regular VW pan, just as the Perry (or Glockler for that matter) Spyders are. Let's imagine that all the famous photos we carry in our memories, like the ones of J.D. himself, were taken with the car in this configuration.

Enter some upstart with a new idea, a shortened Spyder. Imagine that. How would we react to that, since this would now be the car that doesn't look quite right? For my part, at least, sometimes what looks "right" has a lot to do with what I'm used to seeing.
my 2 krona
Hoss

"For my part, at least, sometimes what looks "right" has a lot to do with what I'm used to seeing."

true.

but that looks plain ugly......lol.

Take a look at this pic:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120141960850&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

Especially the rear quarter, then check out the silhouette of the extended Spyder. I swear, extend the lower nose area, a roof from a Ghia, and you're almost there!

Maybe not perfect, but sweet enough to get you into the factory prototype area.

A rear deck lid from a Fiat 600, a little fussing about and we're talkin Porsche Abarth baby ! ! ! !

...to coat-tail TC's reference...

TC, now that's what I call optimism.

Wow! I guess if 6 louvers are good, then 48 must be way Cool!

Still, an Outlawed Abarth Porsche......something to tool into the Porsche-Day festivities with, eh, TC?

Good one, Gordon!!

The vertical tail lights look perty good!

What a POS!

Dang, Gerry. Too many purple diamonds in the Lucky Charms, or what?
It's not like it's an old Ferrari. It's got good lines to it, even if you could slice up enough Romano in one pass to cover that Italian-influenced not-rod with even more cheese ...
Oh, wait. We're in agreement -- if you're talking about the Abarth car.

Cheap shot, TC. Couldn't resist. Hadda get one in while you were on dope. I still remember the "kids' quarter ride outside of K-Mart" comment about my Gulf paint proposal ...
:)

Cory,
But is that car "magically delicious?"

Everyone has different tastes, but to call that think a Spyder of any kind (replica, counterfit, recreation, tribute) is an insult to the real deal and any on etrying to "recreate' the look and feel of a spyder.

On the Abarth, I love that car!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=480294

Long and sans doors, build up a partial tube chassis and it seems like it would make a very cool VW powered Funny Car for the Nostalgia Drags; I just don't see it as a replica of the car pictured below.

http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewPic=y&source=gal&uID=119513&gID=382&pgID=10&pID=14461&first=true

Okay, I'll be honest. I like anything that was made by a design team with an idea toward smooth -- especially when the car ends up being curvy.
Minimal chrome and recessed, covered headlights are a plus. Chrome shouldn't exceed about five percent of the car's total surface area, even if it was made in Detroit. Three to five percent is okay.
Anything made with a plastic interior -- from the factory -- should be shown the dumpster.
My nickel. :)