Envemo

MotoCarlo posted:

Here is a car you guys are going to enjoy talking about.

https://www.hemmings.com/class...dster-d/1978026.html

JUMP ON IT...NOW...the only ENVEMO that I have seen, closeup, was WELL MADE....a rather STURDY ROADSTER. Throw in a 2332 or ? and the luxury of rollup windows and head WEST...

and there is that odd windshield. As talked about in the past, don't break it, so far no one had figured out where to find a replacement.
-=theron

https://www.facebook.com/EnvemoSuper90/

See also -

http://www.beckspeedster.com/g...90cabrioletinfo.html

"ENVEMO went on to produce about 250 of the coupe version and far fewer, perhaps as few as 40, of the Cabriolet version of the 1965 356C"

Great buy !  More features than comparably priced IM and sure to go up in value. Check out the dash - woohoo, a glove box. If it were the Coupe - it would be in my FL barn.

It's a "C" replica (you know how I feel about that, right), and a cabriolet as well. Theron is right- cab windshields are just... unfortunate.

That is not a Convertible D

Convertible D's were made during 1958 and 1959 and were called such to differentiate between they and the Speedsters in the A series of cars.

Will Hesch posted:

That is not a Convertible D

Convertible D's were made during 1958 and 1959 and were called such to differentiate between they and the Speedsters in the A series of cars.

 

Just to clarify the production of the Convertible D, it was produced only for one model year: 1959. It was actually produced in two calendar years: from August, 1958 through August, 1959, and possibly into September, 1959.

Some owners will note that their Convertible Ds were first sold and then registered by a department of motor vehicles, a secretary of state, or some other governing unit in late 1958, 1959 and 1960. This is due to when their D was actually sold in the country and province and/or state in which the car was delivered. For example, although a Convertible D will be a 1959 model, it might be licensed as a 1958 Conv. D, since it was sold and registered in late 1958. Sometimes a car might be sold much later than when the factory built and then delivered the car to an original dealer. Also, on occasion, a car was not sold at the original dealership, but sent to another dealership to sell. If the car didn't sell in 1959, it sold in early 1960 and then was registered as a 1960 Conv. D. Some reasons were to lower the inventory of the original dealership and to sell cars more quickly in locations where these cars were more accepted, such as in warmer climates.

Not sure how I could get a Beck coupe over here but if they eventually get a version out it would be nice to try.

Banzai Pipeline posted:

Will Hesch posted:

That is not a Convertible D

Convertible D's were made during 1958 and 1959 and were called such to differentiate between they and the Speedsters in the A series of cars.

 

...It was actually produced in two calendar years: from August, 1958 through August, 1959, and possibly into September, 1959.

...isn't that what I said?...

Will Hesch posted:

Banzai Pipeline posted:

Will Hesch posted:

That is not a Convertible D

Convertible D's were made during 1958 and 1959 and were called such to differentiate between they and the Speedsters in the A series of cars.

 

...It was actually produced in two calendar years: from August, 1958 through August, 1959, and possibly into September, 1959.

...isn't that what I said?...

It is.

The "D"s from what I remember were also known as the glorified Speedster. Not really sure why P did the "D" model made by Drauz KG. Never was a fan of the Cab's.

Michael B (aka bluespeedster SoCal) posted:

The "D"s from what I remember were also known as the glorified Speedster. Not really sure why P did the "D" model made by Drauz KG. Never was a fan of the Cab's.

The problem, as described by PORSCHE, was the SHORT windshield, the CLUMSY (LOW)TOP mechanism, and the SIDE WINDOWS(pain in the ass)....as Americans wanted a bit more, so P decided to make the SPEEDSTER a bit more LUXURIOUS and LESS BOHEMIAN by adding 3.5 inches to the windshield, rollup windows, and a more supportive/higher bow convertible top. In a nutshell, the "D" was the one year interim upgrade to the CABRIO.

In RETRO....we seem to like the "D" better than the CABRIOS and many like the rollup windows(or power windows for that matter(IM)) available in today's REPLICAS.

DRAUZ built the "D" whilst "P" prepared their CABRIO assembly line.....

Thank you BANZAI PIPELINE for the details. The roll-up windows and less draft sure sound great. 

The Envemo Cabrio windshield is different from the real one, but I don't know why.  The Beck coupes will fit all real Porsche glass.

Lane Anderson posted:

The Envemo Cabrio windshield is different from the real one, but I don't know why.  The Beck coupes will fit all real Porsche glass.

YESSSS...it is interesting that ENVEMO decided to NOT EXACTLY match the PORSCHE CABRIO glass when they should have(?) unless it matches the COUPE?

Yes it is, particularly since the Envemo coupes had normal windshields (I think).