looking for speedster until 1956

You may want to check other forums.  This site is devoted to the replicas that you disdain.

You know you are at a totally REPLICA site?  Ours are all Non-rusting plastic (aka fiberglass) - not that crumbling red rusty stuff.

 

holy foot in mouth batman

Lisasatt, I guess you didn't realize that this is a site for replica 356s

Hello Lisaatt,

I'm going to assume that you didn't mean to offend anyone. What is it that you don't like about a replica? With the costs of original speedsters well above 150-250k, they are an afordable way to own a dream car.

If the goal is to provide something for your father to wrench on, an older replica may offer the best of both worlds.

Have a good day and happy hunting,
Ted

Lisaatt;

 

Go to:  https://porsche356registry.org/

       
       

Ted!  What are you doing?  I don't need anyone else competing with me for used replicas, but if he wants to buy one from me, I have a really nice, very classic looking, silver/red one for sale.

       
       

Sorry, Troy.

You have an uncanny knack of locating and buying needy replicas better than any man I know.  I still don't know how you do it.

Post some photos of your silver and red beauty.

Ted

It is called Free enterprise....the woman should buy where she wants. Competition is a good thing.

He won't be back...

 

Let's not try to get too defensive guys.  It was just a question.  You know, maybe some of us just have pre-A projects just lying around...

He might be a She, note the name with my editing....   Lisa  att....uses ATT for web connection?

I can see where he got impression we had the real thing:

 

Lisasatt- Unfortunately, you won't find many cars with Porsche vin #'s here.  Although our mission statement says "...members include owners of original 356 Speedsters and every known replica Speedster and Roadster", you'll find that the P crowd pretty well looks down on our affordable, extremely fun to drive and half-way reasonable to modify and repair plastic abortions. Pity, really, as we love them for the same reasons they were drawn to their cars....

Hey, is that a roll of cash in your pocket or are you just happy to be with us.  You will need a really big one to buy an original.  I wonder sometimes, standing our ground, that we get a little provincial about our replica world.  But that's fine with me.  If somebody has 125 - 250K for a beautiful original P-car, more power to them.  I'm good with plastic and modern innards.  

That thing has just about returned to the Earth Greg. Nice find.

That anyone could consider that worth saving is a telling symptom of the current Porsche insanity.

 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm of the understanding that just the vin # is worth 40 or $45,000. If it's a Speedster, they can just about build around it. I believe a numbers correct, concours pushrod engine'd Speedster sold for $400,000 recently.

Maybe we should change the description of the site to something like "Porsche replica owners.  We unplug our noses at those real Porsche-owning bed-wetting types." It might avoid future confusion:-)

Lisasatt, I suggest you contact my buddy, Ed Rutherford, at Klasse356.com. He's in Redondo Beach and restores the cars as well as supplies parts. He might be able to help you find a project. Ed is well-connected to everything 356.

Say hi for me, okay?

Tom said a dirty word "Porsche" 

I was planning to take photos and do the drive video yesterday, but it rained.  I'll try to get a couple of driveway shots this evening if there is enough light when I get home.

I hear that when lisasatt found out he had accidentally posted on one of those replica sites that the great unwashed frequent, he almost dropped his bottle of Gray Poupon.

Took some driveway shots this evening and posted them in this thread.  https://www.speedsterowners.com...and-dark-red-vintage