Hi all I am currently building a coupe body almost from scratch and would welcome any inputs.
I bought a speedster shell and was able to borrow a 1960 356 bodyshell which is almost too far gone to be usable.
Since I want to be able to have a 6 foot car (that is it will be almost idistinguisable from 6 feet) I took moulds of almost any aspect of the old steel body About 18 different parts werte copied. along this route I realised why speedster bodies were made as they are with the under bonnet and rear seat area done in a certain way in order for the body to release and be finished in one piece.
when a roof is added this requirement obviously can not be met and other possibilities open up since the inner and outer bodies needs two different moulds there is the possibility for a completely smooth engine compartment and a underbonnet area much more accurate than the current speedster body.
I was wondering if anybody has given any thoughts as to what the SOUL and Character is that the owners of original porsches talk about as I am curious to understand this school of thought
I am certain that there is a few features on a early porsche that when replicated will give the same handling platform eg the porsche beam is tilted rear ward 11 mm to increase caster the pedals are on stilts and the car is lower than a bug using the same basic building blocks. The few old Porsches I have driven all had the smell of stale petrol as they were not used and I have suitably aged a can of fuel to add this feature....
Seriously what would be the features to aim at when building a coupe
From some discussions it seems leaks is a huge issue.
some pictures of my build can be seen here:
http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=17418#p171474
regards
Armand
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