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Ho ho ho Im up late, kids wont sleep, wonder why.


ok.its not a kit but for what im going to do to it, its best represented here

just got a 64 356c, banged up , missing engine and trans, but its almost completely rust free.

i got 1 look at it and said to my son ,lets make it a speedster.

now i know what i would have to endure from the porsche purists and i want no part of that, i will call our car a replica.

plans are for big bolt pattern brakes, carbed 1.8 type 4 (have already) and depending on compatability 901 trans axle(have already) or vw bus transaxle.

i will watch and enquire here for ideas, i know that kitcar speedster windshields are what i will need to use.

any way great site

talk to you all soon

jeff

Compare the rear view (from the side)- the coupe 356 is quite different from the Speedster so it might look strange. Will make adding a stock top difficult. Suspect you'll need a cage inside for strength/ridgity when you cut the top off. Rust FREE! Put on here for a trade vice hacking a piece of Ferdinand's work. Even with a VW trans and engine you could pass it off as a real Porsche! NO not the SAWSALL!

I agree with Wolfgang! The body lines are quite differant in the rear and yours probably has the twin grills in back. Structural rigidity would be suspect without mucho bracing. May I suggest doing an outlaw style coupe. They look so great done with the "Right Stuff".

My 2 cents!

good input!

i might have the answer to the profile problems, rustytubs has used sheetmetal for dash/windshield and trunk/deck area for rear.

also brand new conversion parts from trevorhammerworks

I found a couple of years ago how unforgiving purists are, i had a authentic shelby 67 gt-350 , when i got the car it had flares fenders and a xtra hot 289 435hp(Dynoed) 4sp, 41,0000 miles lowered it had been stored for 2 periods over 10 years each, it started with a prime of 1oz gas and a boost and 1 flick of the key, i traded a bunch of old farm equiptment for it which cost me $1,000.00. sounds great eh.

i could not drive park stop anywhere without offers on the car and admiring comments, but within 2 weeks of being on the road a bunch of local mustang experts here in calgary decided that they had to smear me with internet posts stating the car was fake, rebodied, that i said this, did that, hundereds of posts worldwide.

i was hit in an accident in my other mustang and could not work for a couple of years, i unfortunately had to sell the car, no apraiser in calgary would appraise it calling it a fake, based on internet reports. i finally found a buyer at $46,000.00 last year which is 50% of what it should have sold for here. the buyer and i remain friends and this year we found that the car had been prepared by shelby in 67 for a race series in spain and they could not recall this car because it was not sold as a new car, but as racing equiptment in a package of 3 cars and supplies with no registration.

this car is now apraised at $185,000usd. and is headed to a museum


i guess i did ok on the deal, but if not for the experts who viciously attacked the car i may have kept it. but i could not stand the unwarrented negativity. i bought the car to enjoy it!!!


anyway same deal here, i want to enjoy a topless car i loved a local racer john cattle and and his speedster , that car was driven fast!

later
Jeff

Jeff,

Farmer Brothers Restoration in Ukiah, California has done several of these transformations. They may be a good place to start for advise/tips.

Carey