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WideRidezzz

Thanks for posting the update on you roadster Rick. I scrolled down thru your pics and had another gaze at your engine. WOW. Old school color on the outside, epic Porsche power plant inside and the wizard putting it together.

eBay has a Vintage wide body up for auction this morning, mislabled as a 56 Carrera GT or some such horseshit, but under the hood, someone went to the trouble of running the carb linkage behind the doghouse. Now, it's only one of those questionable little 1915 cc engines, but priced at $31,500, how much cooler would it have been if whoever built the car, put the cannister filter out front like a real 356 P-car? At least part of the car would have looked right.

Some things just look right and sound right... other lesser renditions, in my opinion, just drag us all down.

6/12/078:53 AM

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WideRidezzz

Thanks for posting the update on you roadster Rick. I scrolled down thru your pics and had another gaze at your engine. WOW. Old school color on the outside, epic Porsche power plant inside and the wizard putting it together.

eBay has a Vintage wide body up for auction this morning, mislabled as a 56 Carrera GT or some such horseshit, but under the hood, someone went to the trouble of running the carb linkage behind the doghouse. Now, it's only one of those questionable little 1915 cc engines, but priced at $31,500, how much cooler would it have been if whoever built the car, put the cannister filter out front like a real 356 P-car? At least part of the car would have looked right.

Some things just look right and sound right... other lesser renditions, in my opinion, just drag us all down.

Question Paul what hinges did you use on your deck lid?

WideRidezzz

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