Nothing Just "Bolts On"

It's the way we roll.....Imagine what I have been through doing as many speedsters as I have . BTW I am bald on top :~)

I'm bald too and getting balder. Forgot to include that the cut outs on (expensive) bumper guards don't match the cross section of a fiberglass bumper. 

Try playing with real Porsche's!

They decided to through in one triple square bolt in the bellhousing while the others are 16mm regular bolts. I had to go to two parts stores to find one...I have more oddities to share but I'll spare you all!

Good luck!! 

Wombat, the beauty of using Chinese after market parts is that if something doesn't fit, the next one you order will be a completely different size.

Guess if it wasn't for Henry Ford - all cars would be like Speedsters.

@Bill Prout. Yap. It started costing more to buy the tool than to get the car fix. Next option was to find a good friend that does German / Porsche’s   Hence my twin turbo still lives. 👍❤️😇

Agreed. Almost every part needs modification in some way. I really can't name a part that didn't need to be cut, drilled, bent, sanded, or polished in some way on my second Spyder. Even stuff that carried over from the old car to the new had to be altered.

I totally agree.  People keep calling our cars "kit cars".  When I ask them if they mean that we buy a "kit" of parts and they all fit nicely together, making it easy to assemble, they always say "Yes, a kit car!"

The real answer is NOTHING EVER FITS!  Therefore, all of us are driving "Custom Cars".

Kit car?  I always say,  " yes , it's hand built ".

When I installed my carbs, linkage and manifolds, I found that some of the parts that were supposed to be threaded were not , and the manifolds needed some machine work on the inside and outside. I'm lucky to have a friend with a machine shop to clean up and improve the parts.

A  kit car ? Well no you're thinking a plastic Revelle model you glued together as a kid. ...these cars are hand crafted and take hundreds of hours of fabrication. That usually shuts their pie holes :~)

When someone at work asked if my car was a "kit car", I asked him to explain that term. He said, "It was assembled from a bunch of parts wasn't it?". I said, "Yes, it was built from a collection of parts. So was your Toyota. I guess we both drive kit cars. Then I explained how it was really built.

That term spills over from the days when there was a host of really funky looking fiberglass cars driving around on a VW chassis with a VW sound. All of which you could buy out of the back of a magazine in the kit car section.

I prefer the hauty "Bespoke" moniker!

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   (of goods, especially clothing) made to order.

   "a bespoke suit"

Easy Peasy.....If someone asks me what it is....I tell them it is a VW based kit car.....if they want to know more, I try to tell them more....or admit that I don't know

May be customer made is best yet since it very much custome to your liking 

The most common term of art I use these days is "Glorified Dune Buggy."

I often use "street legal go-kart". Feel free to steal.

Not quite street legal Yamaha Virago 1000 cc Ciller Kart   (Adult size toy) with independent suspension..I sold it before I killed myself~