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Now THIS is what really frosts my apples!

WideRidezzzWideRidezzz
eBay item #130030906524 is a widebody for sale and it looks nice. But in reading the copy there are numerous referrences made to looking just like an original; no way, call a spade a spade! We drive replicas and in the replica community this is not a car to chase authenticity.

The 'Porsche' wheels are questionable. Maybe they are made by Porsche, Earl Porsha outta Chatanooga, but they don't look like real Porsche to me. They are great looking wheels and the seller could say some thing to the effect that they are complimentary to the modified body design. Or wider than... etc.

The seller has it listed as a '56 and again, why? Particulary with teardrop tailights.

A 1900 CC engine is a good engine, but there are no further specs. Yawn.
Now re-think the asking price (BIN) $33K.

I think this sort of representation of our cars is what does us a disservice in the sports car circles throughout the land.

Rant over.

1958 Vintage Speedsters(Speedster)

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WideRidezzzWideRidezzz
eBay item #130030906524 is a widebody for sale and it looks nice. But in reading the copy there are numerous referrences made to looking just like an original; no way, call a spade a spade! We drive replicas and in the replica community this is not a car to chase authenticity.

The 'Porsche' wheels are questionable. Maybe they are made by Porsche, Earl Porsha outta Chatanooga, but they don't look like real Porsche to me. They are great looking wheels and the seller could say some thing to the effect that they are complimentary to the modified body design. Or wider than... etc.

The seller has it listed as a '56 and again, why? Particulary with teardrop tailights.

A 1900 CC engine is a good engine, but there are no further specs. Yawn.
Now re-think the asking price (BIN) $33K.

I think this sort of representation of our cars is what does us a disservice in the sports car circles throughout the land.

Rant over.
M mickey356
I'm with you Paul - How on earth would anyone buy a car for $33k from someone that refers to them as "disk" brakes? And yes, it DOES look just like the real thing! A REAL replica! To my knowledge, limited as it is, Porsche never offered a widebody? And if they did I'd be willing to bet they didn't put Speedster on the dash and rear and a Porsche between the cockpit and the engine lid, but what do I know? I try not to judge anyone for their preferences when it comes to customizing their cars - they are like art: subjective. I do have a problem when people try to pass one of the replicas off as "as close to the real thing as you can get" etc.... and when you look at it you find teardrop lights on a 1956? If you're gonna ask that kind of money have the energy to do a tiny little bit of research and ask someone how to spell "disc" in regard to automobile brakes?
WideRidezzzWideRidezzz
After my Dr.s' appointment this morning I stopped into an old breakfast haunt with a SF Chronicle and purused the classifieds. I saw a few 356s for sale, restored, but neither were matching number cars, so stated in the add. An original 60' Drauz roadster $125K.

What I think would be informative but probably out of the question would be to see a breakdown of restoration costs/ parts cost for that little 356 beauty and a sort of side by side comparison as is possible to a roadster built by the boyzzz north of the US border.

Bill Steele had one such roadster built that was so superlative it nearly defied description. But if I were to place Bill's car on eBay (he'd have me arrested)I think I would skip all written words and just post two sets of pictures, categorized,; a real steel car and Bill Steele's car.

I don't know how successful the auction would be, but what a statement.
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