Roadster build

Just wow. The builder did an amazing job!

Won’t make Hershey but hope to be able to share this with everyone in the near future.

Wow, how do we get one of those into the NA market .. or Canada?

@IaM-Ray These two are on their way to me in New York so will be the first in NA. Will have two t-6 roadsters in about another two months. Pm me and we can discuss.

@PaulEnvemo Where in NY? I'm not too far from NYC.

@DannyP I’m on Long Island about 20 minutes from JFK. The cars will be arriving in about 4 weeks.  Drop me a line and come by and check them out. What i can tell you is that these are pretty much tool room copies as they say.  When I first saw I had to have one.  

Here they are waiting to go into the container.

Here is a shot of what the interior looks like. Seats are built from scratch and modeled after the originals.

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Here is a shot of what the interior looks like. Seats are built from scratch and modeled after the originals.

Oh, man. That color combo is fantastic.

Finally arrived here in New York

The full leather interior is incredible.

Some work to do.

Love it, Paul!

No words. Sweet!

our team is working on both of these roadsters. I will also have 2 more roadsters coming in late fall they will be the rare T6 twin grille roadster variant. One will be pale yellow the other ivory.  Here’s a shot of the T6 body plug.

Red car is getting wired up with a kwik wire harness kit . Have to say it is an awesome wire harness and makes things very easy. We where waiting on the transmission which we now have and the flywheel for the 912 mill this car will have.

Meissen blue will be available for sale if anyone is interested. This car will have a 1776 VW mill. Can build in any custom features anyone would like.

I'm droolin' heah!!!

@PaulEnvemo posted:

Finally arrived here in New York

4/8-5/27. That’s not bad at all.

I have no idea how I missed this thread to date .... Beautiful cars , I'm drooling ~

Here are some pictures of the monocoque body/tub. Things to note.  Low center tunnel, correct size,shape of inner rocker panels, original style floor pan with some very minor modifications,  large foot well as original, original rear parcel area. I’ve worked closely with the builder to really work out some of the areas that always kind of missed the mark with our replicas. We aren’t trying to fool anyone by any means…just looking to build and offer to the fanatic like myself a very close copy that can be enjoyed without some of the quirky areas at significantly less than the cost of a real roadster.

Just fantastic. Where do the tops and windshields come from?

@sethsaccocio top frame replicated in house, also have an in house trimmer that makes the canvas tops from the correct German canvas. Local foundry casts the brass windshield posts from molds made off an original car. Windshields from stoddard.

@PaulEnvemo posted:

@sethsaccocio top frame replicated in house, also have an in house trimmer that makes the canvas tops from the correct German canvas. Local foundry casts the brass windshield posts from molds made off an original car. Windshields from stoddard.

Nicely done!  Have you thought of having a zippered rear window on your tops that is a great feature.

@IaM-Ray we were actually discussing this last week and will be doing a zipper on the next two cars. I’m pretty excited because one of the two is a T6 twin grille roadster.

@PaulEnvemo   can you see the zipper ?  Nicely hidden. IM makes a nice top on a roadster

@IaM-Ray posted:

@PaulEnvemo   can you see the zipper ?  Nicely hidden. IM makes a nice top on a roadster

And on a Speedster.  I have a zippered rear window that is very useful.

@IaM-Ray the non zipper top folds right on the clear plastic  and in no time will wear and distort it. The hidden zipper is a great addition and will prevent stressing the clear plastic. We are pretty much going to mimic the hidden zipper set up that I have on my cabriolet.

Here is the first shall we say prototype built. You can see the top mechanism and windshield frame.

Cast windshield posts and frame.

Loving this build. I'm more of a roadster / cabrio guy, so you have my interest!

@Joe Shirley a slightly taller windshield and roll up windows go a long way when you are over 6 foot like me.  Don’t get me wrong now…I love the speedsters, but the improvements made with the convertible D and subsequent roadsters made for a much more usable package.  We should have a T6 twin grille wrapped up by year end and we are discussing going backwards in sequence and offering a ‘vert D.   I’m very particular about the details and you’ll note that among other things, we have the correct windshield angle and trim around the windshield.

Good stuff, I love my IM Conv D.  

A speedster would be great....30 years ago. Now days I want to be a little higher off the road.

BTW, do you still plan on selling your Super 90, or is it gone already?

@PaulEnvemo wrote: "I’m very particular about the details and you’ll note that among other things, we have the correct windshield angle and trim around the windshield."

Yup, and it's the details that really sell these little cars.

Lookin' good, Paul!

@Joe Shirley  I do plan on putting the super 90 up for sale. I kind of keep putting it off because I’ve owned it for so long (18 years)  and enjoy the heck out of it. But it is time to find a new custodian for it now.  

There is pan built and tube frame then you have this…tube frame and monocoque body with original style floor pans. Another bonus, center tunnel has a full access panel.

And a better shot. Will also be adding video to Instagram page. Legendroadsters

Great stuff.

Here’s a glamour shot of the first car built for some marketing material we are working on. This one is Aetna blue with grey leather. 4 lug wheels on this one that will eventually be changed to rudge style.