Santa's new Sleigh

Dude! Nice score on your Speedster. Love the 'Outlaw' look and the bug smiles it put on your face.

'Welcome To The Madness'. Hope to see you at one of our SOC events. keep us posted with more cool pics! 

Obviously it's a replica and not a REAL 1956, but I'm sure you know that so I'm not sure why it would be labeled a 1956.  When you say labeled as a 1956 did you mean it was  registered as a 56'? Based on the rear tail lights it would be replicating a 1957 Speedster, in a replica sort of way since Porsche never made a factory wide body.  That car from the few pictures you've posted looks hecka nice.  We'll need more photos of the interior and the motor to be sure, LOL. 

Looks nice though.  There'll be plenty of people coming on here after me with a bazillion questions about the car so figure out as much as you can.  It's most likely a CMC/Fiberfab and there will be some mandatory things that should be addressed if they weren't already addressed by the prior owner(s).

Good luck and welcome to the madness.

I think this is all I have for engine pictures until I get it in my hands again. I was given some panel inserts to clean up the appearance of the engine bay.

After a first drive I'd say it needs more power but perhaps taking care of standard things will help. Since I'm a newbie do y'all have some articles to direct me to?

Back story is that the guy built it but clearly didn't drive it much. Most recently given a short time to live and sold a few cars to the guy I bought it from. He put the carb kit on and drove it for the summer before selling to me so he could use the money to finish the 2 other bugs he bought from him before he dies.

welcome, I like it.

Pete

Nice score! I'm sure the car will need some little things- a couple I can see in the engine pic are the coil mounted sideways (it should be mounted with the wires down or it could overheat if it's oil filled), so you may have to mount it on the side of the engine compartment) and I think I can see the floor on both sides of the engine. It's alright right now, but in the summer the engine will suck spent cooling air and air heated by the exhaust into the engine compartment and will cause (too) high running temps. It's aircooled and the warmer the air is entering the engine compartment, the less heat it can carry away. The sides and rear of the engine need to be completely sealed off from the bottom area so it only has access to ambient temp air.

What carburetors does it have? Any other engine specs? And that big smile on your face is called an SEG (sh*t eating grin)! Again, Welcome To The Madness! and my name is Al. Time for bed now to let the rum punches digest. I'm sure I'll have more to say in the morning!

Very nice. Welcome to the madness��

Very nice score! 

I like the dual tail pipes. I have been thinking about doing something similar with my ride. Enjoy.

Pikkel posted:

After a first drive I'd say it needs more power but perhaps taking care of standard things will help. Since I'm a newbie do y'all have some articles to direct me to?

Did you hear that guys? "IT NEEDS MORE  POWER!"

Well, now that I've settled down, I'm thinking "how could I have missed this? Must have been the rum...

You know it's a 1915 (which is pretty good in itself), with dual carbs (do you know what the previous owner took off when he put these carbs on it? what carbs are on it now? I have so many questions...) and twin tip hot dog exhaust, so I'm guessing it has stock heads and a mild (Engle W100 or W110 or similar) cam, so 90 hp or so. This will be a great engine to learn how to maintain and "become one with", so driving the car for the upcoming summer season as you learn how to change oil, adjust rockers, install and adjust points, set ignition timing, replace spark plugs and adjust carburetors (have I missed anything?) bring out the engine's true potential, give you the time to get used to (and bond with- a very important step here!) the car, learn the ins/outs of VW aircooled performance (I'll give you something to read when I'm done), and decide if the car could use any "modifications" (we call it THE MADNESS for a reason!).

Should you decide (after driving the car for a while) your baby needs more power (how I love those 3 words! ) the logical progression is to build a 21, 22 or 2300cc engine. A longer stroke crankshaft with aftermarket rods and light flywheel, ported big valve heads, different exhaust, slightly more radical cam (and higher ratio rockers) to get all the power out of the heads that you paid for, some small Webers, Dellorto's or HPMX's (which it looks like you may already have) and an easy to care for, revs to 6,000prm with a reliable 140-160 hp is possible. Any of the guys here with more than 2 liter engines will tell you, having that much power on tap makes these things really fun! This stage will not come cheap though- budget 5-$6,000.

You can go higher- 180 to over 200 hp is certainly attainable through carburetors, but expect to pay another 2-$4,000, and depending on what you build and how far up the hp ladder you go it may require more maintenance and may no longer be the jump into any time, drive any where car it would be with just a bit less power. 

Have a good read- Yoda out (for now, but back will I be!)

http://www.aircooled.net/vw-performance-engines/

http://www.aircooled.net/vw-technical-articles/

https://www.cbperformance.com/...hResults.asp?Cat=144

Didn't catch where it is currently located, but they can easily and safely be flat towed with a $100 VW tow bar.  Just check tires and brakes - tow in neutral with steering unlocked.  If it didn't come with a build manual, donating members can download at RESOURCES LIBRARY tab here.  Those are original CMC supplied rims - maybe plastic dipped?   

It's in my dad's pole barn, in Iowa. I'm in the Milwaukee area.

Should you decide (after driving the car for a while) your baby needs more power (how I love those 3 words! ) the logical progression is to build a 21, 22 or 2300cc engine.

 

I haven't done the research, nor do I personally know enough, but I had a vision of putting a Hayabusa motor in there. Well, in "there" was fictional because I didn't really think I'd end up actually owning one. Now that I have one, not sure how many modifications I'll do. Right now I just look forward to actually driving it.

Oh, and the extension of my first crazy idea was another Busa motor up front for AWD. I'd probably need to drive wearing some Depends!

Nice car, man! Looks totally viable. You'll have fun.