Type 1 356 for Sale

What a bummer man! What prevents it from meeting the requirements?

Fiberglass body is highly scrutinized here

Ehsan, it appears you have not done your homework on many fronts. 

Nice car.. but a little too rich for my blood.. good luck

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You know, between this thread and the one on CCW, this site gets weirder by the minute.

Love that car! Hope you can sell it well (unfortunately, $35k is just about 10x my toy budget).

So . . . does this mean that CCW made good?

I think that is another car and deal altogether from the CCW deal. I recall Ehsan is establishing a small specialty car dealership in Dubai and was buying cars from several sources for resale.

My recollection could be wrong, but that is how I recall it.

It's a build from Vintage replicar, not from CCW.  It's super cool, Mark at Vintage Replicar builds a gorgeous 356-001.  

Curious why one fiberglass replica car is ok but another might not be?  They all have same results from an impact or fire.  You'd think custom frames would be more of an issue.  Wouldn't an IM,  VS or CCW have same issue.  I know I've seen Corvettes and Lotus in Dubai.  And I thought Germany was hard on registering old and unique cars.

Wow.  That is one beauty!.  I know that germany does not like old skool cars.  My cousin who is in her mid 60s was driving down the autobahn in the rain ---ok  it was the Audi cross over----at over 170 clicks.  WHen you hit a fiberglass car at AB speeds not much left of the glass car or passengers.

Only thing I would say neg about the replica is the puny engine.  FOr that kind of bread I would expect some oomph. 

Dubai is the LAST place I woulda thunk had high car standards.

Granted I know NOTHING about Dubai... just sayin.

I just can't tell if that smell is expensive cheese or old fish.

Did you ever get things straightened out with Mark and Theo at CCW?

Re-light in damper IV !

^ great avatar for flame threads!! 

No need to flame, just Google "Theo Hanson, El Cajon", then answer this question- Would you buy a used car from that deadbeat??

Why would you spend that kind of cash for such a puny car when you can get a really nice IM in that ball park?

Hey what is that car supposed to be a rep of?  I have never seen anything like it.

I believe that is a replica of the #1 1948 356 Ferry Porsche built, mid engine.

Here's a link on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356/1

Hey thanks for the education Speedbucket.  I think whoever built this did not have a background in marketing.  That car, while beautiful is an orphan and most people will just scratch their heads and ask a lot of questions that i would not care to answer.  I just tell people "Do you think a normal person would be driving a $200,000 car to the hardware store on Sat.  afternoon? . It is a replica that is faster, stops better and has more protection than the original.  'Nuff said?"

There's another insane inflationary aspect to the "Real Thing"

$3k steering wheels?  1K horn buttons? $800 dollar driving lights?

Snob appeal has it's price to pay...and here's an example I've encountered:

Two years ago I purchased a new, in the box, adjustable spring plates for the VS at under a hundred dollars.

Flash back: To meet U.S. bumper height requirements all 911's/912's were imported with a higher 'stance' than their European cousins. I figured squatting it down a bit would improve the profile...912e Registry people claims it improves handling too.

The best advertised price for 911s/912e adjustable plates is over $300 !!!...They function the same way, look the same, and made the exactly the same as Beetle adjustable spring plates for one third the price...duh 

You just now figuring this out?

Welcome to the world of "Porsche Pricing", where everything is 3X-6X what it should be...

But, look at the good side.  At least you can get your old spring plates out of a 912 without removing the entire body!

Gordon I was able to change to adj. spring plates on my 1995 CMC 1968 pan swing axle  w/o removing the body is that not the case usually?

Maybe, maybe not...

I have a '69 IRS rear with dual spring plates (two on each side) and the torsion bar cover is too long to get it off - the body gets in the way - so you have to elevate the rear of the car high enough to clear the bar end caps.  Might as well lift the whole thing off, since you have to remove all of the body to pan bolts anyway...

I know there are long and short torsion bar end caps, depending on the spring plates used - maybe I just have the long ones.

Oh yeah. I got those long ones too. Torsion bar adjustments (or swapping spring plates) means taking the body off the pan. 

I just removed the plates,didn't pull the torsion bars, didn't need to to adjust them but to change them I guess I would.

With the longer end caps you can still make adjustments (inner and/or outer) to the torsion bars, you just can't get the end cap off of the end of the bar.

I googled that term and I found nothing notable.  Send me a dialog, as it pays to be informed.

Ted

Ted,

If you really want to get to know Theo Hanson, start off by lending him some money- any amount will do. You can write the best contract available, it won't matter. If his excuses for not paying could be cashed in for money you would be rich! In reality, a Theo excuse and $2 still buys a cup of coffee. Next, have him sell a car or truck for you on consignment. Don't give him the title, I sure didn't, and still have it as a souvenir, along with the returned bad check. I don't have the truck, either, Theo 'forgot' who he sold it to. The DA won't bother chasing him, and he probably knows it. Knock yourself out, and good luck!

Yikes. What sites does this Theo clown frequent? Is he still in the speedster selling business?

Ted

Here's the definition of 'deadbeat', in case any of you, including Theo, might not be familiar with it- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deadbeat

#2 seems to say it best. If you don't want to be called a deadbeat, then pay your obligations like a man.