Does anyone have a website that they built or know about that details their 550 kit build from ground up? Thanks Tom!
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Does anyone have a website that they built or know about that details their 550 kit build from ground up? Thanks Tom!
Cisco try Spyderclub.com. It is not as good as Chris Suttons, but it has some pictures and articles. Hope this helps...
Darryll
Darryll
Cisco, here is a little more help
MANUFACTURERS:
Vintage Spyders
Builders of the highest quality Spyders available anywhere.
Whether you are looking for the ultimate in performance or the prefect street machine Vintage Spyders is the place that can make your dreams come true!
Beck Lister Roadster and Beck 550 Spyder
ThunderRanch '34 Lightening, Riot, GTO & Beck 550 Spyder
Favorite Sites
>Greg D's Spyder Site< Great Spyder information, top notch site!!!
SpyderOwners.com Great resource, Awesome tech papers! Plus Car Registry & Manufacturer Rating
SpyderClub.com good site, nice BB. A web based club
>UK Spyder Club< Very cool site with very good information!
Speedster Owners Lots of information
>>Spyder & Porsche Pictures<< I am going to be adding more pictures here.
Mossmotors
www.mossmotors.com/
Supplier of the old style Castrol Decal
GT Werk
3831 HB Catalina Street
Los Alamitos CA. 90720
Owner: Robert Kann
Phone - 562.431.1523
Email - Gtwerk@aol.com
This company sells vintage racing decals for 356s, some of which were also used on 550s. Mobil Pegasus decals
Rage Performance
9426 Parise Drive
Whittier, CA. 90603
Phone - 562.698.7886 / Fax - 208.248.1671
www.RagePerformance.com
This company has the Weber Carburetor Manual a must have book!!!!
So. Cal. Imports
2708 Seaboard Lane
Long Beach, CA. 90805
Phone - 562.633.4979
Good source for everything from reproduction Porsche hubcaps to the European Fluted head light lenses.
McKenzie's
2366 East Orangethorpe Ave.
Anaheim, Ca. 92806
Phone - 714.441.1212
Performance Parts at very good prices
MANUFACTURERS:
Vintage Spyders
Builders of the highest quality Spyders available anywhere.
Whether you are looking for the ultimate in performance or the prefect street machine Vintage Spyders is the place that can make your dreams come true!
Beck Lister Roadster and Beck 550 Spyder
ThunderRanch '34 Lightening, Riot, GTO & Beck 550 Spyder
Favorite Sites
>Greg D's Spyder Site< Great Spyder information, top notch site!!!
SpyderOwners.com Great resource, Awesome tech papers! Plus Car Registry & Manufacturer Rating
SpyderClub.com good site, nice BB. A web based club
>UK Spyder Club< Very cool site with very good information!
Speedster Owners Lots of information
>>Spyder & Porsche Pictures<< I am going to be adding more pictures here.
Mossmotors
www.mossmotors.com/
Supplier of the old style Castrol Decal
GT Werk
3831 HB Catalina Street
Los Alamitos CA. 90720
Owner: Robert Kann
Phone - 562.431.1523
Email - Gtwerk@aol.com
This company sells vintage racing decals for 356s, some of which were also used on 550s. Mobil Pegasus decals
Rage Performance
9426 Parise Drive
Whittier, CA. 90603
Phone - 562.698.7886 / Fax - 208.248.1671
www.RagePerformance.com
This company has the Weber Carburetor Manual a must have book!!!!
So. Cal. Imports
2708 Seaboard Lane
Long Beach, CA. 90805
Phone - 562.633.4979
Good source for everything from reproduction Porsche hubcaps to the European Fluted head light lenses.
McKenzie's
2366 East Orangethorpe Ave.
Anaheim, Ca. 92806
Phone - 714.441.1212
Performance Parts at very good prices
also,
www.cbperformance.com
Tom, some of us built our cars and can help you whether you like it or not!
just ask and I can send pictures and descriptions of most details of hte way I did it and I am sure others will chime in.
Think of it as an interactive build manual.
Regards,
Mike
www.cbperformance.com
Tom, some of us built our cars and can help you whether you like it or not!
just ask and I can send pictures and descriptions of most details of hte way I did it and I am sure others will chime in.
Think of it as an interactive build manual.
Regards,
Mike
Tom - I used to have a riprap pointer named the Cisco Kid...How's that for a Guido-like association guys?
You funny, Terry!
Mike, you have some great pictures, you should put a web site together like Mike Sutton
Thanks Darryll, but pictures can be deceiving. I wish that more of the spyder owners who build their cars would post the process. ...I think there are some great ideas out there...There was an excellent site by "C" but he closed down. He had tons of detail.
In reality, except for the parts I posted, and maybe a little bit more, most everything else is VW right out of the Bentley manual. When I built mine in 1989-90 I had the Bentley manual, the single sheet Jamar instruction and the single sheet instrument hookup sheet. It still came togehter and was driveable (aklthoughnot as nice as some of these guys have done).
This site and others really help. Ask a quetion and look at the replies you get. Want pictures? Just ask and see what happens. It doesn't get any better than that.
Regards,
Mike
In reality, except for the parts I posted, and maybe a little bit more, most everything else is VW right out of the Bentley manual. When I built mine in 1989-90 I had the Bentley manual, the single sheet Jamar instruction and the single sheet instrument hookup sheet. It still came togehter and was driveable (aklthoughnot as nice as some of these guys have done).
This site and others really help. Ask a quetion and look at the replies you get. Want pictures? Just ask and see what happens. It doesn't get any better than that.
Regards,
Mike