Wierd speedster 57 replica???? HELP

Got a quick question, i was looking at a 57 speedster replica, and it's got a fiberglass windshield frame, not the chrome/post type, any idea of the make of this kit? it is forsale private, but has no windshield, wondering who made these kits????

martin

What you are describing sounds like a Cabriolet. SAS makes a Subaru-based Cabriolet but it does not come as a kit.

Your best bet would be to take a picture and post it. If it's an older car, it could be an Envemo.

i just went and looked at the car, and bought it, it's got a fiberglass windshield surround, not metal like all the speedsters i've ever seen, but i don't know who made this kit. Also it's not a high windshield, it's low like a speedster. It's a running driving car, no interior (seats and carpet), also odd is that it has a glove box, with an original porsche door. Very weird kit, but it has fresh paint on it, just needs seats, ect....the one big thing i'm worried about is that it has no windshield, and that i think will be a big hurdle....any ideas?????
Also the motor seems higher than any kit i've seen, the rear engine cover/lid is made out of flat fiberglass, maybe even wood, i don't know.....anyone with any input would really help me out....

thanks

martin

Does it have wind up windows and squared off front hood? Maybe its an Envemo cabriolet (or made later using their moulds)!

http://www.webmotors.com.br/Webmotors/ssCompra/pgBuscaUsadosDetalhes/pgBuscaUsadosDetalhes.aspx?cod=4233865&tipo=U&carro=ENVEMO_SUPER_90_1.6_GASOLINA_2P_MANUAL

http://www.webmotors.com.br/Webmotors/ssCompra/pgBuscaUsadosResultado/pgBuscaUsadosResultado.aspx?modelo=2714&precoFinal=&foto=N&precoInicial=&marca=166&anoFinal=&part=S&avanc=0&uf=&descrModelo=SUPER%2090&anoInicial=&revend=S

no, it does'nt, but i can see body work evidence in the rear, and i'm thinking now that the windshield posts were modified shorter.....it may be that car, but it's allready been modified???? no clue, but i can say it's different from any speedster kit i've ever seen.

Definitely need pictures!

i backed out of the deal, the car was nice, fresh paint (silver), needed finishing, all parts there except for the windshield, no interior/seats. And then at $5000 plus after studying the pics you guys showed me, it looks like it was a cabriolet, but modified to look like a speedster, that explains the rear engine lid, and the slightly wavy glass work above the engine lid. after talking to the guy, the windshield was modified shorter to look like a speedster, so i'm thinking a windshield would be impossible to find, just making it hard to build.....

thanks for the input guys,

martin

$5K sounds like a project worth looking at.

Yeah $5k is chump change in speedster world (even replicas). Sounds like it might have been a coupe if the rear deck was changed. I've seen where hot rodders frequent have normal size production windshield glass cut down to their chopped vehicles - not off the shelf but not impossilbe to repicate. Interior is quite simple carpets, flat door panels and Porsche 914 seats ($200-1000). Either post some pictures or send some to one of us so we can post them for you. Sounds interesting.

well the paint was good, but the prep work was meah....no interior, tired old vw chassis, looked like a original stock 1600dp, was on a 73 frame, and most of the body was hacked/homemade, none of the engine was cowled, open to the back, and the wheels were visible from the engine compartment. Over all, a bit too much, all it had was bumpers, lights, no trim, shaved door handles, looked like ALOT of work to make that thing road worthy, and the windshield was the deal breaker. A speedy windshield setup would cost $800-1000, plus you would have to do body work to remove the fiberglass windshield surround, which would involve painting it again (at least the front) and on and on......if he had the windshield i would have considered it. But with that much fab work to be done on a hacked speedy, what would it be worth after it was done? $10K???? I couldn't give away my old 57 speedy CMC that had 3300mi on it high quality build.......

martin

martin can you post some pics?

i don't have any, there are none in the add, here's a link to the add:

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1957-Porsche-Speedster-Replica-W0QQAdIdZ40022231

it's one of those cars i'd have to get for a steal, and at $5000, way too much....

martin

There was a really bad replica at Carlisle 2 years ago in the car corral. I think it had a fiberglass windshield frame as you described. The seller was Lance motors maybe? Quite a hack job for sale for well under $10k. Was it red by any chance? Perhaps that beast found its way to Canada somehow. God only knows how such a thing would cross the border.

That one at Carlisle was a body produced in Mexico (Maybe one of Raul's??)

Last I saw, that red car went to AZ or Cali.