Wrecked VS on eBay

Not mine, looks to have taken a hard hit i.e. that the dash looks like it has damage too.....I MHO it's a parts car.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-Speedster-Replica-wrecked-no-motor-/230742604142?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item35b954b96e

I'll take interior if someone buys and pieces it out. Like the red piping.

Anyone like to build a "Speedster Trailer"?

I dunno... Given the damage we've seen fixed (like on Ron O'Black's car), I would think this could be repaired.

Anything can be repaired. But there is more damage here than is immediately visible. The driver's door has moved at the front - back and to the right (moving the outside of the door to the left). So the support at the front of the door has clearly moved and that usually moves the cowl area as well.

The front corner/underside area, etc., are the obvious bits.

When you are said/done, you'll have a replica that has earned its salvage title while it was a replica which is not a good thing for resale.

But if you are a skilled fellow and the price is right, well, it sure looks like it was a nice car right up to the point of impact.

But it needs to be real, real affordable.

angela

Nah, that sh@t will buff out.

Brings back memories....

Looks like he's holding out for top dollar, but if it were close and stayed low, I'd totally be up for it. Nothing there that can't be repaired.

Skip the title crap (if it's just for a VW, that is) with a fresh shortened pan, otherwise a fresh shortened pan with a number graft. (NOBODY on the East Coast is gonna look inside the spine with a flashlight checking for welding wire and slag.)

Use the new pan as a body jig, mount the remains to the pan and push/pull the busted bits into place, the doors ought to fall into line pretty easily, bolt things down and start fiberglassing.

I wouldn't even replace the fender unless I stumbled onto a cheap one, repair it in place. Not difficult, just time and patience.

If the door is moved the body frame itself is bent, see the following for info in regards to its possible construction....not easily corrected, of course it can be, but it could well be necessary to remove the body from the subframe itself, a bit of a job...

Nice JPS on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-1956-Speedster-Recreation-/190637411814?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item2c62e00de6#v4-43
ADD: had intended this to be a separate post. Need more coffee!!!

Has anyone mentioned this?
This has a SALVAGE title.I think this means it can NOT be restored for street use. You won't be able to register it!

Greg

It doesn't work that way in California Greg. You can buy and sell cars with salvage titles and register and drive them. Basically, the salvage title just lets the new owner know that there were significant issues with the car, but they may have been corrected.

I have heard of a few people just switching out the VW vin for another one. Seems pretty shady to me.

Nope! Ya can do it in PA., too! Ask me how I know!

~WB