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Yep 718 Spyder replica :grin:

Looks rough though :nooo:

This has just rekindled my hankering for a 550 Spyder replica to add to the fleet :D
 
Was the donor chassis a tractor :dont know:
 
jonttt said:
Was the donor chassis a tractor :dont know:
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Body looks great, but sits somewhat high, as you say
 
WHAT... UGLY...!!!! You guys risk being excommunicated by the faithful... (-: From a very dull memory the original of that was amongst the leaders of technological advance that led to race car development as it is today, hard to imagine someone turning up at a F1 race with a front engined car... (-:

OK, OK so it is a kit car, but even assuming it has a VW chassis and engine it is still likely to be a lot of FUN and perhaps just too RAW for those well used to being cosseted in modernity. What no computers to keep me safe from the hundreds of horse power I have little or no talent to make real use of, no auto box.... Jeez, whatever next..

Yeah my Luddite tendencies can be hard to hide at times... :floor:
 
kurlykris said:
Yep 718 Spyder replica :grin:

Looks rough though :nooo:

This has just rekindled my hankering for a 550 Spyder replica to add to the fleet :D
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Is it a replica, just checked the number plate on dvla website, and it's coming up as 1970 Porsche?
Or has somebody managed to get the details on the logbook changed :dont know:
 
It's listed as a 1962 356 Spyder which doesn't exist as a car, especially in that shape.

It's a kit car, possibly with a 1962 356 engine but the J plate makes it a lot newer than a 1962 build.

I reckon it's got a 356 engine and maybe a Porsche chassis so when the replica body was added in 1970 it could be registered as a 1970 Porsche.
 
T8 said:
It's listed as a 1962 356 Spyder which doesn't exist as a car, especially in that shape.

It's a kit car, possibly with a 1962 356 engine but the J plate makes it a lot newer than a 1962 build.
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I agree dvla list it as 1970, so I presume its a later car made look like a 718 :dont know:
 
T8 said:
I reckon it's got a 356 engine and maybe a Porsche chassis so when the replica body was added in 1970 it could be registered as a 1970 Porsche.
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That someone by means fair or foul has managed to register it as a Porsche may add something to it`s value..

I have doubts that it would have a 356 engine more likely a 912 given the difference in market of values of rotted out 912`s against a rotten 356.

Seems even 912`s are valued much more than they were at one time... but some of them can be really rotten, as none of them were galvanised, not that old galv Porsches do not rot..hmm... :?:
 
The real thing from c.1960 =



 
T8 said:
The real thing from c.1960 =



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Now thats more like it, no off-roading in that :grin:
 
Hmm..? Looking at it again, those wheels would be unlikely to be found on any VW..? Assuming I am looking at the correct images..

I have seen a few replicas that were close to impossible to tell from the original, thinking Jag XKSS and "D" Types. Eagle "E" are not ORIGINAL Jags either... INCOMMING... :floor:
 
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