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I had bought this Posche 911 Cabrio as a donator for engine, wheels and interior for another project (http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/125644-vw-samba-custom-triple-cab-pickup/)

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The windscreen was messed up and the frame cracked. I had the engine and wheels from the Samba Bus, so i wanted to make something out of that. Without windscreen my only option seemed to make a speedster. 911 and the narrow bus wheels made no good combination, but i discovered that the bodies of 356 and 911 do not have big differences, just a bit wider and longer. decision was made: a 356 speedster it should to be. And after a bit of research i found a nice road legal vintage race car replica i wanted to make.

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It was great fun to backdate the body and scratch built missing items using my parts box. And i deppdished the Bus rims to make them look wider.

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Wait a minute, am I understanding this correctly? You took a 911 and converted it to a 356? If so, this is simply spectacular! 

Mike 

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1 hour ago, mecklm said:

Wait a minute, am I understanding this correctly? You took a 911 and converted it to a 356? If so, this is simply spectacular! 

Mike 

Well Mike, at least i tried to make it look like a 356. On the only WIP picture you can see, it was quite a lot to do to make the body look like a 356. And almost even more to make those wheels fit under it to achieve that stance.

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1 hour ago, slusher said:

Super nice!

 

 

2 hours ago, Kemszi said:

really nice!

 

3 hours ago, alexis said:

Quite the cute little speedster there. Great save using leftover parts.

 

Thank you very much, guys!

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