da Speedinger Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 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/) 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. 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.
da Speedinger Posted January 22, 2018 Author Posted January 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, Gramps46 said: Fascinating project! Well done. Thank you, Gary!
stavanzer Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Quite the cute little speedster there. Great save using leftover parts.
mecklm Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 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
da Speedinger Posted January 22, 2018 Author Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) 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. Edited January 22, 2018 by da Speedinger
da Speedinger Posted January 22, 2018 Author Posted January 22, 2018 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!
da Speedinger Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 On 23.1.2018 at 4:32 AM, Dann Tier said: VERY interesting!, and well done!!! 18 hours ago, ChrisR said: Neat concept! Thank you guys!
Eric Macleod Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Excellent! I like this a lot. Great use of color and recycled parts on this one.
da Speedinger Posted January 25, 2018 Author Posted January 25, 2018 21 hours ago, Eric Macleod said: Excellent! I like this a lot. Great use of color and recycled parts on this one. Thank you Eric
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