This car is stunning! It was visiting a neighbors home over the week end (was told he's an antique VW/Porsche enthusiast book author) and I had to stop. I checked the net and found a couple of replica car kit makers and am almost considering building one - wish I had the 3rd garage stall more than ever- If its real anyone know whats it worth?

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Its tiny and couldn't weigh more than 1,500lbs - couldn't take a lot of power to make it a fun car to drive. Its easy to see how James Dean died in one, its about knee high at the door top!

If Im not mistaken the 550 had one of the fisrt 4 cam engines.
The engine alone is worth 200k or more.
That car (real) Im guessing maybe 1mil. depending on the buyer

The only thing missing are the red stripes on the top of the quarter panels.
They are a 550 trade mark

If your going to build one,Its best to find a early 911 or 912 as the doner car. Not a VW.

I was thinking a complete kit - wiuldn't want a hypo engine or anything

http://www.thunderranch.com/550.html

I should have never looked

I built a 356 Replica and a Cobra replica. Fun projects--but one hell of a lot of work and the manuals were pretty marginal. The Cobra was a blast to drive but everytime I drov it I lost 10 pounds--it was just hot as hell in the cockpit. The 356 gets more looks than the Cobra ever did.

Nice cars -- I think everyone assumes a Cobra is a kit car, pretty much all you see on the road - not so much with the 356