Re: Porsche 550 spyder
 

CMG I also believe thats true! Nice cars!!!

Re: Porsche 550 spyder
 

Car is definitely a replica- the hubs are a dead giveaway. The original had the same hub arrangement as the OLD VW with the very large perimeter lug arrangement rather than the small 5-lug of the later Volks.

Re: Porsche 550 spyder
 

Chris - good eye , I have been looking into it and www.automotivelegends.com makes a kit, one of the options is for the 4 or 5 lug set up. It was at a gathering of a bunch of old Porsches and if it was real - with a value between 500K-1M it would have been the center of attention and not left in the street.

Pics still don't do it justice, its a real sexy car. I started priming the wife last night and she gave her approval, right after her new kitchen cabinets and counter tops :( . I told her with the cost of fuel I'm not getting back into an offshore boat for a while - she liked to hear that. Theres a Beck on Ebay (appears to be one of the better replicars) in CT, if rain ever stops I'll take my scooter for a 280 mile ride on a week-end.

Re: Porsche 550 spyder
 

The Becks are the best from what I have seen. They have a kit that will allow the use of Porsche 911 components and slightly larger tires. My guess is that it would scare the hell out of you.

This is a good resource- http://www.spyderclub.com

Re: Porsche 550 spyder
 

Thanks for the link, definitely don't want to make a 400hp RUF motored 1200lb rocket ship out of it or anything. Won't take much to make it fun,an old Porsche motor will do fine, just want to stay away from the Beetle sewing machine.

Re: Porsche 550 spyder
 

I'm with ya.

A nice 2.7 or 3 litre with Webers and headers will do the trick. There's not much better than the sound of a Porsche 6 with Webers. Plus, you'll still get to see the looks of all those Corvette owners at the next stoplight.

Re: Porsche 550 spyder
 

Beck does build the best replica on the market. It's scary fast when Porsche components are dropped in.


review's of Beck Spyder:

http://www.fineliving.com/fine/life_...922203,00.html

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...2_beck_spyder/

For speedsters: http://www.intermeccanica.com/

I was talking with both those companies on becoming a dealer for them. Thing that seperates them from the pack, almost as many replica's making these Porsches second to Cobra companies, is they are taken serious by the main stream car media.

A 550 sold recently at just over $1million, one of the original factory prototypes/race cars.

Re: Porsche 550 spyder
 

A friend of mine had a beater VW bus that we dropped a 2.7L built to RS specs. The van freakin flew, buddy started illegal street racing and word quickly spread don't try taking on the purple bus!!!! A 3.0L SC engine stock would be more than enough insanity in a rep. spyder......

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Its funny, I got a packet from Intermeccanica almost 15 years ago but never did anything, make a real nice car. Thanks for the links

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I built a 356 also. Loved the spyder though. I heard great things about the beck spyder too. A customer of mine owned one and loved it. The looks I got in that 356 kit were insane. I loaned it to a customer/friend while I was working on his car and when he got back , he tells me of all the looks he got in my little kit compared to his porsche turbo and all the other countless bad azz rides he has had. I laughed but as I drove by the beach , all eyes were on it! Too funny. I say build the beck!