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1968 Porsche 356 Speedster (replica)Here are a few images of the car I'm working on now. I've built 2 original Porsche cars in the past, but this time I wanted to do a replica so I can add modern driving aids such as disc brakes and other mods like better seats and suspension that make it more of a daily drivers car without heavily modifying an original car. This is a VW Beetle chassis and running gear & engine (which is almost identical to a real 356 chassis and engine), so there are lots of off the shelf modifications that can be done to this car to improve its look and performance very easily with little effort as VW parts are readily available. The car has been 80% built by someone else over the last couple of years (over covid lockdown), but that person never got around to finishing it off. I've picked up the car in an almost running state, but I plan to change a lot of the car cosmetically from the previous owners choices and have it painted Jet Black with a classic speedster look. Thats the plan so far! its starting to come together slowly.
May 2022 - This is how the car looked when I purchased it from eBay!Transporting the car to its new home   June 2022 - Stripping out the old red interior and putting in new seats and carpet. Bumpers and windscreen now in place as well   Nov 23- Still a work in progress, but coming along nice and drivable now!    Feb 2024 - spraying the uneven areas of the front myself just until I can get a full car respary organised (but it doesn't look any better!)        Sept 2024 - Out of the garage for a bit of sun    Mar 25 - Front end first primer layout goes on as I'm sanding and preparing the paint, this is going to take a while! the car looks a mess right now, but it will be great soon.                                                   
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