I was out running an errand today and stumbled across this car. It is a psuedo-porsche built from a VW… which in a way is ironic because Porsches are just Psuedo-Volkswagens right? =)
Anyway, while I pull on the asbestos pajamas in preparation for the flames from Porschephiles, have a look at this:
Sorry for the crappy phone-cam images… I literally snapped it from my car as I drove by and did not have time to pull my camera out of my bag. Like so many repro-cars, it gets enough of the detail wrong to throw the whole thing off. It is obviously based on a VW beetle or ghia (likely the latter.) Note the 70’s style 911 wheels. I always liked those “flower petal” wheels on 911s, but they sure look funny on a “356”!
The weirdest of all is the roofline in the back. How hard would it have been to get it to consistently slope? That sedan-notch-thing going on is just bizarre.
I can see building a Speedster, or a Spyder from a VW, but a 356 Coupe? Oh well. Let me know what you think.
BTW: for reference, here is a real one (a hastily edited photo from my own collection… Dr. Fisher’s Porsche from the Forza Amelia… I beat this car on our track day driving a 450sl. 😉 )
I believe that may be a real 356, a notchback: http://www.356registry.org/Members/Coward/ . I doubt anyone makes a replica of that particular bodystyle. I agree that the wheels are naff on a 356, though. Then again, I can’t stand minilites or minilite replicas on British sports cars…
Interesting… you learn something new everyday. I still think it was a VW though… it just looked sort of shabby/repro.