356 kit car?

[02stu]

No, I am taking about preformence. I have driven both a replica cobra and the real thing. there is a diffrence between the two. Bit the replica did have a 460 instead of the 427 so that might be why but still felt alot of diffrences between the two. But thats just me. I would rather have the real thing then a clone or a replica.

Of course you would rather have the real thing. Kit cars are like tits, real is better but fake is still is better then nothing at all.

[e30s52]

Of course you would rather have the real thing. Kit cars are like tits, real is better but fake is still is better then nothing at all.

Very true and thats a great way of putting it.

[george graves]

Someday I want to build a speedster kit car. Something like:

[Luis325]

Beck speedster.com

[DarkWing6]

but here you go: http://www.intermeccanica.com/speedster_a.html

Intermeccanica actually builds excellent 356 replicas that are generally as good or better than the real car in terms of build quality and performance. I'll should be interviewing the owner of Intermeccanica within the next month for the blog I write for. It is pretty much him and 10 dudes that work for him building the cars and currently takes about 2 years from order to delivery.

And also, there is a vast difference between a replica and a kit car.

Intermeccanica is to 356 what Superformance is to the Cobra.

A sweet Superformance Cobra here: http://www.inmygarage.com/?p=790

[02stu]

dam I'm lovin the 550 speedster. Could you get them in black though? I thought they only came in silver.

[Vedubin01]

2 pages and no one has said this kit?

http://www.shellvalley.com/Replicas_and_Jeeps/Cobra_Replica/

[george graves]

Because the OP asked about a 356. Not a cobra.

[Vedubin01]

Because the OP asked about a 356. Not a cobra.

But the post down said kit cars sucked, which I was responding to! (note other cars, other than the 356 were posted) Thanks for playing! :)

[RainierHooker]

What's your problem with kit cars?

The same reason why people on here distain M-badges on non-M cars, and fake alpina or other body kits on e30s...

[aintnothang]

speedster kits are some of the bets around....look up vintage speedsters.com or jps.com

[02stu]

The same reason why people on here distain M-badges on non-M cars, and fake alpina or other body kits on e30s...

I see your point, and with most cars I agree with you. Such as Ferrari kits. But there are in my mind at least some cars that can be pulled off with a kit. Cars like the speedster and the cobra which are unattainable from an e30 owners prospective. The kind of car that you know is a kit simple because it is on the road. To put it in terms of your example I would love to put an s14 into my e30 simple because it might be the only way I could afford to enjoy it. However I would never put an M badge on it, nor would I put an Porsche badge on the kit. In fact I took the M badge off of my last e46 M3.

[RainierHooker]

I see the point behind such things and I understad the desire to have something that I will never and can never have. I just personally have a hang-up on kit-cars for some reason.
I would rather have, say an Early 912 than a faked 356. They are attainable and best of all a 'real' porsche.
Or even better, find an unrestored 356 coupe, they are out there and a LOT cheaper than a speedster. We used to have a regular at the shop I worked at that had a '58 Coupe, he bought the thing for like $3000 and after a few thousand more it was gorgeous, and real.

[george graves]

The same reason why people on here distain M-badges on non-M cars, and fake alpina or other body kits on e30s...

I don't know man. Slapping a M badge on is a whole lot different than building a kit car in your garage.

[RainierHooker]

If we were talking about a faithfull remake of a real speedster with attention to all of the facets, I would be all into it. But we're not, we're talking about a VW Bug with a swoopy body bolted to it. Yes, I'm aware of the similarity between the Bug and Speedster, but comparing the two is like comparing a 318 to a M3 Sport Evo...