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DIY Porsche 356 Coupe

Thursday May 11th, 2006 @ 6:53 PM

Filed under: One-offs, Porsche 356

Ed (near Toronto, Canada) built this Porsche 356, to the best of my knowledge fully from scratch (well, the body but that’s what most people on a classic-oriented kitcar site are most interested in I dare to say). It’s on a VW chassis (and titled as a Beetle) with 1200cc engine. After Ed developed health problems (and storage space) the car was sold for about $4,000, which included a rebuilt transmission and matching 1600cc engine.

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‘55 Porsche 356 Speedster Kit

Wednesday May 3rd, 2006 @ 11:08 PM

Filed under: Kit Cars, Porsche 356

Gary in Seattle sends in these photos of his 356 Speedster finished in 1988 after 18 months of construction — everything was taken apart, fixed up, and put back together. Among many other mods, it’s got a 2110cc engine with nitrous… VDO gauges, disc brakes, and on and on and on until about $25,000 was invested, resulting in a long series of show trophies. It’s also a daily driver, not that Seattle lets you have a daily driver with no real roof, ha…