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Old Jun 15, 2016 | 02:46 PM
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At least the fiberglass or aluminum replicas won't rust
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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 02:39 AM
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It is a real 356 and it was at the 41th International 356 Meeting in Aarhus Denmark in the beginning of May.
But runs on UK plates now.
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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 03:30 AM
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I used to hate the "patina" cars, but over time have learned to appreciate them for what they are.
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by RJT
Never had an issue with replicas unless the owner would tell people it was a real Porsche. We've seen them at shows with the placard stating PORSCHE when it was very obvious it was not.

JPS makes a very nice coupe (if they are still in business)!
John built a coupe for me. I don't think he liked putting airbags on it though.

Notice no PORSCHE script...purposely.


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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 10:16 PM
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the flipside is I have heard of guys with real speedsters telling people it is a replica so people don;t know what they have.
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 04:07 AM
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I've always wanted to build a fiero replica out of a Lamborghini
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