Would you hand your Porsche keys to a total stranger off the street?
03-21-2011, 09:47 PM
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Glad you guys enjoyed it. I can see how the purists might scoff at the WRX motor, I consider myself a purist to a certain degree, but believe me once you nail the throttle this thing sounded like a vintage racer motor, plenty of character, you won't be thinking WRX motor when you hear it or drive it, (actually i kind of like the sound of a modern WRX modded up) but the motor matched the character of the car quite well. Here's some pics of the real deal 550's I snapped in the P-museum for comparison. I didn't realize that the reproductions were so affordable, definitely best car in terms of bang for the buck! Let's keep that karma going!
03-21-2011, 10:35 PM
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Thanks for the story and the photos. Love it!
On topic: Little different, but I let a competitor drive my car at a ProSolo once. I'd never seen the person before, but they were reasonably well known at national events and their car broke due to no fault of their driving, so it seemed like the sporting thing to do. He was easy on the launch, which honestly was about the only danger. Not like he could drive off with it.
My Porsche? No way -- it's new to me and too much money for my situation. So what he did was neat (and scary).
On topic: Little different, but I let a competitor drive my car at a ProSolo once. I'd never seen the person before, but they were reasonably well known at national events and their car broke due to no fault of their driving, so it seemed like the sporting thing to do. He was easy on the launch, which honestly was about the only danger. Not like he could drive off with it.
My Porsche? No way -- it's new to me and too much money for my situation. So what he did was neat (and scary).
03-22-2011, 02:34 AM
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Spyder at Hot August Nights
Hope this adds to the Spyder story. A couple of years ago I was perusing the usual muscle cars and hot rods at the Hot August Nights car show in Reno, Nevada. This isn't the kind of show you find vintage porsches, so it stuck out like a sore thumb. It's such a small car it didn't really draw much attention, but it sure caught my eye. So I snapped a couple pics and I finally have a reason to share them. I'm pretty sure it's not a kit. What do you guys think?
03-23-2011, 08:06 PM
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Did the owner mention if he used to store it in the Detroit area 8-9 years ago? There was / is a car club that rents out a heated warehouse near Ann Arbor, and one of the guys there had exactly the same car. A replica that you would not suspect was a replica. Super friendly guy, and great looking car. Never got a chance to drive it, though....
03-30-2011, 08:26 PM
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These guys put WRX engines in their cars.
http://www.specialtyauto.com/available_models.htm
clicking on "more" gets you more info:
http://www.specialtyauto.com/PORSCHE.htm
http://www.specialtyauto.com/available_models.htm
clicking on "more" gets you more info:
http://www.specialtyauto.com/PORSCHE.htm
03-30-2011, 09:07 PM
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Hope this adds to the Spyder story. A couple of years ago I was perusing the usual muscle cars and hot rods at the Hot August Nights car show in Reno, Nevada. This isn't the kind of show you find vintage porsches, so it stuck out like a sore thumb. It's such a small car it didn't really draw much attention, but it sure caught my eye. So I snapped a couple pics and I finally have a reason to share them. I'm pretty sure it's not a kit. What do you guys think?
Chad
