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This is the replica of the Porsche 356 as a speedster. The chassis of the VW Beetle, shortened by 10 3 / 4 inches, and an additional tubular steel frame form the basis. A body made of glass fibre reinforced plastic is mounted on top. Since 2010, Chesil, in collaboration with Inrekor from the US, has been offering a more modern chassis that can ...
The Porsche type 514, also known as the 356SL ("Súper Leicht", super light) is a purpose-built race car based on the 356/2.It was initially designed for participating in the 1951 Le Mans 24-hour race. [1]
The 356 was created by Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche (son of Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the German company), who founded the Austrian company with his sister, Louise.Like its cousin, the Volkswagen Beetle (which Ferdinand Porsche Sr. had designed), the 356 is a four-cylinder, air-cooled, rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car with unitized pan and body construction.
Banham X99. Banham Conversions was a coachbuilder and manufacturer of kit cars from the late 1970s until 2004. The company, based in Rochester, Kent, [1] was founded by Paul Banham and started off as a coachbuilder, converting vehicles into convertibles.
The Fiberfab Speedster 356 was a re-badged version of the CMC Classic Speedster, while the Californian was the fender-flared CMC Speedster C. The body was inspired by the Speedster variant of the Porsche 356. CMC acquired the design when they bought the rights to the Intermeccanica Speedster. [14] These were built from the mid to late 1980s. [47]
The company was founded in 1981 by Milton Masteguin, formerly with Puma Cars as constructor of racing vehicles, and the US-American automotive engineer Chuck Beck. The company was focused on creating 1950s style fibre glass replicas of Porsche cars with current Volkswagen technology. The company exported worldwide and body kits.
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Dax Cars is a British sports car manufacturer founded in 1968 and based in North Weald, Essex, England. Dax started as a fibreglass moulding company, named DJ Sportscars Int. and became first British company to make a kit based replica of the AC 427 Cobra . [ 1 ]