That's a real Porsche 356 and is absolutely a HOAX.  I'm sure your $31k  money order will go directly to Nigeria or Russia!  

Wolfgang may have nailed it. This car was sold in March of 2012 by Gooding and Company at the Amelia Island auction. Ref.#164051.

The language used in the three adds cited was lifted from the description that Gooding used in it's catalog and online ads. 

Unless the car is being sold by three different brokers in three different locations........this has a certain aroma about it.

And here is same car for a more realistic $129k price. Lots of nice pictures - so it might actually be for sale by the dealer listed.  Check photo 4 of 33 - it has the same SUV for sale in the back ground.

http://www.2040-cars.com/porsc...ers-matching-761628/

None of the email addresses on the three ads match either. Definitely a hoax.

Are there any SOC members in the Dallas/Ft Worth area?

Nvm...I just found the map. So, let me re-phrase my question, are there any ACTIVE SOC members in the Dallas/Ft Area? 

There's a shop near me that has a reproduction Speedster that they received from a police officer whose wife got upset at and did some "cosmetic" damage to it. I'll try to get some pics, if the shop owner will let me.

There's a older gentleman (late 70's) has a fiberglass shell/ VW pan and misc Porsche parts that have been sitting in a barn for over 7 years as the owner never got around to building it. I've attached the pics below.  Here's what I've been told about this package:

"It has both seats, steering column, wheels and I believe the gas tank. It also has an original white top with bows but no upholstery. It was made by a company out of Florida, KC or something like that, but they are out of business now. I think he has everything to put it together including a '57 VW title and a new and a used vintage windshield. The seat frame is a german made reproduction. The whole package for $7k and the '57 pan is already shortened with title and vintage plates, headlight assy, w/s frame with 2 windshields, reproduction german seat frames, the correct wheels and porsche brakes, porsche instruments rebuilt tranny swing axle rear and balljoint front".

On a side note, the guy that sent me the pics and has access to this package has done 30+ Subie swaps. 

So, what am I looking at here? Thoughts?

What you see there is a substantial challenge for an experienced builder. 

Oh my.

Lol...I'm starting to get the picture!  

That's not a kit, that's an idea.

What edsnova said!

It's a Classic Motor Carriages (CMC) out of Miami, FL.  Forced out of business by FL State Attorneys Office around 1992.  That's about $3500 extra for the dust and patina.  It does have wide 5 wheels - but a '57 VW came that way.  It does look like it has 356 front drums.  Company advertised 40 hours to build but they may have misplaced a decimal point.  The build manual is available here in the RESOURCES/LIBRARY for donating members.  

There's some neat cars in that garage!

And yeah, as the guys have said, this one's not for the faint of heart. It will be a lot of work, even for someone who really (and I mean really) knows what he's doing. A piece of advice- don't get hung up on things like reproduction german seat frames, the correct wheels and porsche brakes, porsche instruments- stuff that is period correct. A lot of that stuff will need substantial reworking- parts for the brakes, for example, will cost a fortune to get them back in serviceable condition, and although Porsche drum brakes were very good for their time, you're better off in the long run with aftermarket VW discs. The instruments may or may not need reworking as well, and that won't be cheap either. And trust me, no one will care that it has "reproduction German seat frames".

 You will own a fiberglass replica and it will always be a fiberglass replica. Porsche owners will never "accept you into the fold", although they may or may not think it's neat, no matter how "period correct you outfit it. Speedsters with disc brakes and VW (or whatever) parts through the rest of it will be just as much, or even more fun than an original. 99 out of 100 people who aproach you on the street (and people will want to talk to you to learn more about it) won't know or care what parts are in it- it just looks like a really cool car, and you'll learn to not care about the 1 guy that gives you a hard time because it wasn't built with "real Porsche parts" down to the last nut and bolt. 

Check everything out and buy a car that has the look you like, and be prepared to have a lot of fun. And 

    WELCOME TO THE MADNESS!

Oh- and call me Al (come on, you know the tune!)

So, what am I looking at here? Thoughts?

A lot, and I mean a lot, of work.

I'd be more interested in the Corvair behind the Speedster. Rode around in one of those as a kid.

The Mercedes grill lying on the back seat might be worth more than the CMC shell.

It's worse than buying a new kit because you really don't know what you have there - like how much stuff is missing.  $1,500 - $2K TOPS for what we've seen.  You would be much better off buying that '65 Corvair behind it.

OK, so assuming this goes like other never-assembled barn-find kits before it, by the time you get everything you need at today's prices (engine, transaxle, interior, lots of trim bits, top and tonneau, etc) and spend the next three years putting it all together as a newbie builder, you will have somewhere North of $15,000 invested and all that work under the bridge.  

Watch the want-ads.....You will probably see one already finished and registered for sale, used, for $16K - $20K soon as the season winds down and the CO doesn't want to store it for the winter. 

Don't jump on that partial pile of parts - better cars are out there.

Personally I would go for the Corvair sitting next to it.

I'd buy that just to get the steering wheel and column!

Thanks for the advice!  I don't have the patience or time that Brian (Longfellow) put into his project. Much respect goes out to him and his wifey.

I'll wait my time and continue to scour the internet. My first choice is a coupe.

Is this a legit sale?  Has anyone seen this one in person or have any information on it?

http://m.ebay.com/itm/1956-Porsche-356-/122649501599

Thanks for 

Don't know but it's gorgeous!

start looking now......wait till winter to buy, prices are down and sellers are more negotiable