OverKILLLL Bob posted:Wow! You guys rock! All these rides look awesome. @jesse postill , do you mind me asking where you got the replica fuchs? I am looking all over, but also trying to get an idea of what the members here in SOC think are decent. I can not afford real fuchs, and this speedster is already not period correct as it stands... so I am free to do whatever I want, I suppose.
Remember that your car has no P factory vin # and (in the eyes of a lot of P owners) is not even close to being part of the fold (even if you've gone so far as to mimic a particular factory build, complete with a 356 or 912 engine, swingaxle and drum brakes), so don't get hung up on whether something is or isn't period correct (unless that's the look you're aiming for). If your car looks good we'll all like it too, as will everyone who sees it on the street. Every time you put gas in it, park it, and just drive it people will look (more like ogle lustfully), comment and want to ask questions!
What makes our cars so interesting is how each owner has approached a particular "challenge" or modification. Most of the time there is no right or wrong (although some of us will beg to differ when it comes to the SEMA build Speedster of a few years ago and it's Eastern European bordello themed interior.
I'd post pics but they hurt my eyes so!). And yeah, these things look bitchin' with Fuchs wheels, and it doesn't matter whether they're real or "just" copies.
@jesse postill- Your car looks great!
And Bob- as Jesse said, replica Fuchs on a replica Speedster is kind of a natural, don't you think?
Hope this helps. Al
PS- If you can't quite find what you're looking for in wheel widths (and backspacing/ there are shops that can custom widen wheels. It's not cheap, but sometimes that's what it may take to get exactly what you want. I took a pair of 15x6" Fuchs and got them widened 1" to the inside (copying the 1967 911R wheel) to fit as much tire as possible inside my straight fendered Speedster- I have 195's with 7" rims on the back with 1/8" clearance at the spring plate. The goal is to (1 day) re-work the fenders a little to get 205's or 215's under there.