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I'm a fan of the early cars—both the 356 and the 550s. There were a lot of subtle design changes in both, so a lot of material for the tasteful hot-rodder or customizer to draw from. I'd love some day to build a copy of the "Bucklewagen" 550 and especially love the art deco look on the nose of the earliest 356s.

That said, I don't think that would work well on a modern Speedster replica. I think it would look too tacked-on. Same thing with the spats.

Tighter bumpers? Oh yeah. All day. Have fun making them.

The two-gauge dashes are underrated as well, I think. Porsche did a number of different gauge configurations and I think it'd be cool to bring one of them back that people don't see often.

Most of the changes that turn heads and draw accolades on Speedsters involve subtle (or not so subtle) deletions. Seems like, with these cars, less is more. 

I would not, however, substitute a three-speed automatic.

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