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Thanks Troy, then we're free to comment.

@dlearl476 posted:

Where to even start?

I'd start here: Ideally, a replica 356 will have no more than 6" of space under the pan. 5" looks better. It's a good look when the fenderwell meets the top of the back wheel.

This has about a foot of ground clearance. I feel like this is the Oregon trail/ conestoga wagon version of a Speedster. The wheels are enormous, which could be kinda' cool if they tucked under the fenders. But they don't - in profile the entire wheel and tire, both front and back, are visible. There's even real-estate visible above the tires (one supposes for some suspension travel, since the tires probably stand proud of the fenders).

The effect is to look like the baja version of a 356, only with wooden wagon wheels and rubber-bands for tires.

Factor in the fact that the wheels aren't even close to centered in the wells, and it looks like one of those miatas sitting on a lifted Jeep CJ5.

I try to keep my mind open and the flap up on the side of the tent, but this one is a bit much for me.

That's where I'd start.

Last edited by Stan Galat
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