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just beautiful!
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just beautiful!
just beautiful!
I've seen this car at Cruisin" Grand in Escondido, I wondered who's it was.
Maybe not as "rare" as the (apparently) two different guys who are making them claim.
Here's another FS in Thousand Oaks at California Cars.
http://www.californiacars.com/cardb/details.php?id=621
Here's another FS in Thousand Oaks at California Cars.
http://www.californiacars.com/cardb/details.php?id=621
Those are both supercool.
It doesn't look like the chassis has been painted. Maybe it's just me, but I don't need it to be THAT authentic.
If they wanted to keep it looking like the original car and were that particular about it, maybe they could have at least given it a little a little Parkerization, like my old Colt pistol?
Just enough of something to keep the weather off the steel?
I wouldn't want that car, unless I was planning to dismount everything and treat it somehow -- but it sure is cool to look at.
If they wanted to keep it looking like the original car and were that particular about it, maybe they could have at least given it a little a little Parkerization, like my old Colt pistol?
Just enough of something to keep the weather off the steel?
I wouldn't want that car, unless I was planning to dismount everything and treat it somehow -- but it sure is cool to look at.
I'd be all over that if I had $50K sittin around in my "car budget"
Cory,
Tom McBurnie/Thunder Ranch built that car. The frame is not painted, its powder coated in gloss black. The image is making it look like raw steel. This car had just gotten out of paint while they were rapping up my build. The speedster is a better looking car.
Tom McBurnie/Thunder Ranch built that car. The frame is not painted, its powder coated in gloss black. The image is making it look like raw steel. This car had just gotten out of paint while they were rapping up my build. The speedster is a better looking car.
Paul, it looks like the chassis has been beat up pretty badly, then. In the chassis pictures, there are nicks all over it.
Thanks for the clarification. I think I'm fine with what I have. ;)
Thanks for the clarification. I think I'm fine with what I have. ;)
One from the Samba. 35K
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1052454
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1052454
I watched the video in Larry's link, and the car really does look exciting on the road. Seems to have the same (low?) headlight placement as Paul Rich's TR Speedster, too.
To me they look like a pedal car, I'm just saying.
Not much holding the ends of the windscreen in place, split flat panels for windshield, I know it's after the original design,I'm just sayin'... seems floppy. At least the Speedster's is one piece and curved so you have the sheer strength.
C'mon, people! This car is (or these cars are) pukka! Mid-engine, tube frame and looks like nothing else on the road. The smooth curves of the body contrast brilliantly with the sharp angles of the windscreen. The deco touches on the ends and the deck give it that futuristic flare from the '30s. The thing looks a lot like the museum car. It looks like something Superman would have driven--had he needed a car.
Thing is hardly entry level.
$35k for a one-off, or a two-off!
And you guys are like, "meh."
If the price wasn't just exactly 10x my budget for a car, I'd be all over it like Clinton on an intern. Like Clintern, I tells ya!
Thing is hardly entry level.
$35k for a one-off, or a two-off!
And you guys are like, "meh."
If the price wasn't just exactly 10x my budget for a car, I'd be all over it like Clinton on an intern. Like Clintern, I tells ya!
I guess that's a design that would have to grow on you. I like the mid-engine set up and when you think about it, 35k for this type of a one off isn't outta line. Sorta wonder why one is 50k and the other 35k. The windscreen base mounts on either side look a LOT like my side curtain hardware. Had I the play money, I wouldn't mind having it.
~WB
~WB
It needs Beehives
Smooth, and "Deco"-rated...
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Is this a full (un-cut) size VW wheelbase ??
If so the handling would be FAR diffrent from the "original replica" Speedster
---more like a bug
If so the handling would be FAR diffrent from the "original replica" Speedster
---more like a bug
A mid-engined Bug.
I think the car is built on TR's Spyder chassis...which handles pretty well...nothing like a bug
You guys are right - tube frame - mid engine.
angela
angela
Both those cars were made by Mark Gomez of VintageReplicar.
http://www.vintagereplicar.com/VintageReplicar/Home.html
He is located in Vista, about 40 miles north of San Diego. I've seen his cars and had extended conversations with Mark at several local car shows. As I understand it, Mark had a lot of the original engineering done by Thunder Ranch and then they had an - ah - er - parting of the ways? I don't think Thunder Ranch is involved in it any more, but it's been awhile and I could be wrong.
http://www.vintagereplicar.com/VintageReplicar/Home.html
He is located in Vista, about 40 miles north of San Diego. I've seen his cars and had extended conversations with Mark at several local car shows. As I understand it, Mark had a lot of the original engineering done by Thunder Ranch and then they had an - ah - er - parting of the ways? I don't think Thunder Ranch is involved in it any more, but it's been awhile and I could be wrong.
Love that first test drive video. Looks like an MG TC running along side the Porsche for its shakedown run.
thunder ranch in el cajon, southern california is the only company who has the mold for this car, at least that's what i was told. I met the owner of the company at a vw show in fontana in 2010. Starting price is around $45,000 standard.