Iam totally open to any ideas or info on a body builder.
Ok, ok, the BMW joke is funny. John, this was my Speedster for 12 years:
And this is my current ride:
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You might look at Kitman for the body and parts. They don't build out but perhaps they or someone here could give you a lead to builder.
DRCLOCK?
believe that green is available on newer Porsche 991.2-992...looks a little more sublte
Where in Ontario are you? There are a few of us here.
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Hey, Newbie! Welcome to our Madness!
I built a CMC over 7 years as a way to escape my day job. It was a good diversion and while I support other people building their cars from scratch, it can be unbelievably time consuming if you do start from scratch - like 3 to 7 years to completion (or, if you're like Wolfgang, 3 to infinity years). Not only did I build one, I started another one (again, from scratch - I musta been nuts) but then a lot of family problems got in the way so Alan Merklin (Dr. Clock) bought it and finished it.
I would be more inclined to suggest that you find a good used Canadian Speedster or Roadster (I don't know how difficult it would be to import one from the US, but others on here can tell you) and rebuild that into what you want. Then, a lot of the heavy lifting will be done for you and the whole process should take a lot less time.
I wanted a 356 "hot rod" similar to what my older brother had when I was a kid and it has turned out just that way - stout 2,110cc engine, great suspension/handling, bigger stickier wheels and tires, really good lighting for night-time speedy cruising on back roads, decent seats for longer excursions and a gas heater for the colder seasons. It's everything I wanted because I built it, but if I had bought one used it would have been turned into the same thing - maybe in less than 7 years!
So keep asking questions and we'll try to help steer you in the direction you want while avoiding the pitfalls. It's a big tent with everything from classic slab-side 1,600cc cars to flared fenders to 200+hp turbo'd Suby power and everybody's having fun.
Gordon - The Speedstah Guy from Massachusetts
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Beautiful car !
Iam outside of Peterborough on Pidgeon Lake for just over a year. Got the hell out of T O.
Beautiful cars. You guys are killing me : )
Iam not that guy who takes Eons to complete a car. When I start a project Iam balls deep.
I've been retired 11 years and have done a 49,52 and 53 VWs total nut and bolt with 52 and my 50 Chevy Pickup both taking 1st at Cobble beach Concours de Elegance shows.
But I've always had this desire to build and own a Speedster for years and am really looking forward to it !
Thanks for everyone s kind and encouraging words. I really appreciate you all. Please excuse in advance my dumb ass questions that are coming 😊
John, my wife and I got our painted body-on-frame and had it on the road in 8 months. At the time, both my kids were staying with us. Plus, my wife and I were both working.
If you're really into it AND retired, it won't take too long at all.
Fire away!
Thanks.
Should take about 40 hours...
WTTM, John!!!
"Welcome To The Madness" known as replica Speedster ownership!
Like many others on this forum, looking forward to following the progress of your Speedster project. Also, there are beaucoup VW nuts on this forum (myself included), and really digging on your past VW builds. 
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@Carlos G posted:That BMW kept on following us around, like he was part of the group or something.
... there we was, waitin' for Rich and Tats, who was off tryin' to find Mt. Rushmore or sumthun'. Ain't none of us had a banjo, but we was there long enough to consider a corncob pipe and Jew's harp*.
Before we had a chance to set up a still or cook up some meth, there was a feller with a black Bee Em Double-U folleren' us around. He was friendly enough we didn't think he was a revenuer or nuthun', but we made him go look for them other folk whilst we set on the porch a spell.
Twernt no thang.
* I had to look this up to determine if this was now an offensive name for this (kinda'/sorta') "instrument", but results were inconclusive. The Google thought police say it might be, but no evidence of anybody actually being offended could be found. If you feel I've erred in some way, please forgive my ignorance... for I was raised in a sheltered environment in a town with a total population smaller than your elementary school enrollment. Regardless, I used the term in a poor attempt at humor meant to disparage Appalachian-Americans, so I suppose you must do with me what you will. I apologize to my Hebrew brethren, my corncob-pipe smoking friends, all banjo players in the world, "artisan craft distillers", clandestine chemists, and anybody who enjoys listening to a "jaw harp", "vargan", "mouth harp", "gewgaw", "guimbard", "khomus", "Ozark harp", "Galician harp", "Berimbau" or "murchunga" (or any other euphemism or alternate name for "the lamellaphone which shall go otherwise nameless").
@356 John posted:Beautiful car !
Iam outside of Peterborough on Pidgeon Lake for just over a year. Got the hell out of T O.
We were just up a few weeks ago on a four day driving tour that took us from Orillia to Quebec and back to the Peterborough area. My car ran great the entire trip.
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Flawless. I've got a hunch that before too long, you'll be the one showing us how things should be done.