importing of 356 speedster to the united kingdom

hi my name is paul and i am from england,i have loved the 356 speedster since i saw it on top gun and then i saw the 356 speedster flared and nearly wet myself!!!! i was wandering if anybody had the specification and price of the vintage speedster and also any information on importing the vehicle to england.
many thanks
paul

You can contact Kirk Duncan directly at Vintage Speedsters, select the Makers tab at the top for the phone number ~Alan

thank i am allso talking to vintage speedster

There have been a bunch of Flared versions for sale on here (and on ebay), but it might be a bit of a dread to get them "legal" in the UK.

Go to the registry or the photo section of this site and find the email address for Simon Hambley in the UK. He can tell you anything you'll need to know, although he drives a UK Chesil.

Gordon
The "Speedstah Guy" from South Carolina

Paul,
Check with the Hines of Special Edition,Inc.(Beck Speedster and Spyder manufacturer). They have established a new approval in the UK."Beck Speedster and Spyder 550 Acquire SVA Approval in U.K."

thanks gordon but uk chesil donot do flared speedsters thanks anyway

Paul: Most flares are add-ons to a standard body. Check and see if you can have someone add the flares before painting. You might find a builder who will send the flares to you.

THANK NOLAN HAVE YOU GOT A SPEEDSTER YOUR SELF
AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD ROUGHLY PAY FOR A READY BUILT SPEEDSTER
FLARED THANKS

Well Paul I'm almost there with a 356 Cabriolet. I'm having one built by SAS with a Subaru 2.5 engine. There's a few here in SOC and there's a link to it's site.I'm afraid SAS is on the dear side coming in behind Intermeccanica for prices. Mine will look like the Silver/Blue flared one. With the money exchange rate you should be able to get a good deal on a car even with shipping and VAT. Can't vouch for MOT for anyone other than SAS because he builds his with all emmission controls installed. Another thought is that our cars like European cars are all left-hand drive. A thought might be for you to find a builder and have a flared kit sent to you to be built using a RHD VW parts car. Check around, there must be builders there in the UK since I seen some of the Kit Car magazines from there. I think JPS or Vintage would assemble a kit and ship it. Good Hunting...

Paul, Nolan's car will be similar to this one. It is at the SAS paint shop now.

Thanks Charles, I've been waiting so long I almost forgot what it will look like...

thank guys the car is to die for no wonder people love
the speedster when you see car like that
i hope when i get mine it will look as good as that

I never woulda thunk about those wheels on a 356, but they looks pretty dang good on there (especially with the flared fenders!).

Jim, There are other options. These wheels are from a Mercury Milan/Ford Fusion. All good stuff!

Hi Paul

I have a flared speedster here in the UK.

I bought the kit from Pilgrim. Had a couple of teething problems with the build (Mainly the arches were in the wrong place!) but I was quite impressed with Pilgrims support throughout my build.

Other than the body and the frame I sourced most of the bits from the dreaded Ebay, total build costs came in at under 9K

I really enjoyed building it and love driving it even more!!!!

regards

Steve

I will sell you a RHD, complete flared body ex Thailand
Labour is cheap here, and sea freight ex USA or here cannot be much different

buy mine
also the whole body is one piece
the flares are not added on afterwards

Re UK spec, NO Problem with Beck, see SE website for info.

Paul did you ever get your wide body speedster? if not contact me at lasobadboy@earthlink.net I have one you might be interested in.

CMC did not add on the flares after the body was cast - it is an entirely different body mold from the std classic model.

Gerds car would stop 'em dead in the UK!

Back to part of the original question. The guy who bought my replicar paid to have it shipped and the fees included making the car compliant with rules in the UK, like our DOT-stuff.

You might look at that aspect on your end so you don't do as one of those computer geeks did some time back with his illegal 959s, which sat in a storage container for forever...