Interesting Full IRS Spyder Chassis

That's not Spanish they're speaking. I had my wife come and listen to the video and she said some of the words were similar but then the rest of it was different. She said it is Portuguese.

That looks very much like an iMohr Technic & Design suspension, which would make sense, in that they're located in Brazil, and that dude is speaking Portuguese.

Ok, so I suck at languages. Sorry. I remember now that Portuguese is the language of Brazil. Carey can speak it I think.

@DannyP posted:

Ok, so I suck at languages. Sorry. I remember now that Portuguese is the language of Brazil. Carey can speak it I think.

I do as well, but I worked in Brazil for 3 months when I was 20. I learned how to get by with "please" and "thank you", and what hand gestures got you the things you needed. I can understand the cadence and what various languages do differently with pronunciations (for instance, American English has a lot of hard consonants, especially people from the Midwest), but my vocabulary in anything besides my native tongue is nearly nonexistent.

Whenever we travel anywhere, my standby is, "I'm so sorry I never learned to speak the language of your beautiful country. Can you please help me?"

I generally get exactly what I need.

Ok, well somebody needs to translate what that guy is saying.

I think Greg should purchase a front end and a back end for both Speedsters and Spyders, make tube frames for both cars(copying the suspension design) and unceremoniously DUMP the VW underpinnings and pan.

I'd love a type1 injected Spyder with A-arms all around, and a 901 5 speed.

Wow, that is impressive!

Sure looks cool. I wonder if it works in an other-than-drag-race context.

@DannyP, I’ve been led to believe that is exactly what Greg’s chassis builder is going to attempt.    I would assume that the builder would mock up one chassis, then build jigs for production repeatability.  If so , Greg could build the components in house as needed.  Maybe this will become the future of Spyders.

Just for your reference,  I do offer a 550 Spyder Chassis for sale.

PM me off line.  Check out  www.kitmanmotors.com

Cheers,

Dr. Chris Kleber

@Chris Kleber, KitMan Motors

We know you make a chassis, and a body.

A very few people want a chassis that has NO VW beam, is NOT a swing axle rear, and has some sort of space frame for rigidity and driver protection.

We WANT unequal length A-arms and coilovers, rack and pinion steering, and adjustable anti-sway bars. We also want any brakes we choose along with any wheel bolt pattern.

Some guys want aircooled power, some want Subaru. Options for either motor and trans would be nice. Suby, VW, Porsche 901 trans.

Are you willing to build that?

Danny: you don't want much, do you?   All it takes is a big bankroll to get started, tooling and such.  and prototype testing.  anything that comes out from a sketch and few measurements and a lot of one-off welding, is probably not going to work right first try.  But I am with you all the way: that's the right set of specs.

Actually what the "market" wants is a slavish copy of an original 550, replete with phony fuel pumps, rocker covers, drum brake skins, and cooling fan "covers"and lots of decals...to name a few...but this takes big "ming" who other than a few are willing to do this ?

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@R Vosari posted:

Actually what the "market" wants is a slavish copy of an original 550, replete with phony fuel pumps, rocker covers, drum brake skins, and cooling fan "covers"and lots of decals...to name a few...but this takes big "ming" who other than a few are willing to do this ?

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I'm not so sure about that, @R Vosari.  @edsnova has come pretty darned close and has not yet found a buyer.

Chris at Kitman.......,,   I looked at your site and found no 550 Spyder Chassis for sale. Only Speedster.

Trying to be helpful to you,  I found your web site to be generally  limited on information it contains/provides.  Do not take this wrongly.  I have looked over one of your cars and found it to be well built.  Keep it up !.......Bruce

@R Vosari posted:

Actually what the "market" wants is a slavish copy of an original 550, replete with phony fuel pumps, rocker covers, drum brake skins, and cooling fan "covers"and lots of decals...to name a few...but this takes big "ming" who other than a few are willing to do this ?

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I think what the market wants is a hotrod that looks like an old Porsche, whether Speedster or Spyder.  What a hotrod is to each individual, leaves a lot of room open on the playground.

@LI-Rick posted:

I think what the market wants is a hotrod that looks like an old Porsche, whether Speedster or Spyder.  What a hotrod is to each individual, leaves a lot of room open on the playground.

VOILA..just add $$$

No…not to beat-up on Ed, but I would never had published a publicly available build log. It was replete with every mistake, faux pas, or poor quality weld he made.

The buyers want perfection, built by the acknowledged masters (whomever that may be), otherwise they view everything as amateurish, even though they (themselves) don’t know one end of a wrench from another !

When you build something yourself, unless you are the master, you are making minimum wage, sad to say, and you have to price accordingly...

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Being upfront is identifies as Integrity, this makes for a good night's sleep.  Ed's build catalog is a rare delight narrated with honesty ~

Welds are all holding, so far.