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I'm the weird kid who's looking at how the thing is put together.

Look at the (narrow) width of the door sills, and how roomy the footwell area is. This is a pan-based car, but rather than putting the uprights for the subframe inside the door openings, and then the longitudinal members inside of that, they're laid out more sensibly than a pan-based IM or CMC or more recent pan-based cars, which leave you with a very narrow seat base and footwell.

I'd love to see the whole subframe.

The speedo is also in Kilometers so,150 kliks (and off the scale) would be About 93 mph.  240 kliks would be about 150 mph.  
Anyroad, going up there would most likely mess up the speedo.

Wicked awesome paint, though.  Not thrilled with the interior color, but the outside is gorgeous.   How could someone buy something that pretty and not drive it?

And I agree with Stan - There’s a lot of interior room in there that I don’t have in my CMC!

The speedo is also in Kilometers so,150 kliks (and off the scale) would be About 93 mph.  240 kliks would be about 150 mph.  
Anyroad, going up there would most likely mess up the speedo.

Wicked awesome paint, though.  Not thrilled with the interior color, but the outside is gorgeous.   How could someone buy something that pretty and not drive it?

And I agree with Stan - There’s a lot of interior room in there that I don’t have in my CMC!

Look again, Gordon. It's a MPH speedo.

Possibly someone bought it, or had it made, only to find out they couldn't register it in Canada. An MPH speedo would be one reason why, although that's easy enough to change. 

ETA: I just looked at the ad. It's a dealer, I imagine they commissioned the construction to sell. Can you make a profit selling a just-built Speedster for $35K?  If that paint is House of Kolor, it's about $600/gallon last I checked, and that's for the base coat alone.  

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A while back I saw a TR Speedster that was built in 2005, it had a tube chassis.  It was set up with vw front tube bolted to the chassis and a vw torsion tube welded to rear.  If I remember correctly, the rear section included the vw transaxle mounts.  As already mentioned, TR has been out of business for some time, but on their site there were some pictures of their chassis.  

Years ago when I taught Auto Shop we bought a TR tube chassis from Tom Mc Bernie, the design and welds were so bad I wouldn't use it over a refurbished VW chassis..... It was out of square. By looking at the weld differences, I could clearly see that there were to different people that did the work. " Mutt & Jeff "

 

 

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@Stan Galat posted:

TR hasn't been in business for at least 5-10 years. He didn't commission it.

Bought as an unfinished kit and commissioned by someone to build it? Perhaps they built it themselves, which would make for a little headroom on that price. Who knows.

FWIW, Porsche has hundreds of fantastic colors to choose from. As beautiful as that paint job is, I can never get used to Porsches painted non-OEM colors. I'd choose Ruby Red over that any day.

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@IaM-Ray posted:

@WNGD it is not impossible just not easy without a lot of creative speaking and writing, let's say craftiness.   

I consider convincing my local DMV to title my Beck as a "1955* Special Construction Spyd" as my greatest triumph, ever, over "the man." Especially considering my proof of ownership was a Florida title for a 1996 VW, in someone else's name.

 

* Qualifying me for not only using a 1955 license plate, but $20 registration fees as a vehicle 40+ years old. 

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