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Impressive !
is all the front internal area metal or fiberglass ?
fiberglas was cut and replaced with steel parts,
same for the rear seat and the engine compartment
Dude.
I'm completely speechless. Every picture has an Easter Egg.
Well done.
Thanks for your comments.
Fabulous work, James. This one is definitely special!
Impressive! Talk more about the pan/chassis work. Did you cut a Bug tunnel and weld steel over it to flatten it?
@edsnova posted:Impressive! Talk more about the pan/chassis work. Did you cut a Bug tunnel and weld steel over it to flatten it?
I lowered the vw tunnel to reflect the height of an original 356, A flat steel plate of 3mm thickness has been rewelded on top.
inside the tunnel are welded additional square tubes to reinforce it, one of them is used to put electrical cables
WOW!! I think the bar just got raised (a whole lot). Love it!
@jesse postill posted:WOW!! I think the bar just got raised (a whole lot). Love it!
Thanks for your comment. 
That's really cool. Love the Raptor Liner floors and trunk.
Congratulations for such top notch work; I am very impressed. I love when a well thought out plan goes together.
Door hinges had too much mechanical float, this is due to plastich bushing which are destroyed after years of work. So I decided to change them by copper bushing using a repair kit for another brand but with the good pin diameter.
Rest of the car will be painted in the coming days.
Some other details.
Front wing support, the tube is attached to the headlight and is used for e-wiring like the original speedster. A support is also added on the rear fenders.
These supports are necesserary to avoid cracks consequently to vibrations of the body.
Engine hood latch, to use the original one it's solve the problem to easily open the hood.
Jack support using the square tube, is not finished on the picture.
By this way the vw jack can be used.
Front hood latch and jack support using a vw jack.
I still laugh everytime I see the CMC seat kit! I started working on one of mine (with seat heaters and pressure sensor (from 914) and pushed it aside when I decided to go from red interior to tan (on a black car).
Looking great!
I love the color; it's so teutonic.
Jason
Move me some aquamarine! Beautiful!
Fantastic work; everything looks so genuine. I love the color as well.
the color is aquamarine blue 
Beautiful. Great attention to detail!
Hey Bob, you could memorialize your experience on that river gun boat by mounting a .50cal machine gun in the sunroof of your Porsche! That would be boo coo (beaucoup) dien cai dau! :-)
Beaucoup dien cai dau - had to look that one up 
translated....buy me drink, I luv U LONG time:}}}}
Dang.
I’m not a blue car fan, but…. Dang.
Lovin all those dead-on details.
@Stan Galat posted:Dang.
I’m not a blue car fan, but…. Dang.
I am, and in the last few years I think my favorite Speedster colors have become this, Meissen and Aetna blue. If I was so inclined (and financed) I think if I ever did a PTS it would be one of these three.
@dlearl476 posted:I am, and in the last few years I think my favorite Speedster colors have become this, Meissen and Aetna blue. If I was so inclined (and financed) I think if I ever did a PTS it would be one of these three.
My favorite is (for obvious reasons) Oslo Blue, but this is sooooo close. Like I said previously, I love me some aquamarine, so I'll manifest my inner Stan here: "Dang!"
Great build and great blue for a 356. I came close to one more build with Intermeccancia before the EV sale, Even had the 2.4L 911 6 picked out. This is the color I liked for that almost build. 1968 Porsche Aga Blau.
some additional parts to be mounted
