While Barry et al is working on an aluminium body (
http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 15#p281836), I would concentrate on the frame. This is the original (from Karl Ludvigsen’s book ‘Porsche Spyder’):
This is the frame from Kit Car Centre, after some modifications (removing the coil-overs and adding the support looping over the back of the tranny):
My first plan was to use a beetle torque tube ‘as is’:
However, it didn’t look right so I cut it apart and created something that resembles the original.
There was one problem though: there was not enough space to fit the engine. I want to use a T4 engine, but it needs even more space than a T1. My (dubious) reason for using a T4 is that it was used in some Porsches (912 and 914). Even if I can find one, I will not be able to afford the original Fuhrmann engine:
The space problem is created by the upright frame of square tubing. It adds rigidity to the frame (which the original frame famously lacked) and it supports the fiberglass body. But it is exactly where the torque tube should be. I considered removing the square tubing completely, but in the end decided that I would move the tube ahead of it (the trailing links are getting very long now, which creates its own problems)
And this is as many pictures as I can find. I will take some more and post it (probably by December)