Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi all

About 7 years ago I started to for fill my life long dream of building a kit car. Circumstances and financial constraints almost rob my of my dream. Through God’s grace alone I’m back on track in completing my car.

It all started with a Porsche 550 Spyder kit from KCC. All major work was done up to the point that I could take the car for a spin. I went through lot of internal turmoil in selecting the best engine for my Spyder, Rotary, Subaru, Type 4 etc. etc….. As things would have it, a Type 3 motor found its way into my car. Did some driving around feeling the car, tuning the suspension and the obvious happened !!!! Need more power. So I’m currently busy building a 1776cc motor with all the good stuff to make 100HP. The spec is such that I can easily slap on a Turbo in the future if needed???

What do I still need to complete the car? Complete the engine, do some minor body work and paint…. The end is in sight and if all goes well, I should complete the car this year !!!???

Cheers
Lean

Welcome that is oneof my dream cars

Nice...................I'm glad to finally see that we have a 550 replica in here.

More pictures.........is it the shortened kit or the stock wheel base?

Hi Leam,
All spyders are nice but the 550 s are special because they are so rare.

My favourite colour-



cheers
Baron

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo SILVER, nothing else but silver on a 550........lol.

Damn now I want a 550 as well...........

Bugger wrote:Welcome that is oneof my dream cars

Any Porsche is a favourite of mine!

Welcome Spydervan! Damn nice car!

Welcome Lean. Respect for tackling this project, it's looking good so far

I wonder if every replica Spyder also carries the James Dean curse

BB get into chat

yup, stunning!! That will hopefully be the next build after the speedy!! Not many of these around......

Yeh, post pics man.......need to see the ins and outs of that puppy and have to agree with FFF.....silver is the only way!!

Blitzkrieg_Beetle wrote:I wonder if every replica Spyder also carries the James Dean curse

DON'T GO THERE

if I had one, I'd deff put a lil bastard script on the back

It'll be like putting 'Titanic' on your yacht, or 'Helderberg' on your microlight...

...or how 'bout calling your blow-up doll 'Hindenburg'?

you get the idea...............lol.

Thanks for all your kind remarks.

I’ll post a link to pics soon, with some more info regarding the build and all the problems I had with the kit. The Spyder kit is a much more difficult kit to build than the Speedster.

flatfourfan: It basically uses a space frame with beetle running gear. But the gearbox is swapped around for mid-mount application. The wheelbase is slightly shorter than stock.

And

The James Dean curse is nothing compared to living in SA. I reckon its much safer speeding in a Spyder than sitting @ home watching TV…..

Spydervan wrote: The James Dean curse is nothing compared to living in SA. I reckon its much safer speeding in a Spyder than sitting @ home watching TV…..

You have just jinxed it