Thread: beautiful 356 speedster rep

Nick's 356 Speedster A Continuous Lean.


It’s a fake. A replica, an impostor and I don’t care, it’s fucking cool. So is Nick.

Mr. Maggio aka Mr. A Time to Get stopped by my office in Beverly Hills (it’s actually my business partner Ali’s office) while I was working out that way last week. Eventually the conversation turned to cars and Nick told me about his Speedster. Growing up in Ohio there was a guy down the street from me that had a white Porsche 356 replica built on a Volkswagen chassis that I always loved. Nick’s car was custom built on an original 1956 VW frame by the guys at Automotive Legends in California, who also make reproduction versions of the Porsche 550 Spyder and a 550 Coupe. Speaking of the 550 Mr. Maggio says, “ test drove the 550 Spyder and it was crazy FAST.”

Aesthetically speaking, Nick’s Speedster is totally on point — from the rich blue paint job to the wood steering wheel and the leather hood straps. Not to mention the 1962 Yale parking permit, which is also a recreation, but a nice touch.

When asked about his unusual (but great looking) choice for a daily driver, Nick contends his ride is the “ultimate recession car.” His rationale? “It’s 32 bucks a month to insure, gets 30 miles to the gallon and if somebody opens their door into me, I don’t care, I go buy another door.” How do people react when they see you driving down the street? “I get a lot of camera phone pictures at stop lights.” he says. “I bet,” I murmur, as I snap photos of the car.

do want

Id love to rock one of those Beck spyders as a dd.

Definitely in my future collection, real or fake. I've always wanted to take a rep and slam it.

yup always wanted one of those too, maybe one day

I had the opportunity to buy one (real one.... non-kit / fake) in a fire sale that wasn't in that bad of shape about 10 years ago. It was half way through a frame off (sans 'frame') but still needed a fair amount of work to complete.

I've been kicking myself for 10 years in not pulling the trigger on it.

I love that car, coming from VW racing this car makes me feel right at home. Real or fake, I'll take it.

Why is the front wheel so far back from the center of the wheel well?

if thats fake - i dont know what to say, and cant believe why anybody could do something like that...

i mean its a really nice car!! - but its just not right for the people who own a real one!
i mean buy the chassis and fake the rest, at least you got a real number than.

my family and i own several oldtimer - let alone be a real right mirrow for our 65' 230 sl - cost about 300 usd... the whole 356 fake cost about 10k usd... so where's the relationship for a real colector?

nice!