Whilst I had already bought some second hand MGB seats (see post) a couple of years ago, I have never really been happy with their look or how well they fitted in the car. The attraction of them was the tilting mechanism, allowing them to fold forward for access into…
I had looked at getting the steering wheel from MSW (left hand photo), but it was going to be quite a luxury purchase and I am trying to stay sensible with the budget (as much as you can when putting Porsche in the equation). I ended up with going for…
Again, trying to keep to as to the original Speedster as much as possible, we have fabricated some plywood pedal boards and kick plates. These took quite a lot of time to figure out and template, before finally getting it right. The photo below shows them out of the car,…
After playing around with my new welder, which I got for Christmas, I managed to fabricate a heating tube and weld it into the chassis. This setup is the same as Porsche used on their 356A’s, with the collar and knob being from an early Beetle (shared this part with…
Looking at most of the Speedster replica builds, they all seem to opt for a plywood base on top of the floor pans. This creates a new clean and flat surface once the body has been mated with the chassis After some templating out of cardboard and a little bit…
Today we took advantage of the good weather and did a little bit of spray painting. We are going with the original Silver Beige (L466) colour and managed to get a really good rattle can from Wolfsburg West. After a good sanding down, we hung the parts from the pergola…
The new steering column arrived today from Egypt, curtesy of eBay. I managed to track this one down, which is off an Oval Screen Beetle (circa 1958), as I wanted to match the original 356 steering column setup; including the horn mechanism. Upon first inspection, I thought that the seller…
After a lot of research, we decided that our 356 should have what were known as ‘comfort seats’. These may not be your typical Speedster seats, but think that they will suit the overall style that we are aiming for. The downside of this decision is the price, with a…