914 "Kit Car" in the future????, Think there will be a market for it??? Options

[Mueller]

It seems to me that it is only a matter of time before someone decides that a true Kit Car should be made to resemble the 914, the big questions are:

Will people buy the kits?
Will the Kits and components be true to the original design? (Mid-engine, ind. suspension, 4 whl disc brakes, etc, etc)
What kind of chassis will the Kit be built on?
1) A used or damaged 914 chassis?
2) VW Bug chassis
3) Tube frame (like a Cobra or Lotus 7 kit)
4) Glued up chassis using honeycomb composites?

Would you buy one???

Everyone drools over the cobras, the 550 spyders, heck in Europe there is even a Kit Car based on the 911 which uses multiple different watercooled powerplants if one wants to go that route.

[ArtechnikA]

the certificate still makes me think... but since it's something the PCA requires

Do the racing guys have to provide one of these certificates when they sign up for a PCA race? How would a totally rebuilt 914...let's say with a tube chassis, FG all the way around and a different VIN number motor compete?

okay - i've given you the wrong impression about the CoA, and i have to apologize for that.

while it -is- the final authority on when and how a particular car was built, very few people have them, or need them. only if you have a particular need or desire about your car, or if you think it may have an unusual history, or if you're trying to accurately restore an older car that may have no trace of its original color.

the point i was -trying- to make earlier was - if it wasn't made by Porsche, PCA isn't going to recognise it for -anything-. (the story may be, and often is, different at the individual Region level, where replicars are frequently welcome to display in an "exhibition" category - i recall one (either a Beck Spyder or a Speedster) that took home a 'People's Choice' award at a concours. you're not getting one into a competitive event at the Porsche Parade (PCA's National Convention). and they may indeed be very nice cars, but they're not Porsches, so they're not getting in.)

at the Club Race level - i just don't know if a tube frame car has to have "come from" a car with a VIN or not. there's a wealth of information about the Club Race requirements on the PCA website (www.PCA.org) which i'd invite you to check out to further research the issue.

most PCA events require AT MOST a current title or registration showing manufacturer, or a VIN that is clearly traceable to Porsche manufacture.

i'll some day have to go spring for a CoA for my 356, because i have no idea what color or engine type it had originally. i don't know that it'll return to either specification any time soon, but i'd like to know ...