Saw this spyder today! Super cool! Is it real?
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Cool but I'd say if it is driven on the street it has a 99% chance of being a fake.

That's what I'm thinking!

but I would bump it up to 99.99%

Looks fiberglass to me so I would say no.

It's not, judging by the windshield. Regardless, I want one

The dead giveaway of 90% of the kits out there is the kit guys always want to put a pair of panties on the shifter. No 356 or 550 ever had a leather shifter boot, just the stick.

Fake or real? Either way, it would be fun....

Looks like a Beck to me, longer with the 718'ish side vents.

Real ones have a rawness about them that's hard to fake...you'll know it when you see it.

Yep.....aluminum has a "look" that you will know when you see it

The reinforcing "bar" (don't know what to call it) that runs across the floor looks too finished.

My vote is This is a very nice kit car

Great look, some pretty good details but too much upholstery and......a clock ?

I can't believe how much each of the real Spyders differ.

the giveaway for me was the Disani water and Marlboros on the seat .

I think the real ones would have a German beer and a pipe

I get excited looking at Spyder's too

There is a guy building an exact replica of a Spyder in Michigan. Here's some of his build photo's. He said it will be finished this year & off jack stands .

Tom

And not just driven on the street, but parked behind a pickup truck, rather than the back of a parking lot? That pickup driver won't see anything in his rear view mirror when he backs up to leave. Crunch!

That car was at Aliso Cars 'n Coffee this morning.

Very cool replica! I was fortunate enough to often deliver a Beck 550 Spyder (and other Porsches) to renters of the Ferdinand Club when it existed in Valle Crucis, NC. Here's a picture I took of it... Click to view attachment

Even the kits are real cool, but if you want one real bad keep this in mind:
The top of the windshield is only about as high as the top of a door on a 914.

They are tiny.

Love these 550s, especially the fakes because they should be driven! I went to a car show and chose a replica like this as my favorite....

I built a Vintage Spyder. The top of the Vintage windshield which looks like the one on the first photo, lined up perfectly with my line of sight. Very annoying. I am 5'10"


I got great deals on everything, it still cost $20,000 to build without paint.

It is tiny. I usually climbed over the door and put my foot on the seat.

Drive before you buy.

The most recent real 550 Spyder sales are over $4,000,000.

Yea, four million.

Yup the one I worked on was fun to drive and it was a well built one like this one.
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