A newly discovered dream find speedster project!

[Steve Heinrichs]

Yes, indeed. Alex knew what he was talking about.

Sad.

Steve Heinrichs

[admin]

A recent "yard find" Speedster out of Long Island NY. Not quite as intact as the blue one.







Currently on Ebay sitting at 25K with no reserve.

[JTR70]

A great old war horse found just a little too late. Strictly a VIN# purchase a this point. Another A coupe will give its all to resurrect this one. Its now been bid up to 42,000!!!! Here's the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/281211028141?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

[JR]

I believe it went for $57K.
Rusted junk IMHO!
Dick

[mr. warehouse]

I have a hard time believing that was / is a real bid / buyer.

[GT3]

Found this update on Pelican.













Returned to its former glory

[JTR70]

Shawn, thank you for posting these!!

WOW and Uh-oh all at the same time. That was a fast turn around and the paint job looks really nice! That aside in looking at the metalwork this was obviously done by shop that does not specialize in 356. I see a ton of mistakes with that floor pan install that will eventually require another complete replacement if the owner seeks the premium this car would otherwise command. The rear pan is a B/C version with later embossment under the tunnel. This rear section was also cut short deleting the lateral upper half of that embossment that forms the "tube" where the two halves meet. You can see the lower section exposed short circuiting the strength that would otherwise be there. Looks like they welded the forward diagonal member directly to the edge of the front pan before the they closed up and welded in the forward toe-board closing panel? I can't see how you would cleanly install the bulkhead with that in the way. Also the diagonal member is welded to this bulkhead lip directly not to the floor pan first. The tunnel looks like a new reproduction and looks to be just sheet metal screwed to the heel panel. The conduits were also removed but cannot see if those were installed correctly. None of this stuff is a big deal and this install is fine if you're talking about an average keeper/driver but with this being a speedster with Jennings and other race history I'm sure the owner is going to want to cash out in the 400K+ neighborhood. Problem is before any seasoned buyer parts with that kind of cash an expert like Jack Staggs is going to be hired for a close PPI. He's gonna find all those mistakes then its going to have to go to Bruce Baker Enterprises to correct all that stuff. This will require a full teardown and rotisserie time. Major redo metalwork also puts that shiny new paint job in great jeopardy during the process. I'm guessing 60-70K worst case scenario if the car has to be reshot afterwards. So the potential buyer is going to demand a deep discount to cover the required correction work. This is a perfect example as to why it is essential that the basic metalwork especially to the chassis be as accurate as possible; and definitely before final paint. This will continue to hamstring the full potential value of this car until its corrected. Pretty paint job though...
Justin

[Murugesh Nidyananda]

Shawn, thank you for posting these!!

WOW and Uh-oh all at the same time. That was a fast turn around and the paint job looks really nice! That aside in looking at the metalwork this was obviously done by shop that does not specialize in 356. I see a ton of mistakes with that floor pan install that will eventually require another complete replacement if the owner seeks the premium this car would otherwise command. The rear pan is a B/C version with later embossment under the tunnel. This rear section was also cut short deleting the lateral upper half of that embossment that forms the "tube" where the two halves meet. You can see the lower section exposed short circuiting the strength that would otherwise be there. Looks like they welded the forward diagonal member directly to the edge of the front pan before the they closed up and welded in the forward toe-board closing panel? I can't see how you would cleanly install the bulkhead with that in the way. Also the diagonal member is welded to this bulkhead lip directly not to the floor pan first. The tunnel looks like a new reproduction and looks to be just sheet metal screwed to the heel panel. The conduits were also removed but cannot see if those were installed correctly. None of this stuff is a big deal and this install is fine if you're talking about an average keeper/driver but with this being a speedster with Jennings and other race history I'm sure the owner is going to want to cash out in the 400K+ neighborhood. Problem is before any seasoned buyer parts with that kind of cash an expert like Jack Staggs is going to be hired for a close PPI. He's gonna find all those mistakes then its going to have to go to Bruce Baker Enterprises to correct all that stuff. This will require a full teardown and rotisserie time. Major redo metalwork also puts that shiny new paint job in great jeopardy during the process. I'm guessing 60-70K worst case scenario if the car has to be reshot afterwards. So the potential buyer is going to demand a deep discount to cover the required correction work. This is a perfect example as to why it is essential that the basic metalwork especially to the chassis be as accurate as possible; and definitely before final paint. This will continue to hamstring the full potential value of this car until its corrected. Pretty paint job though...
Justin

Justin it amazes me how much you can tell by a few pics!!

[JTR70]

Thanks Murugesh! Just little things I've picked up from making similar mistakes myself. Justin