New Cayman based retro 904
 

You want: Porsche P/904 Carrera - BBC Top Gear

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WANT!!!!

I'd much rather have a Beck 904

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I fail to see how it has anything at all to do with either Ferrari or a fiero.

Yeah, I'm with you on that one. It's going to be a 300hp 3.4L boxster which means that it'll be fairly speedy. It's not going to be GT2 fast, but it'll be respectably fast. It'll stop, go and turn with the best of them. It's going to have a Porsche flat 6 engine.

When I think Fiero/Ferrari, I think looks of a Ferrari with crap performance.

Whatever is said about it, it's paying tribute to the awesomeness of the original, and I like that.

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Lines just don't look right. reminds me of some of the bad 914 conversions of the past. It'll have the numbers, but looks...Well some people like the pontiac aztec too.

Well, keep in mind those pix are merely CGI... it is likely that the final product won't look like that. It certainly won't be that low unless they don't plan to make a streetable car.

wheels are way too big.

If I could afford it I like the fact you could drive the crap out of it and not worry about wrecking a real 904.
Then again I'm getting older and one day my 914 will be almost to low to get into...

I parked beside a 550 kit at a show and I'd be really worried about a soccer mom in a SUV running me over.

better looking than the donor car

The article said it's Boxster based. I don't want to get into a Cayman-Boxster debate, but those are 2 very different cars. The pics look like it came from a Boxster. I can't see cutting the Cayman roof to make it look like the 904. Wouldn't it be easier the start with a Boxster and add the roof?

I can see that.

Isn't a Boxster huge compared to a 904? Are the wheel bases the same?

Maybe you'd like...
 

this:


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Cayman, Boxster, either way they will pull the body off and put a totally new shape on.

I think it's a bit whacked to call an older Porsche body based on a newer Porsche as some how just the same as a Ferrari based on Fiero. Hell the original Porsches were based on VW's - I guess that makes an original Porsche 550 a dune-buggy.

That said, I wouldn't pay the premium to have the 904 "look."

Pull the body off what?

I'd rather have this:

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either the Boxster or Cayman

You missed the point, pull the body off what, as in , how can you pull the body if the car has a monocoque ?
And the Cayman and Boxster both have a monocoque, as do all Porsches, except amongst some rare and old others, the 904 ..

Sawsall.

the point would be if you can cut the top off a Cayman you can cut the body off. Can you replace a fender?

"The article said it's Boxster based. I don't want to get into a Cayman-Boxster debate, but those are 2 very different cars. The pics look like it came from a Boxster. I can't see cutting the Cayman roof to make it look like the 904. Wouldn't it be easier the start with a Boxster and add the roof?"

The car's roof line and B pillar looks quite different than a Cayman. If the donor car must be a roofless, bodyless example, then start with a Boxster. They cost less and are more plentiful than a Cayman.

The proportions are off. Interesting idea, but not there yet.

That is very all right.

cant dog on that! 10x cooler than cayman anyway

Me too.

Not diggin' how low it is, or the wheels. Putting streetable wheels and tires, and streetable ground clearance, is going to make it look just as tacky as its over sized wheels and tiny tires, and no ground clearance.

I just ran accross another one of their cars a few days ago, "Ferrari 340 Tribute", uuugggly the way they pulled it off.(Not that the original was that good looking....)

Design these cars on 14-17" wheels, with a decent tire profile, and the style will be VASTLY improved.

I love it.

Sure, I'd rather have a 904, but what do you do?

I'm arguing that you can't cut the body off a monococque, because the monococque IS the body. Hence the name monocoque aka unibody.
You could modify the monococque with yer sawzall, but you can't pull the body off it.

If you cut the top off a Cayman, you cut the roof off the body, not the body off the car.
And it's a stressed part, so the entire thing would be weakened.. So better to start with a Boxster, since that one has been built to work without a roof.

Very well said, Stijn! That's what I was trying to say. However, I butchered it.

Me three. Beck all the way. Less expensive and looks correct. With a 964 era 3.6 it'll have great performance and still be air cooled. Maybe not quite as fast as this, but I don't think the last few % really matters in a car like this.

Beck 904 -- The Ultimate Replica

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Yes, you can unbolt the front fenders, bumper and hood. In the rear, you can cut off the rear fenders and remove the bumper. The windshield frame could be replaced but it looks to be close to a Boxster screen. However, they added the bright stripping found on air cooled models.

Inner fender structure and hood/deck surrounds look to be very permanent.

But making and hanging new doors in the existing frames which are stressed looks to be a bit of a project as they are no where near the same. Furthermore, I would submit that the Boxster is a much larger car as is the Cayman.