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Home made car by PP user, kind of 356/550-ish.
I few years ago, a guy posted a thread where he was building a sportscar from scratch. It was very reminiscent of cross between an early 356 and a 550 and was very cool. I think the last time that I saw it, there was a body or partial body on it (hand formed Al, I believe).
Today I saw a video on youtube of a car that looked pretty similar. Is this the same guy or same car? If not, is that guy still around and did he finish his car. I can't get the embed info for youtube while at work, so here's a link to the video. https://youtu.be/p_pTll87Lzc
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That car is one of Christopher Runge's creations.
https://flyermotorwerks.com/about/ He is an utterly brilliant craftsman. angela
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Yeah, I saw some pics and the car. The thing is that this car is VERY similar in appearance to one that a Pelicanite was making. I was wondering if it was the same guy or if not, whatever happened to that guy's car.
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The car which was shown here some years ago was based upon a Formula V chassis and was I thought, a single seater.
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Good stuff, thanks tons.
It's so cool to see that someone that started posting a project here has turned it into something as cool as Chris Runge has.
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Sorry, this is sort of long. I could not look away. Nice young man
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Crap, I don't have time to watch this now. I'll have to come back to it tomorrow.
Wow, I love both of the cars in that video. The cars are getting better and cooler which is impressive, because the first car was cool.
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Here's one of his cars at the Werks Reunion (Amelia Island) last Friday (3/7/18). I think I saw Jay Leno review this car.
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I love the polish. Guess its the closest you can get to an early airplane without the falling out of the sky bit :-).
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I always wonder what the approximate cost is. And yea, I have to ask so I can't afford one.
Are they 250 large or more? Like everything else, they are worth what a customer will pay. They are really cool cars. I guess he has super limited production so he does not have to meet DOT safety standards with airbags and tire pressure monitor systems and such. It is just awesome that a young guy like he is is doing that level of work.
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$65K has him working a not so great hourly rate, I bet.
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One of the really nice things about spinning your own, is you have no bias towards you.
I know when I started my 912 resto, but buy god it has to be a 6 and it had to be a 2.8. Still not done  . I should have kept it '912' and done a big VW 4 in hindsight. Nothing preconceived to drag you off path rolling your own.
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Yeah, I remember when the original was offered here for 60K. I really liked the car but there were a lot of naysayers as well. Glad he is doing well.
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here is one of the original threads
Interesting Project
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2004 Mazda Miata
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