dont try this at Home

[Speedster94]

We finally did it and build a Speedster Coupe . I didnt want to go the normal Route and just put a Plastic Speedster Top on a Coupe or Cabrio
After thinking about this for a long Time i found the perfect damaged Car to do this .
1992 Turbo , slid under a Truck and damaged the Roof in the Front .
We now have the Top lowered about 4 inches and layed the shorter Windshield more flat .
I am very serious when i say ,if you are not experienced dont try , as this is a major task even if you know how to do the normal Bodywork .
After about 100 Hours of Bodywork we are almost done and it looks very nice . The next step is the Sidewindows .i want normal
Roll-up windows ,not the Sliders like a GT 1 .
I will keep you posted on the Progress and thought i share a Picture
Harald

[RickM]

Very nice, Harold. Pretty much like a "Chop Top" from the 1950's.

[Rich76_911s]

Looks very sweet

[bob tilton]

wicked! you know it's good when you ask yourself "why didn't the factory do it like that?"

[Eric Mckenna]

veRY cool!
PLEASE DO KEEP US UP TO DATE WITH PICTURES.. You make some great cars Harald

[TRE Cup]

The fun part will be the back window- did you keep the entire surround pan intact for that? When a local so cal porsche body guy did the chopped top to his RSR look in 1975, he ran out of patience after getting the front windshield/ cowl/ front windows worked out. Since the car was basically a racer, it ended up with a piece of plexiglass for the back window. Shame as it was coming together so nicely.
Yours will be pretty nice- i noticed your cellette jig and previous posting on some nice cars

[DavidI]

Good looking chop! I've always loved that look. I used to own a '58 choptop Karmann Ghia.

David

[Speedster94]

I am not really worried about the rear Glass , we have a Company here that is making glass to the specs i need . The really difficult thing is to fit the Speedster Windshield without the Frame .
As you know the celette is the only way to fix a Porsche the right way .
But the main thing is to have a Body man that is as enthusiastic as we all and gifted with Talent . We have some pretty interesting Discussions almost every Day about the work we do ,here is another Picture from our " normal Work Area " interesting but sometimes we need to do something challenging and than things like the Speedster Coupe or the 964 RS 73 look
happen .
harald

[kycarguy 935]

Harald, do you have any updates or pictures of your speedster coupe? It looks good in the first picture. Thanks.

[Bill Verburg]

Outstanding!

[Kemo]

*drools* keep the pictures comming!!!

[bignut]

this is better then porn, any update for this build?

[randywebb]

This will make a nice Excellence article...

[charleskieffner]

can i have my picture taken in it??????????????please! nice work i am impressed!

[k9handler]

very cool Harald and the shop looks great!

[Speedster94]

hallo
No Time to finish it yet but here it is on Wheels .
Thanks Howard , you should stop by when going to the ring or Spa .
Harald

[k9handler]

I will do that Harald, plus I am going to need flares to fit my new wheels. =o)

[Porschekid962]

That is one sweet looking car already. I really dig the laid back window look but it just doesnt look right on the speedsters with hardtops because you lose the rear 3/4 windows. Speaking of which is there shape original or did you have to reprofile them a bit? Now what I really want to see are some headlights that have been chopped and laid back a bit...

cant wait to see it finished

[Speedster94]

hallo
i like the looks of the original headlights , otherwise a would use 993 Fenders/headlights . The Car is a Turbo 3.6 ( 965 ) and i wanted to keep the original lines ,just a little lower . It is much nicer in Nature than on the Pictures ,i am much more a Car Guy than a photograph as you can see . I try to snap some better ones when i start to work on it again .
Harald

[78-911SC]

Harald PM sent..