Interesting "clone"

[Toast54]

Not posting in for sale, nor as a sheeper (I'll leave that to others to make that determination), but it looks well done

https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/d/1987-porsche-930-clone/6563870865.html

[JMS935]

Pretty fugly looking if you’d ask me. I wouldn’t pay 50k for a pair of them. That’s just my two cents...

[matt930s]

A 65 912...lol

The rear wheels always look wrong in the wells on SWB conversions like this..

MattR

[Matt Monson]

I’ve seen that car on the FB groups the last few weeks. It’s a travesty.

[Munky King]

'Everyone looking at it, even at Porsche club meetings, believes it to be a 1985-1987 Porsche 930. How does it fool true Porsche people?'

Cos, dey is blind or stupid!

(Still got a nicer engine than mine at the moment though...)

[faverymi]

" How does it fool true Porsche people? Just look at the pictures."

Must be an Oklahoma thing....

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Originally Posted by matt930s

A 65 912...lol

The rear wheels always look wrong in the wells on SWB conversions like this..

MattR

Yep - too far forward/uncentered relative to the wheel opening. I don't understand how anyone tolerates that when doing one of those builds - looks ridiculous, and would only have taken a bit of creative fitting and reshaping to get right. Funny how there aren't any pics of the sides of the car positioned squarely to the camera - probably because the owner realizes how nasty the wheel placement looks.

[Toast54]

Originally Posted by faverymi

" How does it fool true Porsche people? Just look at the pictures."

Must be an Oklahoma thing....

Seller moved to Edmond from Texas....

I do like the color, although I would have liked the '65 912, Irish green with this interior much better

[69porsche]

He was asking $40K back in 2015

[SalParadise]

"As soon as I brought it to Oklahoma I turned it over to Corey Jump at Planet 9 Eleven for what I originally thought was going to be a tune-up of the 2.7 Liter engine. Unfortunately, I soon learned that it needed much more.
Since the car coming out of Planet 9 Eleven with a totally remanufactured 3.0 engine ..."

...I turned it over to Ed Wood from Plan 9 From Outer Space...



Seriously, you know how much I despise those wheels...

[Toast54]

"given a show quality paint job in the original and rare Anthracite color it came from the factory with. "
Was "Anthracite" even an available factory color in '65-'66? I'm not finding it

[JMS935]

I always question these projects. Do people think that they can’t buy a better car for the dollars they spend on this donor plus all of the dollars put into? The more money invested into this the bigger the loss gets. There’s no way this sells anywhere near ask, so the seller obviously keeps it, and probably drops another 10k into it and it’s back on the market in a couple years for more money.

The only way you break even on a mess like this is if for some reason your insurance company allows you to insure it for what you’ve got into it, and then it gets stolen.

[theenico]

All that time and money, but no one thought to put LWB trailing arms and spring plates on it.

[NorCal Ollie]

It's scary that someone might be fooled into spending big money on that car.

Lots of pics of the goofy exterior but photos from under the hood and decklid suspiciously missing???

Made an awfully big deal about all the motor work to not post a pic of it???

[JMS935]

Spent 5 minutes on CL, and this is a better conversion and asking nearly half as much for it.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/d/1983-porsche-911/6553787949.html

Not only does the wheelbase match the body, but the rear brake vents look far better too. The ‘65 912 conversion was clearly done by someone that had never attempted this before. It’s a total friggin’ mess.

[Toast54]

Wheels and paint combination look good.I guess slant nose conversions were an 80's thing.

[matt930s]

Wheels?.............. say whaaat?

lol.

MattR

Originally Posted by Toast54

Wheels and paint combination look good.I guess slant nose conversions were an 80's thing.

[JMS935]

Originally Posted by matt930s

Wheels?.............. say whaaat?

lol.

MattR

I wasn’t sure if he was referring to the 912 conversion he posted or the one I posted showing how overpriced his was, but you’re right, neither are any good. Though the wheels on the 912 are downright hideous.

[juanbenae]

all the gauges spun for viewing except the most useful one...

[2ndTARGA]

So here it was a little more than a year ago not selling for $30K ask. With a carbureted ?? 1977 2.7 no less. But that was before this seller sunk HUGE amounts of money into a worthless project.

1966 Porsche 912 - Used Porsche 912 for sale in Chatsworth, California | autoquid.com

Ironic, and fairly typical, IMO that it's up for sale only a few thousand miles after the investment. Perhaps not the dream ride he/she imagined?