www.starkespeedster.com I love this concept. take last gen boxster, rebody it as vintage speedster, add power and handling Porsche would always keep for 911. its like a reverse restomod. really cool imo.
I agree. The idea is very cool. That said, I'm interested in seeing how they look and act "in the flesh".
I saw it in the flesh in Vegas and it looks better in person than in pictures. So much so, that I put my deposit down. Before I go forward, I want to meet the builders, see their shop etc.and really look the car over well. Does anyone know of them or their work? We couldn't get very close to the car in Vegas but the build quality looked solid from about 3 feet away. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I haven't seen these before, but they look very cool. Odd choice for the wheels on the Vegas show car, but otherwise beautiful. I'd like to see pictures side-by-side with an original 356 to get an idea of the dimensions. A comparison of the specs with an original 356 would probably be even more entertaining.
Park a 356 next to a Boxster... that's what the Starke is... same proportions. Ditto with the specs. It's a Boxster.
Leno had a project 356 built onto a Cayman chassis on his show. West Coast Customs had to widen the body to fit it on the 987 chassis. I would suspect the Starke is similarly widened.
Hard to believe no one else ever thought of making a 356 tribute based on a boxster. Seems so obvious after looking at this one. Shops have been back dating modern 911s to look like classic ones forever. This is no brainer.
I get that it's a rebodied Boxter, but would still like to see side-by-side photos to get a feel for how it compares in size to the 356. I can't really imagine accurately how the size of a Boxter compares to a 356 and I suspect they could probably lop off an inch or two on each end of the Boxter with their 356 body. If it's a lot bigger than the original 356, that would detract from the overall feeling quite a bit for me. The specs comparison I think would be pretty entertaining -- 0-60 times, lateral acceleration, top speed ... would be hugely different between the two.
When I searched for side-by-side photos of a 356 with a Starke, this article popped up about a Subaru-powered Speedster that Jay had featured on his show (Leno YouTube link embedded in article): http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/videos/a31692/this-subaru-powered-porsche-356-speedster-replica-almost-looks-real/ Looks like that car is $34,550 turnkey with a VW motor and $39,550 turnkey with a Subaru motor (http://www.jps-motorsports.com/turnkey.html).
It doesn't do it for me. A 356 roadster (and that is what the blue one is trying to be, a twin grill roadster) and even more so the Speedster has a light, simple, friendly feeling and that is lost in this. Windshield framing and slope alone kills it for me. Get a 356 coupe instead if you don't want to spend for a cab or roadster.
