a friend, Dave Hamilton, owned Speedster 8003. It was a sacked out lightly dinged beauty.... He was getting ready to restore it when he suddenly died. He was 42. 1987. At the time he was making fiberglass molds of the bumpers off my 1953 356. He did a lot of nice work on my car, he was good at detail. I think his car went to ? "Werkstat"? something like that. In the Santa Clara area. maybe. Not sure who, maybe brother got the car. I think Porsche has #1 and #2 was totaled. So that car, unless it went to Porsche museum, is the oldest Speedster on the road. The Pre A's are built on VW Bug chassis, it's what they are. They were painted in Nitrocellulose Lacquer and enamel, with a siphon spray gun. And no undercoating. All the Porsches are cancerous. Even in 15 yrs. Mine was an exception, the original owner, (a doctor in Big Sur?) had it hand applied everywhere. I sand blasted it off and reapplied a fresh coat. By Hand. A rare rust free Porsceh. Oh, I just got to then end of the video. #3 is in the museum.
masterpiece... and truly an amazing restotation. congratulations from a guy growed up in Brescia where parents were use to bring children to see the 1000 miglia every year. I'm also a proud owner of an ivory/red 1957 t1 coupe that I immensely love. I know there is a terracotta speedster here in Italy, not so early but I believe it's original. the owner didn't know about yours...
Looks a bit red! Blue leather seats must have been done wrong on last restoration! Turbo vent rings on wheels gone also! Headlight grills?Sure looks nice! Good luck at the show!
That is the color grading in post production- the building that final assembly was being done in has mixed lighting (LED and Flourescent). In person it is the same reddish-brown that you'd see on a terracotta tile or pot. The Kardex and Reutter build sheets both list the interior material as "bast", which is the basketweave textured material used in its original construction and now in this restoration. A letter from Porsche back in 1987(?) incorrectly "confirmed" the interior color as blue leather. The Turbo vent rings on the wheels were an addition by the husband and wife team who performed the previous restoration back in 1988.
@@andrewmiterko Thank you for the response! I know this car! It is special for sure! Fantastic job! It looked great at the Amelia! Beautiful as Road Scholars does! Thanks Cam , RS family! Cheers!
a friend, Dave Hamilton, owned Speedster 8003. It was a sacked out lightly dinged beauty.... He was getting ready to restore it when he suddenly died. He was 42. 1987. At the time he was making fiberglass molds of the bumpers off my 1953 356. He did a lot of nice work on my car, he was good at detail. I think his car went to ? "Werkstat"? something like that. In the Santa Clara area. maybe. Not sure who, maybe brother got the car. I think Porsche has #1 and #2 was totaled. So that car, unless it went to Porsche museum, is the oldest Speedster on the road. The Pre A's are built on VW Bug chassis, it's what they are. They were painted in Nitrocellulose Lacquer and enamel, with a siphon spray gun. And no undercoating. All the Porsches are cancerous. Even in 15 yrs. Mine was an exception, the original owner, (a doctor in Big Sur?) had it hand applied everywhere. I sand blasted it off and reapplied a fresh coat. By Hand. A rare rust free Porsceh. Oh, I just got to then end of the video. #3 is in the museum.
So beautifully done. Wonderful work gentlemen!
Thank you! Cheers!
masterpiece... and truly an amazing restotation. congratulations from a guy growed up in Brescia where parents were use to bring children to see the 1000 miglia every year. I'm also a proud owner of an ivory/red 1957 t1 coupe that I immensely love.
I know there is a terracotta speedster here in Italy, not so early but I believe it's original. the owner didn't know about yours...
Looks a bit red! Blue leather seats must have been done wrong on last restoration! Turbo vent rings on wheels gone also! Headlight grills?Sure looks nice! Good luck at the show!
That is the color grading in post production- the building that final assembly was being done in has mixed lighting (LED and Flourescent). In person it is the same reddish-brown that you'd see on a terracotta tile or pot. The Kardex and Reutter build sheets both list the interior material as "bast", which is the basketweave textured material used in its original construction and now in this restoration. A letter from Porsche back in 1987(?) incorrectly "confirmed" the interior color as blue leather. The Turbo vent rings on the wheels were an addition by the husband and wife team who performed the previous restoration back in 1988.
@@andrewmiterko Thank you for the response! I know this car! It is special for sure! Fantastic job! It looked great at the Amelia! Beautiful as Road Scholars does! Thanks Cam , RS family! Cheers!
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Thank you!
Stellar work as usual 😍😎
Thank you so much 😀
Wow. Simply wow!
Thank you!