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Free 550 Spyder pieces

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Hey everyone-
Me and Wray were doing some slicing and dicing over the weekend on the 550 rear clamshell. Still haven't figured out what someone was trying to do, maybe they were running a Corvair motor and needed extra cooling or something. It's a mystery.

But I have lots of little aluminum chunks if anyone wants bragging rights for their collection, a real piece of a real 550 Spyder.

Free to the first 10 guys who get at me adam@unobtanium-inc.com

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Adam, do you know what s/n spyder the part is from? I know 550A-0130 was modified to use a Corvair engine at on point in it's life.

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Alan Hall wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:00 am Adam, do you know what s/n spyder the part is from? I know 550A-0130 was modified to use a Corvair engine at on point in it's life.
I was told the tail came off of 550-0058.
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I guess that you could start with a couple of square inches of "an original Spyder" and build the rest around it ?
Great opportunity to have an original 550.

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You need that part with a number on it. 8)
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Thanks everybody, pieces are all going to new homes.
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David Nicholls wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:19 am I guess that you could start with a couple of square inches of "an original Spyder" and build the rest around it ?
Great opportunity to have an original 550.
That's sort of where I'll end up. So far I have an original hood, doors, belly pan, inner fenders, and rear clamshell. So about half the car will be original metal.
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What frame will it be on?
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Martin Benade wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 2:05 pm What frame will it be on?
I've got a pretty rust free rolled over 356 C Coupe, I plan on skinning that and loading up the aluminum on it.
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