Aluminum 550 Spyder build
- Adam Wright
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Re: Aluminum 550 Spyder build
To help visualize better, this is everything in it's place.
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- Olivier Lory
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Re: Aluminum 550 Spyder build
Hi Adam,
if you still need some 550 original parts, please have a look at this link:
https://auction.nicola-ac.de/catalog102 ... en&filter=
Don't know if it will match your needs...
Cheers
if you still need some 550 original parts, please have a look at this link:
https://auction.nicola-ac.de/catalog102 ... en&filter=
Don't know if it will match your needs...
Cheers
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Re: Aluminum 550 Spyder build
Some cool stuff there, so far no one has been able to figure out what car the pieces came off of.Olivier Lory wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 1:55 pm Hi Adam,
if you still need some 550 original parts, please have a look at this link:
https://auction.nicola-ac.de/catalog102 ... en&filter=
Don't know if it will match your needs...
Cheers
Yesterday was cool. I borrowed an original fender off of 0054, thankfully my friend trusted me with it for a few weeks. The info it gave us was invaluable to make a pattern off of. Placement of the headlight, turn signal, and horn/brake cooling opening is crucial. And when you do it this way, you know it's right on the money! Like, "where do I put the mirror?", oh, right where the holes are on the original fender!
The big moves are fun but sometimes the little ones are fun too.
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For example, look at the pattern on our wire frame. The turn signal and headlight are good, so our info on those up until now was accurate, but look how far off our opening was for the brake cooling, way way off, now it will be accurate. The devil is in the details....
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- Bil Brown
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Re: Aluminum 550 Spyder build
Well Adam......I see the James Dean gearbox is for sale on BaT.....here`s your chance!!......but might take 6 figgers!
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I don't know man, everyone has known about that gearbox since forever, first Jim Barrington had it, then sold it to Jack Styles. It's cool, but not that kind of money cool. The engine, maybe, but it's still stuck in a Lotus with a guy who isn't very friendly. Eventually someone will get that and free it from it's Lotus tomb, now that would be cool!
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That's a different animal than the gearbox. The engine holds tremendous value by itself, as an early 550 4-cam. The Dean provenance is a bonus. But the gearbox, by itself, well, no one is knifing anyone for a 519 gearbox, so while the Dean connection makes it cool, not sure if it adds 6 digits of value. I guess the market will tell me if I'm wrong, post the for sale link if you can, I couldn't find it.
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- Bil Brown
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I don`t know how to do the link thing.....but the trans was just listed and is getting a lot of attention.........look at the most recent listings
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Re: Aluminum 550 Spyder build
Here's the link:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/gearbox/
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/gearbox/
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Well Adam.......this thing has reached $100K already with 2 weeks to go! My guess is that the bidder owns a real 550.
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Like many things Porsche, it's not that something isn't worth X amount, it's just it's not worth X amount to me. But in the same vein, people, even Porsche people make strange faces when I tell them how much I've paid for 550 sheet metal, so it's all relative. I hope someone has big plans for this gearbox, rather than squirreling it away. The new cart is a nice touch too, I think Steve Hogue did it.
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Today was like X-mass morning, opening a magic box of cool!
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Re: Aluminum 550 Spyder build
Wow, really immpressive build Adam.. congrats on your progress.