This Porsche 356 replica was reportedly built by Vintage Speedsters in Hawaiian Gardens, California, and was acquired by the selling dealer in 2024. The car is powered by an air-cooled 1,914cc flat-four mated to a four-speed manual transaxle and fitted with dual Kadron-style carburetors. The body is finished in silver and the interior is trimmed in red upholstery, while additional details include a red convertible soft top, boot cover, tonneau cover, and side curtains as well as 15″ steel wheels, front disc brakes, and a rear luggage rack. This Speedster replica is now offered by the selling dealer with a California title listing it as a 1973 Volkswagen.
The fiberglass bodywork is finished in silver and mounted to a modified Volkswagen Beetle chassis. Exterior details include a red convertible top, boot cover, side curtains, and tonneau cover as well as mesh headlight grilles, a rear luggage rack, a single-grille decklid, a reproduction Reutter badge on the right fender, gold-finished Porsche and 1600 Super badging, and body-color bumpers with overriders and impact strips. Paint chips are shown in up-close images in the gallery below.
Steel 15″ wheels wear chrome hubcaps and are mounted with 165-series Kelly Metric Radial tires. Stopping power is provided by front disc and rear drum brakes.
The low-back bucket seats are trimmed in red upholstery, which extends to the rear parcel shelf, dashboard trim, door panels, and parking brake boot. Gray square-weave carpets are protected by Coco mats, and additional interior elements include a heater, door map pockets, lap belts, a height-adjustable rearview mirror.
A banjo-style steering wheel wears a Porsche-crest horn button and fronts VDO instrumentation consisting of a central tachometer, a 200-km/h speedometer, and a combination gauge for fuel level and engine temperature. The five-digit mechanical odometer shows 8k kilometers (~5k miles).
The air-cooled 1,914cc flat-four is equipped with dual Kadron-style carburetors, a 009-style distributor, and a Bosch alternator.
Power is sent to the rear wheels through a four-speed manual transaxle. An aftermarket exhaust system has been fitted.
The chassis number 1132936944 shown above is consistent with a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle.