Race-Taxi is a Swiss project that shows what a few guys with a garage, three donor cars, and lots of spare time and disposable income can do.
Step 1: Find a donor van. Bonus points if it's a split window. (1962 model here.)
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2. Find a donor Porsche engine. In this case, it's from a totaled 993 Turbo. Increase horsepower from 408 to over 500.
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3. Find a chassis donor, in this case a Type 2 (T3), or Vanagon here in the States.
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4. Remove the body from the chassis.
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5. Widen and lengthen the bus by sawing it into quarters. Mate the body to the Porsche engine and T3 chassis.
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6. Add a whole bunch of wires, Recaro seats, the Porsche's gauges, and a nifty wooden shift knob.
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7. Lots of body work and paint.
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8. Almost done.
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9. Take it to the track and blow the doors off of Imprezas, Elises, and old M3s.
CKY
4 comments:
Reminds me of an even better engineering project combining VW with Porsche: this Karmann Ghia built by Bader Racing. There are some awesome video's on their site:
http://www.bader-racing.de/de/home/home_aktuelles.htm
Best to you!
Holy cow! That is MUCH quicker than the stock Karmann Ghia.
Looks to me like it could be even faster with better suspension.
Fantastic job and I am totally fascinated. One question, why use a Type3 chassis? Cause it's different from the type 1 or 2?
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