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ARRIVING SHORTLY The Porsche 356 Speedster was really made famous by American film star James Dean who loved the curved, slightly effeminate, look of the Speedster, which had been born out of the desire for a sleeker version of the Porsche 356. Dean will forever be linked to the car, having briefly driven and raced one of the first ever pre-A Speedsters, but it was the faster 550 Spyder that finally immortalised him, following his fatal crash on September 30, 1955. The 356 Speedster was a car made for jumping into and heading off down the Pacific Coast Highway in California to the beach, Surfboard pushed in the back, Marlboro clenched between your lips as you stuck two fingers up to however was behind you. Original 356 Speedsters have become very expensive and collectible now and it will be hard to find one for much less than £250, 000, so it is no longer a car to shove a surfboard in the back and head to the beach, so why not opt for an affordable replica of the iconic Speedster? The Chesil Motor Company was launched by Peter Bailey in 1991 in Burton Bradstock, near Chesil Beach in Dorset and he began producing Porsche 356 replicas and kits based on a Volkswagen Beetle. The company was sold in late 2007 to the Tygan Motor Company, but this takeover however was very short-lived and it was reacquired by Peter Bailey in 2009 and he started operating again as the Chesil Motor Company right up to 2019 when it was sold to Westfield Sportscars who are just starting to remanufacture the Chesil Speedster from their new premises in Bicester near Oxford. See their website: - details above - Prices now starting @ £76, 995 !! This stunning example was built by Tygan in 2008 and was based on a 1972 VW Beetle chassis and was registered on 23rd June 2008 as a Tygan Sports and fully IVA tested and approved. It was one of only 20 cars originally commissioned by Porsche specialist Gmund Cars from the Tygan Motor Company and it was due to have many upgrades from their standard specification including a 2. 0 Fuel injected Engine, but this did not materialise due to a number of reasons, one of which being the company running out of money and closing the business. They were beautifully well-made cars and this example is finished in the very desirable colour combination of Porsche GT Silver Metallic with a Red Leather interior, high-back front seats and rear child seat finished in BMW Montana Red leather and piped in White, Inertia Front Seat Belts, Rear seat lap belts, Red carpet throughout, Black Twillfast Mohair Soft Top, Wind-Up Windows, CD/ Stereo Radio, Wooden Mota-Lita Steering Wheel, Heated Speedster Screen, VW 1, 800cc Engine with twin Weber Carburettors, Stainless Steel Sports Exhaust System, High Ratio 4-Speed VW Gearbox, New Air Suspension, Front & Rear Disc Brakes, 15'' Steel Wheels with Chrome Hub Caps and a stainless steel Luggage Rack. The car is in excellent condition with very little signs of wear either externally or internally and it really does drive beautifully with either the top up or top down. It has only had 4 former keepers with the previous owner since 2018 and we sold it to the current owner in July last year, but due to bad back issues, he now struggles to get in and out of the car and drive it, so he is reluctantly having to sell it. He did have Air Suspension fitted (£7, 000) by a VW specialist last year which he hoped would help, and it has been fully serviced and tuned and was MOT'd on 26th March this year with No Advisories! It has now covered a genuine 10, 000 Miles since being built in 2008 and comes with its original Tygan Speedster Owners Manual, MOT history, clear HPI check and Certificate, correspondence from Gmund cars relating to this car and a number of service/ repair invoices. We are waiting for the invoices for the recent works carried out and will advise once received. It is most importantly ULEZ compliant. Upon sale, the car will come wi
