Brown is secretly my favorite color for a Porsche, classic or not. Sure, it doesn't fit something extremely sporty, like a GT3 RS. But for everything from a Panamera to a 928, it just works. And today, I added the 550 Spyder to the list.
Fans of our website might know what we're dealing with here already. It's another project car from S-Klub, a Los Angeles specialist. Last year, they brought both this one and the blue boy to SEMA, making a name for themselves.
As per usual, no classic Porsches were hurt in the making of this build. The regular 550 belongs in a museum or concourse event. This one is put together using the Vintage Motors replica kit.
One of these starts from $12,000 for the fiberglass body or can go to $35,000 if you want a turn-key replica. Of course, S-Klub made its own mods.
Just like with the blue car, the color combination is impeccable, not brash, but still getting all your attention. From what we understand, the brown is actually from Toyota's palette. It works amazingly well with the orange accents on the wheels. Orange leather straps are also perfectly matched to the equally orange quilted leather interior.
The 550 is a tight squeeze for any adult, so it's probably for the best that they went with a center-seat layout. The brushed metal and chrome that's in there kind of remind us of an early Zonda supercar.
The engine in the fashionable Spyder is a heavily modified four-cylinder from a Volkswagen Type 4. This now displaces 2.6 liters, has a lot of gold plating and will deliver 200 horsepower. That's more than enough in a vehicle that weighs about 1300 pounds (590 kilograms). Now, if that's not enough, know that the same shop has also done a 400 horsepower WRX swap that's sure to overwhelm the chassis.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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