![]() You’ve got an air-cooled engine with carbs roaring behind you, a small Lexan windshield, a real Nardi steering wheel, and your imagination.” ( seductionmotorsports. “Here you’ve got this 1,300-pound car, which originally had a 90 hp engine, and in ours you’re starting at nearly double that,” he says. Designed as a fiberglass-bodied homage to the original Porsche 550 Spyder, Beck’s car isn’t a millimeter-perfect copy of the race car, Hagerty notes. The Seduction 550’s cockpit is a few inches longer than the Porche’s, and the shifter and brakes are more in line with what modern drivers expect. A Beck 550 Spyder Replica by Chamonix Karosserie Ryan Merrill courtesy of RM Sotheby’s The brainchild of Indiana native Chuck Beck, the Beck 550 Spyder first hit the road in the 1980s. While praising Porsche’s work on the 550 Spyder, Verwers says that a well-made replica can provide a driving experience that improves on the original’s. The only issue with this car is the amount of attention it gets from onlookers, whether it’s standing or moving.” “The more I drive it, the better it fits me, just like an old shoe. “The level of detail just got to me,” he says. Melia says he checked out other 550 Spyder replica builders before settling on Seduction. “He put in an in-tank fuel pump that he’s now adopted for all his cars.” “Daniel flew out and fixed it in my garage,” says Melia. After taking delivery of his Subaru-powered blue 550 Spyder, Greg Melia, a financial advisor in Tulsa, found that Oklahoma’s hot-and-humid summers were wreaking havoc on his car’s fuel-delivery system. If something does go awry with a Seduction 550 Spyder, Verwers might show up at the owner’s door to fix it. “A lot of our buyers are engineer types, people who appreciate the chassis design and the military-grade material,” says Seduction owner Daniel Verwers, whose repeat customers include Intel CEO Brian Krzanich he has purchased five of the 42 cars Seduction has built. Right now, the company is building a special aluminum-bodied 550 Spyder that is priced at close to $200,000. Seduction also offers a heating option for the bucket seats and a wide variety of choices for the upholstery. (Air-cooled Volkswagen and Porsche engines are options.) Notable details and components include an artfully crafted CNC aluminum shifter and emergency brake, disc brakes, a Magnaflow exhaust, and a custom shock-and-spring set that keeps the retro ride 21st-century compliant. The car’s fiberglass body sits on a powder-coated steel frame capable of handling far more than the 230 hp provided by the water-cooled, turbo-boosted Subaru engine. Starting at around $44,000 for a base turnkey model, the Seduction Motorsports 550 Spyder features meticulous retro details and a host of modern upgrades. For the past four years, a shop in Chandler, Ariz., has been perfecting the art of 550 Spyder replication. There is another way to own a 550 Spyder-a reproduction model that takes a significantly reduced toll on the wallet. Lamborghini Just Unveiled the Revuelto, Its Hybrid Supercar Successor to the Aventador The Sleek Romotow Rotating Travel Trailer Is Finally Going Into Production This New 246-Foot Megayacht Comes With a Beautiful Full-Beam Beach Club
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