What do you get when you put a chopped 1955 Porsche 356 body on a 914 pan with a 911 engine, then add vast amounts of fabrication skill? You get an Outlaw 356-influenced machine that goes fast and commands a Buy It Now price of $175,000. Some of you may recognize this car's seller, Fantasy Junction, as the same folks who ran the ill-fated Mazdasaurus Wrecks and the car with the quickest lap time at the Thunderhill 24 Hours of LeMons. Let's see- lot full of drool-inducing machinery, crew full of racing fanatics... I need to get over to Emeryville and check this place out! Thanks to Carless for the tip! [eBay Motors]
Chopped Porsche 356-914-911 Could Be Yours!
2:20 PM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Murilee Martin
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Weird. 356-914-911 is the combination to the latches on my GT-R briefcase.
For some reason I feel like taking a bath right now.
No sir...............I don't like it
Fail. So much potential, is this steam . . . something?
I like it... very much.
It needs the trippy checkered seats out of an early 928.
God that's ugly. I could build my own abortion for way less than $175,000, no need to buy one on EBay.
@prndl: Steam Punk I think your looking for.
Looks like it was driven off the set of Sky Captain and the World of Tommorrow.
Place directly into fantasy garage.
Put on some nicer wheels, cut down on the multitude of scoops, and reorient the vent slats to all go the same way, and it would be pretty cool. Not $175k cool, but cool.
fail? you crazy. that's the coolest porsche yet. fantasy garage material.
Six pipes through the body. Nice. Proof positive that the GT6 was the right choice for PCH yesterday.
It looks positively evil. I would make everyone call me Herr Karr if I were driving it around.
I hope it's fast enough to outrun all of the stuff that the Porsche purists are going to throw at you.
Ferdinand said to his son, "Ferry, this is the car I planned to build for Hitler until I noticed what a freakin' loon he is."
This is indeed a fine machine to die in.
Lots of misplaced chrome, but I'd enjoy the thing.
finally an answer to the question "what car has worse outwards visibility than an Exige"
I heart cars that adhere to the "that which is behind you is not important" school of thought
I can certainly appreciate the metalwork and craftsmanship in this vehicle, but overall I think it's just lame.*
* Disclaimer: I typically find customs lame, so I might be biased.
So awesome. Not crazy about the shiny bits. 175k's a little optimistic, but whatever.
That's a few steps beyond the chopped 356 notchback I saw at Laguna Seca circa 97..updated with 911 headlights & other subtle touches..
Oh my god! That is atrocious. Someone should torch that thing, because it is a sin to humanity. Take it away; please take it away!
@beercheck: My sentiments exactly.
You know how they have those "you have to be taller than this line to ride this ride" signs at the amusement park? For this car there should be one saying you need to be SHORTER than this line to ride this ride...
I prefer junkman's.
The choice of Nazi hookers everywhere....
And, of course, the absolute antithesis of this 356...
[jalopnik.com]
Both very cool in their own way...
But will it haul 5 hookers dressed as Nazis?
Yes that is now my new favorite saying, right up there with
"That will buff out"
"Well theres your problem"
Awesome. It's the retro hot rod of the future!
I like it. The looks of a 356 panamerica race car without being a VW beetle in disguise. The handling of a 914 without looking like a 914. Lastly the power of a 911 without having to be wanker to own one. It's just about perfect.
I don't care for the Ford Focus style cheese graters aft of the doors.. and I think they're about 1 decimal place optimistic on the buy-now price. Shame 3 porsches had to be bastardized for this effort - hopefully each had expired before being chopped up.
This car was at Fantasy years ago. Porsche people are generally a predictable bunch--even "outlaw" 356s have the same tweaks, over and over. Hence the awesomeness of this creation.
I wouldn't trade my V8 356 for it but I would race it for pink slips....
I love the front window framing. Just love it. A few too many vents, but if I had 175k burning a hole in my pocket... I'd probably do something else with it, but still totally hot.
Like the style a lot. Would spend the money on an RS 2.7 Carrera instead, but if I were Jerry Seinfeld, this would be a great punchline at the far end of my hangar full of cars.
not quite evil enough.
the only place chrome should exist is on wheels and perhaps around headlights.
perfect car for the blind, though!
@thatguy01: This is Jerry's car.Selling because he is afraid that it will loose it's brakes also.
I like the aesthetics of this car, and the philosophy behind it (by which I mean "I like crazy hot-rod Porsches") but I think the makers went a bit overboard. The various scoops are straight out of the "tuner Scion" playbook, and as others have mentioned, the vent just ahead of the rear wheel looks really, really stupid. But I like the car. You could tell the great unwashed that it's a Glockler-Porsche or one of the other specials of the '50s, and they'd probably buy it. Those spun aluminum wheels have to go, though--replace them with the chrome steelies from the DOTS 356, and don't worry about hubcaps.
Reminds more of this [en.wikipedia.org]
Did Seinfeld flip this too?
The 356/914/911 concept is great but the execution leaves something to be desired. Plus 915 gearbox is a questionable choice.
It's all about Fantasy Junction. To think that I actually used to look at naked women on the internet. 'Course, this is probably the crappiest car on their lot.
This isn't a car. This is art.
Wheels aside, this is a really neat looking car. I mean... top mounted wipers!
Mmm, Fantasy Junction. I drove by there not two hours ago and saw a gorgeous XKE and a GT350 parked inside.
Captain Nemo better watch out because I'm really tempted to pilfer that there Porsche of his.
My want meter is pegged.
This is beautimous. pass the bucket please, I'm drooling. But does it have to cost that much dough?
It reminds me of what Audi TT/R8 would've been back in the '50s.
This takes everything great about the 356 and makes it look like s#!t.. Nasty nasty..
This is actually kind of cool, but the wheels are hideous and have got to go.
Das Boot!
Looks like a lead-sled Mercury and a Porsche had an illegitimate step child... All thats missing is red hair...
I consider myself to be good at math, but this motherfucker makes me wanna buy lottery tickets.
Best Porsche Eva!
Its so wrong its right...
If you do go to Fantasy Junction, make sure to make a stop across the street as well. Pixar is a great place to visit.
I think it's one of the awesomer Porsches I've ever seen. Reminds me a LSR type car.
@KeithTanner: LeMons HQ is also in Emeryville. But do not visit. We will shoot you.
All it needs is the $200,000 diamond encrusted RR hood ornament to truly give it that finishing touch