I've never seen one and they look stunning. Anybody actually tried doing one? Or maybe even succeeded?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_904

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I haven't seen any Fiero conversions.
I have seen pics of 914 conversions, but they didn't look right.
I think RCR has done one or two. http://www.gt40s.com/forum/...391-r-c-r-904-a.html

I've seen replicas in old issues of Kit Car Magazine... I'll see if I can't dig one out and post a few pics. The kits were built on modified VW Beetle pans though, the Fiero is way too big a car to use as a donor. One of the better executed kits I recall even had a Mazda RX7 rotary engine in it. IMHO the kits looked pretty good.

I was at a shop in Beverly Hills back in the '70s that did Porsche body modifications (lots of owners wanted their cars to look like factory Turbos, apparently). There was a clapped out 904 there that someone had bought from a racing team and wanted made street legal. I was astounded how little it was. Not just low, but narrow! Of course, this was a time when my 1965 Mustang seemed like a little car on the road.

Still, even though this one had been raced, I could see it was built as a racer. No "fit and finish" had ever been part of this car's life.

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Yeah that's also why I'm interested. They're quite simple cars maybe except for the engine but nobody's gonna put an original one in a replica. I'm actually thinking of making a fiberglass body. Let's face it it's the looks I want and I don't need it to be a pure racing car. So I'm wondering if anybody has any source on the dimensions of the car or some technical data?

tampalic thanks for the link that is a nice replica.

Bloozberry please do upload some if you find it.

Thanks.

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The best thing would be to find an old Kelmark kit (a sort-of Ferrari Dino) and start with that. Similar lines.

Rick

Thanks for the idea. Yeah it does look very similiar. However I think I'm gonna start from scratch since I can't seem to find any.

Definitely looks like a Kelmark !

I searched my vintage Kit Car Magazines and only found a single article (Jul '94), though I seem to remember there being more. Anyways, FWIW the car was based on a Porsche 914, not on a VW as I had originally thought. Neat little car.

I like the lines, but in the last picture it looks like the nose is too high to me. I think that it would get front end lift at high speed. I have driven cars that had enough lift that I backed off even though I wanted to see how fast it would go. Early Vette.

http://www.beck904.com/photos/

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That Beck 904 is a beautiful machine. Thanks for the link.

Very nice pictures. I decided to start a 904 replica soon when I collect all the data I need. I decided not to be a Fiero based but will build my own stainless steel tube frame and a custom suspension. When I finally get to it I will post pics.

Impossible to do a creditable job of this on a Fiero chassis on the cheap and throwing away money to try and do it properly. Can't see anyone ever succeeding at that sort of thing. I agree that the 904 had classic looks, though.