My name is Thomas and I live in Denmark. I have been interested in old Volkswagens for many years and have had a 1303 with a 2.4 liter Type4 engine as a daily driver. In 2007 I fell in love with the 356 Speedster and decided to use my rusty 1303 as a base for the build. I chose the Chesil kit and fortunately there is a company which imports these kits in Denmark.
The first Speedster was finished in June 2009 after 15 months work. On the first test drive with the type4 engine I had used for years without any problems, the Speedster burst into flames and was gone in less than 15 minutes . From the very long oil track behind the car we concluded that an oil hose had burst.
My insurance company was very fair and covered my loss. 3 month later I started a new Chesil Speedster build and armed with a lot of experience from the first build I created the Speedster of my dreams.
The last 2 years I have been working on a hardtop for the Speedster and after hard work the result is like you can see on the picture. The hardtop has been tested all summer and almost 5000 km with hardtop has proven that it works very well. There has been some interest for this hardtop in Denmark and I have agreed to produce 2 kits this winter.
