The 356 History
The Porsche 356 was a sports car produced from 1948 through 1965. It was Porsche’s first production automobile. The first Porsche 356 was debuted on June 8, 1948, using many Volkswagen parts for manufacturing economy. However, Porsche quickly refined the car with a focus on performance, so that by the late 50’s few parts were shared in common between the two marquees and it became the Swiss watch of auto-motive design. The 356 has always been quite popular with the motor press, and in 2004 Sports Car International ranked the 356C tenth on their list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s
WHY CHOOSE A UNIVERSAL 356 REPLICA?
Every Effort has been taken to replicate the quality and finish of the Original . Universal Products have produced South Africa’s first 356 Coupe Replica and is based on a shortened VW Beetle Floor pan. We also move the hand brake and gearlever to give a move comfortable ride and give more clearance between the steering wheel and gear lever .The Body is bonded onto a Steel tubular sub frame that improves safety and increase torsion rigidity of the vehicle .
Technical Information (Beetle Based)
| Chassis | VW Based |
| Bodywork | ISO Fibreglass Panels |
| Suspension Front | VW Suspension |
| Suspension Rear | VW Rear |
| Brakes | |
| Dampers | Quantum |
| Engine Location | Mid, Longitudinally Mounted (8 Valve VW Motor Optional) |
| Aspiration | Naturally Aspirated |
| Cooling | Air Cooled (8 Valve VW Motor Watercooled Optional) |
| Gearbox | Beetle Box |
| Drive | Rear Wheel Drive |
The Porsche 356 was a sports car produced from 1948 through 1965. It was Porsche’s first production automobile. The first Porsche 356 was debuted on June 8, 1948, using many Volkswagen parts for manufacturing economy. However, Porsche quickly refined the car with a focus on performance, so that by the late 50’s few parts were shared in common between the two marques and it became the Swiss watch of automotive design.
The 356 has always been quite popular with the motor press, and in 2004 Sports Car International ranked the 356C tenth on their list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s
WHY CHOOSE A UNIVERSAL 356 REPLICA?
Every Effort has been taken to replicate the quality and finish of the Original Speedster. The Universal 356 Replica is based on a shortened VW Beetle Floor pan. We also move the hand brake and gearlever to give a move comfortable ride and give more clearance between the steering wheel and gear lever .The Body is bonded onto a Steel tubular sub frame that improves safety and increase torsion rigidity of the vehicle . We are also the only manufacturer in south africa to insert side impact bars into the doors and a front impact bars in order to improve safety during impact.
Technical Information (Beetle Based)
| Chassis | VW Based |
| Bodywork | ISO Fibreglass Panels |
| Suspension Front | VW Suspension |
| Suspension Rear | VW Rear |
| Brakes | Disc or Drum |
| Dampers | Gabrial |
| Engine | VW Air Cooled Engine |
| Engine Location | Mid, Longitudinally Mounted |
| Aspiration | Naturally Aspirated |
| Cooling | Air Cooled |
| Gearbox | Beetle Box |
| Drive | Rear Wheel Drive |
Technical Information (Beetle Based Water Cooled)
| Chassis | VW Based |
| Bodywork | ISO Fibreglass Panels |
| Suspension Front | VW Suspension |
| Suspension Rear | VW Rear |
| Brakes | Disc or Drum |
| Dampers | Gabrial |
| Engine | VW Water Cooled 8 Valve Engine |
| Engine Location | Mid, Longitudinally Mounted |
| Aspiration | Naturally Aspirated |
| Cooling | Water Cooled |
| Gearbox | Beetle Box |
| Drive | Rear Wheel Drive |
The 550 History
Inspired by the Porsche 356 which was created by Ferry Porsche, and some spyder prototypes built and raced by Walter Glöckler starting in 1951, the factory decided to build a car designed for use in auto racing.
The Porsche 550 Spyder became an active participant around the European and US championship circuit between 1953 and as late as 1965 starting in over 370 races. With approximately 95 overall wins along with an additional 75 class wins, the Spyder dominated against more powerful cars not even in its class.
Perhaps the most famous of the first 90 Porsche 550’s built was James Dean’s “Little Bastard” numbered 130 As Dean was finishing up Giant’s filming in September, 1955, he suddenly traded in his 356 Porsche Super Speedster at Competition Motors for a new 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder on September 21st
The 550 Replica
Our 550 replica took over a year to complete prior to going into production. From the start of the project the idea “to keep it simple” was strictly followed yet to try and maintain the original cars feel and sporting heritage
The 550 recreation is a tubular chassis with a mid mounted air cooled engine folloing the footsteps of the original vehicle
Technical Information (Beetle Based)
| Chassis | Tubular Steel Chassis |
| Bodywork | ISO Fibreglass Panels |
| Suspension – Front | VW Suspensions |
| Suspension – Rear | Independent Rear With Coil Cover Springs |
| Brakes | Drum Brakes Front and Rear |
| Dampers | Quantum |
| Engine | VW Air Cooled Engine |
| Engine Location | Mid, Longitudinally Mounted |
| Aspiration | Naturally Aspirated |
| Cooling | Air Cooled |
| Gearbox | Beetle Box |
| Drive | Rear Wheel Drive |
Surely there has never been a more beautiful car than the Lola T70 coupe? Eric Broadley masterminded this spectacular racer in 1969 even though the car is over 40 years old it still maintains a presence that even today’s world’s top car designers are still struck by its beauty
WHY CHOOSE A DAW T70 MK IIIB?
The DAW T70 MK IIIB is manufactured in South Africa to world class standards with both the chassis and bodywork manufactured in-house in order to improve quality and parts delivery. The chassis is multi-tubed triangulated steel space frame design which is powder coated black and clad in aluminum which is CNC cut and bent. The chassis is designed to accept both the Chevy V8 is the most common engine for the T70 MK IIIB and Ford V8
We offer both race and road versions. the race chassis is lighter and consists of rose jointed suspension whereas the road version has rubber suspension in order to produce a softer ride. All the suspension is nickel plated.
The bodywork is built from composite reinforced moulded fibreglass which is hand laminated we offer two different weights of bodyworks depending on the usage (road or race)
Currently we offer two different type of gearbox options the firstly being the tried and tested Getrag O16 gearbox which had being upgraded with Porsche 944 internals and the Porsche G50 long tail transmission
Technical Information
| Chassis | Fully triangulated spaceframe |
| Bodywork | ISO fibreglass panels |
| Suspension Front | Nickel plated upper and lower wishbosnes |
| Suspension Rear | Nickel plated lower Wishbones and upper reverse links |
| Brakes | Willwood 4-pot calipers with 12″ ventilated discs all round |
| Dampers | Quantum / Penske |
| Fuel Tank | Custom made aviation bag tanks |
| Guages | VDO or Smith gauges |
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| DRIVETRAIN | |
| Engine | 350 Chevrolet 90º V 8 |
| Engine Location | Mid, longitudinally mounted |
| Displacement | 5 liter / 358.9 cu in |
| Valvetrain | 2 valves / cylinder, OHV |
| Aspiration | Weber 48 IDA , Weber Cross flow IDE or holly Carbs |
| Cooling | Custom Made Alloy Radiator with twin fans |
| Gearbox | 5 speed Audi Casing with Porsche internals or Porsche G50 |
| Drive | Rear wheel drive |
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| Weight | 900kg |
| Weight Distribution | 49.5% front 50.5% rear |
WHY CHOOSE A DAW T70 MK II SPYDER
The DAW T70 MK II is manufactured in South Africa to world class standards with both the chassis and bodywork manufactured in-house in order to improve quality and parts delivery. The chassis is multi-tubed triangulated steel space frame design which is powder coated black and clad in aluminum which is CNC cut and bent. The chassis is designed to accept both the Chevy V8 is the most common engine for the T70 MK IIIB and Ford V8
We offer both race and road versions. the race chassis is lighter and consists of rose jointed suspension whereas the road version has rubber suspension in order to produce a softer ride. All the suspension is nickel plated.
The bodywork is built from composite reinforced moulded fibreglass which is hand laminated we offer two different weights of bodyworks depending on the usage (road or race)
Currently we offer two different type of gearbox options the firstly being the tried and tested Getrag O16 gearbox which had being upgraded with Porsche 944 internals and the Porsche G50 long tail transmission.
| Chassis | Fully Triangulated Spaceframe |
| Bodywork | ISO Fibreglass Panels |
| Suspension – Front | Nickel Plated Upper & Lower Wishbones |
| Suspension – Rear | Nickel Plated Lower Wishbones and Upper Reverse Links |
| Brakes | Willwood 4-Pot Calipers with 12″ Ventilated Discs All Round |
| Dampers | Quantum / Penske |
| Fuel Tank | Custom Made Aviation Bag Tanks |
| Guages | VDO or Smith Guages |
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| DRIVETRAIN | |
| Engine | 350 Chevrolet 90º V8 |
| Engine Location | Mid, Longitudinally Mounted |
| Displacement | 5.0 Litre / 358.9 CU IN |
| Valvetrain | 2 Valves / Cylinder, OHV |
| Aspiration | Weber 48 IDA, Weber Cross Flow IDE or Holly Carbs |
| Cooling | Custom Made Alloy Radiator with Twin Fans |
| Gearbox | 5 Speed Audi Casing with Porsche Internals or Porsche G50 |
| Drive | Rear Wheel Drive |
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| Weight | 900Kg |
| Weight Distribution | 49.5% Front, 50.5% Rear |
The history of the JEEP CJ7
The Jeep CJ models are both a series and a range of small, open-bodied off-road vehicles and compact pickup trucks, built and sold by several successive incarnations of the Jeep automobile marque from 1945 to 1986. The 1945 Willys Jeep was the world’s first mass-produced civilian four-wheel drive car.
In 1944, Willys-Overland, one of the two main manufacturers of the World War II military Jeep, built the first prototypes for a commercial version – the CJ, short for “civilian Jeep”.[2] From then on, all CJ Jeeps consistently had a separate body and frame, rigid live axles with leaf springs both front and rear, a tapering nose design with flared fenders, and a fold-flat windshield, and could be driven without doors. Also, with few exceptions, they had part-time four-wheel drive systems, with the choice of high and low gearing, and open bodies with removable hard or soft tops.
The Universal CJ7
Our CJ7 was developed to fit any 4×2 or 4×4 bakkie. The TUB is manufactured from GMP resin and has a steel mounting frame in order for it to be easily adapted to fit a wide range of donor vehicles. We currently do not manufacture complete vehicles due to the wide range of donor vehicles the body can attach to.
Technical Information
| Chassis | 4×2 of 4×4 Pickup Donar (Bakkie) | |||||||||
| Bodywork | ISO Fibreglass Panels | |||||||||
| Suspension Front | As per Donar | |||||||||
| Suspension Rear | As per Donar | |||||||||
| Brakes | As per Donar | |||||||||
| Dampers | As per Donar | |||||||||
| Engine | As per Donar | |||||||||
| Engine Location | As per Donar | |||||||||
| Aspiration | As per Donar Cooling | |||||||||
| Gearbox | As per Donar | |||||||||
| Drive | Rear Wheel Drive or All Wheel Drive |