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The builders of the Wingho Spexter started with a 1981 Porsche 911SC Targa, removing almost all of the bodywork and cloaking it in new pieces made from Kevlar and fibreglass, and extending the nose while maintaining the 911’s wheelbase. The interior was similarly completely refitted with a fibreglass tub inspired by the 356. A “speedster” in the purest sense of the word, the Spexter wears a cut-down plastic windshield, with no A-pillars bracketing it—and don’t go looking for a roof, side windows, or any other kind of cover, either.
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The 911’s 3.2L flat-six engine and five-speed manual were retained, though some exhaust tweaks apparently raised the output to about 252 horsepower.
The project had been started in the mid-’80s, after sketches of Porsche’s own 911 Speedster had come out but before that car had been unveiled at the 1987 Frankfurt Auto Show. The Wingho Spexter dropped not long after, apparently stealing the show from the real deal, and winding up in all the buff books and, as mentioned above, on the cover of Motor Trend, alongside the headline “Porsche’s New Speedster?”
Deutschman has said that, during a visit to Porsche studios a few years after the Spexter came out, he got the impression the stylists there “had noticed the Spexter, but didn’t express any kind of obvious significant reaction.” When Porsche took the covers off of its all-new Boxster in 1993, though, the similar looks – not to mention the similar name – raised eyebrows, with many industry insiders suggesting the little convertible was directly inspired by the Canadian Wingho.
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