Equipment
Chrome wheels, leather covered steering wheel, bumper overriders. 912 engine, four wheel disc brakes. Carefully restored and updated. Cosmetically and mechanically this Speedster is better than new, its just that with the later (and more powerful) 90hp 912 engine and disc brakes its presentation isnt like new.
Market commentary
The upgrades do, however, make this a much more enjoyable and safer driver. Its configuration poses an intriguing question. Assuming the original engine was blown up and the hulk in a parlous state (which details suggest it was) is restoring it with a stronger and more reliable engine and brakes that actually stop it the way present day drivers have come to expect any less appropriate that trying to bring it back to its 1957 configuration The answer reasonably is no, it isnt and apparently at least one bidder at the Jet Center thought so, too. This is a reasonable deal for both the buyer and the seller.