A turn-key piece of motoring history
Donor
Supply of all the donor components, reconditioned to a factory standard
Chassis
Our team build your VW chassis in house. We use all new suspension and brake components
Drive Train
A new Type-1 engine and rebuilt gearbox to Chesil specification are fitted to your chassis
Body
The market leading Speedster body, with concourse quality paint and exterior trim
Interior
Tailored interior upholstery of your choice, completed by our in house trim shop,
Speedster
Your car will come completed, with a historic registration, IVA'd and ready to drive away
Donor components
We will source a correct era VW Beetle with a valid DVLA identity. It will be stripped and all the necessary donor components will be factory reconditioned. The chassis will be shot blasted, shortened and reconditioned before being painted with black chassis paint. All necessary modifications that are required to make the donor components bolt directly to the Chesil Speedster body will be made.
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Fully reconditioned and modified Volkswagen chassis with a historic DVLA identity Standard
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IRS rear suspension for improved handling Standard
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Shot blasted and painted in black chassis paint Standard
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New floor pans and head stock Standard
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Ready to accept new suspension, brakes and wheels to build into a rolling chassis Standard
Factory Build - £64,995
plus options
Chassis components and upgrades
All new suspension components, brakes, wheels, tyres, fastenings and cables are fitted to your donor chassis by our engineers. This ensures your Chesil Heritage-Speedster has the very best underpinnings available.
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Chesil T1 Chassis, shortened and reconditioned with IRS suspension Standard
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Steel '356' wheels with chrome caps Standard
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LHD or RHD Standard
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Toyo 175/70 R15 tyres Standard
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Fuchs style alloy wheels £1,980
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Toyo 175/70 R15 white wall tyres £195
Drive train and upgrades
There are two engine options. Both are built brand new to our specification. The gearboxes are fully reconditioned and built to our own high ratio specification. This makes sure that you will get the very best performance and fuel consumption from your Heritage-Speedster
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New Chesil 1,641cc T1 engine - 75 BHP Standard
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New Chesil 1,771cc T1 engine - 90 BHP £2,250
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Chesil high ratio rebuilt gearbox Standard
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Standard exhaust with heat exchangers Standard
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Engine and gearbox oil pack Standard
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Stainless steel exhaust system £795
Interior and upgrades
A tailor made interior, built in-house by our specialist trim department. Choose from our extensive range of leather, carpets seats, gauges and in-car entertainment. Each factory built Heritage-Speedster is a 'one of one' build to your taste.
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Leather interior (seats, door cards and dash top) Standard
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Square weave carpet Standard
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Tailored over mats £145
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Classic bucket seats Standard
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Slotted bucket seats £225
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Heated seats £345
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'Ivory' gauge pack £145
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Dash clock £195
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Classic look stereo and speakers £695
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Dual USB charger £145
Body shell and upgrades
The Chesil-Speedster is world renowned for being one of the most accurate and best quality 356-Speedster shells. The glass fiber bodies are supplied prepared and painted to your taste, with bumpers, bright work, glass, switch gear and electrics.
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Painted, Chesil Speedster body shell and glass Standard
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Metallic paint £495
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Pearl paint £895
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Coloured hood £195
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Hood bag £295
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Chrome pack £210
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Leather bonnet straps £245
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Headlight grills £195
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Fog lamp kit £1245
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LED lamp kit £395
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Traditional badge kit £245
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Heated screen (IVA requirement with sports exhaust) £245
You can book a test drive quickly online by using our booking calendar.