This 1957 Volkswagen Beetle has been thoughtfully customized with special attention paid to performance and period-correct parts, many sourced from the Porsche 356 parts bin. An early 1500cc Porsche engine has been fitted, as have 356B finned brakes, and 356 steel wheels with Carrera spacers and long studs to fill out the fenders. This might be the best Beetle build we have ever seen. Find it here on eBay in San Francisco, California.

The medium blue finish was very nicely done by the previous owner, who took the car in more of a Cal-Look direction with polished Fuchs and a narrowed beam. The current seller has good taste in spades, and he deleted all the non-performing do-dads and gave the car some purpose. You don’t have to use Porsche parts to make a Bug look great and perform, but is sure doesn’t hurt!

The seller claims that $5k was spent on the custom upholstery by the previous owner, and it looks great. The white banjo steering wheel and shifter are nice touches against the body colored dashboard.

In place of the usual mill sits a tuned 1500cc 356 motor that likely produces about twice the power of the original. The twin sport exhaust looks perfect in flat black.

This car is considered a “Oldspeed” modification style, according to the seller. We’ve never heard of that, so we’d just call it done right. Everyone should own a bug once in their life, and if we owned this one we would probably never sell it.