Nice buy. But early Porsches went begging too. That's why Hoffman Motors (The importer) formulated the Speedster version to get those unsold cabriolets moving with a new dash, top and windshield scheme. Excess production, they called the weekend racer, now the most valuable style.

Nevertheless, the Funky Body Kit you refer to was revolutionary. It was the first truly aggressively styled vehicle, period. Everything else with flaring wheel arches has come after it (I've discussed this with Bill Porter, the GM designer of the Flame Red Car, aka Toronado). It still does not look dated, as stated in the Wall Street Journal article. (And that's true for bath tub Porsches as well, they have never looked old fashioned.) VX 02 was the first open top off roadster (kinda Porsche speedster like chopped windshield etc.) and now the Evoque apes the VX02. You have to give Simon Cox and ITAL designs credit... and not a footnotes worth, either. That's why Motor Trend has pronounced the VX a future classic and for good reason, too.