There are quite a few guys out in California that are now working on making turnkey 3L type1's for a decent price. Hopefully we will see them soon.
Visited Eddie back in '06. He took me for a ride, and it didn't feel like an 11sec car. It did pull hard and steady through all 5 gears.
His next "upgrade" was to install carbon fiber doors on it.
Big wheels that were mentioned:
Video: had to sit on the passenger floor and hold on to the roll cage, as there was no seat installed on that side:
Pete