Back in November 2020, after lurking here for a few months, I pulled the trigger and sent in my deposit to Special Edition for a Beck Speedster Deluxe Pre-assembled body package. For the engine and gearbox, I went with Carey’s recommendations. Since I wanted to go Air cooled, I used Pat Downs performance for the engine and Rancho for the gearbox.
Engine: after a long discussion i with Pat, I elected to have him build a 2017cc type 1, 90.5 bore by 78 stroke. Dual Weber 44s with 32mm venturis, 1.5” exhaust with A1 sidewinder. It arrived in July of this year.
Gearbox: Rancho built me a Pro-street IRS with 3.88 R&P.
So, I have the engine and gearbox, just waiting on the car. After a lot of back and forth regarding the color, with multiple emails to Carey Hines changing the color again and again, I settled on Porsche Aquamarine Metallic. I paid a visit to Carey and his team earlier this month to see their facility and finalize things. My car had just been painted:
They have done an amazing job. Very impressive operation. Needless to say I’m very excited! It will have a dark blue top with a light tan interior liner. Interior is “bamboo” (light tan) with “oatmeal” carpeting. Also going for the Nardi steering wheel. It should be nice. Once the car arrives here in Charleston, SC, I will track the final assembly process here on SOC. Having met Lane Anderson here at the local cars and coffee, I will take him up on his offer to assist. It should be fun. I really appreciate the great support and advice I have received from everyone on this site.