The flat cap is mandatory. The down-force it imparts is absolutely essential with an ass-backwards, rear-engined TD.
Hey Alan: If yours is VW-based Soob that sucker! We'll make the dang things fashionable yet!
Ed, embarrassing the 911 guys in the performance area is a major + for me, even the modern day ones. Plus, I get more looks than an actual Carrera GT! Which is weird, because a Carrera GT is very expensive, fast, and rare. You know, the modern day one with the V-10?
You can have the looks...I will take the Carrera....Oh Yea.... the Carrera !!!!
You betcha... every time, all the time...
If I had a Carrera I would drive it naked, so I could say " it is the most fun you can have...period.".
bart, you nailed it: "If I had a Carrera I would drive it naked, so I could say " it is the most fun you can have...period.".
And now back to Crosby's remark about the un-roadworthiness (?) of a real Speedster, 60 hp, and all of that. I will beg to differ. Now, I never had a real Speedster, but I did have a real 1956 A coupe. A normal, 1600 w/ two small Solexes. I drove that car as a daily driver for many years. Took if across country and back for a wonderful six-week sabbatical; drove it to from DC and Pittsburgh many times, often in driving snow -- nothing could stop it. It had no trouble running for long periods and long distances. There are many VW fellows w/ similar engines/trans, and likely even less hp, that were driven for 100's of thousands of miles. So I do not think the cars are inherently troublesome of frail, even at Interstate speeds. Now, if you wan to talk about creature comforts, cabin noise and so forth, well that is another story. That speaks to the frailty of the driver, however, not the car and its mechanicals.
As to the real Speedster on the '08 TotD run, it looks pretty good to me. and the engine bay is quite authentic. Could it be gussied up, and made to look shiny and neat? Of course, but what you see here is how they came.
LAST CALL for SOC participants to this event.
A couple of us are ready to buy our tickets and decide on Parking Pass and wonder if any other SOC members are interested in coming to Sebring?
A couple of us are planning on attending on Saturday Only (race day).
Please let us know as Parking Passes to P Car Corral and North Paddock go fast and the date is almost here. Thanks.
Tom L.