1957 CMC Widebody in South Carolina

Will he sell the old top? I need one to cut up and reshape...

I've never seen that car running around here.  Wanna PM his name to me?  I might know him from C&C or the loacal VW club.

Duh!  Never mind.  I see his name now.

Looks a bit like a Speedster, seems a decent price.

It IS a decent price.  Chris has always kept it garaged since he bought it, and unlike many of the people in the Beaufort car club, he actually works for a living as a software guy, working out of his house.   Because of seemingly constant project commitments at work, and the extreme heat of the summer there (as Lane has often reported) he doesn't get much of a chance to drive it so his wife wants the garage space freed up.  Like most of those we see with low mileage, he has a lot more into the car than he'll be getting out, but since he doesn't drive it much he's selling it.

Of the handful of Speedsters that used to live in Beaufort, this is one of only two left, the others have all been sold or moved (One sold on here when I sponsored it last year).  

If you're interested, please contact Chris at the email or phone up above and see what you can hammer out for a price.   I may have been a little tough on the writ-up above, as the car looks lovely both at a distance s well as close up and, with this low mileage, there is no wear on anything.

Again, I have no stake in this sale, but Chris is a friend and I'm helping him out.

Gordon

I have been asked by the owner to offer a reduced price of $16,000 for this car.

Contact Chris Huber at:

chuber56@gmail.com

(843) 838-3484

OK, so it's not moving at $16K.

We're reducing the asking price for this Speedster to $15K and listing it on eBay on Monday where I'm sure it will sell for a higher price.  If you want a well-sorted wide-bodied Speedster with about 1,000 miles on the clock, you better act quickly.

Contact Chris Huber at:

chuber56@gmail.com

(843) 838-3484

Quick update:  Chris asked me to reduce the listing to $14,500 and it's still going to eBay on Monday.  If any of you are looking for a really decent Speedster needing little to get to "great" condition, you better call Chris now.

Looks like a good deal, Gordon, if he can find someone who is looking.  I'm sure it will sell on Ebay.

OK, folks, Chris has been advertising this through me exclusively on here and it has not sold.  This is a GREAT car for the last posted price of $14,500, but I guess it's not attractive enough for a pro-built, CMC.

To that end, Chris is lowering the price to $12,000 AND will be listing it on eBay later this week.  I'm sure it will go for more money on eBay, so this is your last chance to get a great car for very short money.  Read this thread through and I'm sure you'll agree that this is a LOT of Speedster for the price.

Contact Chris Huber at:

chuber56@gmail.com

 (843) 838-3484

I realize that this isn't one of Troy's Outlaw Creations or a Merklin Masterpiece but why is it some used Speedsters sell for $30K or more and others, like this one, won't sell at half that price? If a fella was looking to get into the hobby this one wouldn't set him back much, leaves plenty of meat on the bone to make personal changes, and if he didn't like the hobby he could get out of it and not lose his shirt.

Go figure.

Nice deal for someone on East coast looking to get initiated into the MADNESS!

Just can't decide if I like the roll bars (aka mouse trap). 

Buy it.

I'll help you change them.

Boothy posted:

Just can't decide if I like the roll bars (aka mouse trap). 

If you were to build it with support from below and actually make it functional-

Gordon Nichols posted:

OK, folks, Chris has been advertising this through me exclusively on here and it has not sold.  This is a GREAT car for the last posted price of $14,500, but I guess it's not attractive enough for a pro-built, CMC.

To that end, Chris is lowering the price to $12,000 AND will be listing it on eBay later this week.  I'm sure it will go for more money on eBay, so this is your last chance to get a great car for very short money.  Read this thread through and I'm sure you'll agree that this is a LOT of Speedster for the price.

Contact Chris Huber at:

chuber56@gmail.com

 (843) 838-3484

This is 07/08 pricing!

SOLD !!!

Chris Huber in South Carolina just agreed to sell his wide bodied replica to Carl Berry in Connecticut. 

Now Carl, as most of you probably suspect, is a mechanical dunce. But he does recognize a very, verrry good bargain mounted on four wheel disks with an IRS... and photogenically similar to his friend Jim Ignacio's sweet replica!!!   

Congrats, You've got good taste!

Carl that can be you FL car.  Once you get to SC you're 1/2 way here.  Kind of scary that Carl is referring to himself in 3rd person and the winter hasn't even set in yet in Conn!

Welcome to the Black Club

Yeah, believe it or not, under all of Pearl's beautiful white pearlescent paint lies a gel coat as black as a moonless night.  Can I be part of both clubs?  

Anyway, CARL!  CONGRATULATIONS!  Think of the possibilities - Go the MUSBJIM "No Worries" direction for a while and just enjoy it.  It's a nice little car and Chris' only issues were a jet clog (so he then rebuilt the webers and it ran great) and a weird CMC windshield glass (which he and I replaced) and the rest of the time it just ran well and got lots of looks at local car shows.

Later, if you want more, you can put your sleeping Suby into it or just go for that 901 five speed you have (since it's already IRS back there and the 901 practically drops in - OK, so I'll come down with Chris and we'll weld in the new nose mount for ya.  

Or just add a few Blingy bits to personalize it to be the east coast version of Jim's car - All ya gotta do is get the wheel spokes stripped and polished and pop on a rear rack and a pair of skis (no surfboards in Connecticut - you have no surf along your coast - maybe a nutmeg grinder, though) and you're on the way to old school blinginess.

And for those things that you might like added (and are included in the sale) you might negotiate with the good Dr. Clock to receive it when shipped north so he can do whatever you want done and then drive it home from there (you already know that part of the route, anyway....He's just left of Carlisle).  

This sounds like an exciting project in the making.  Have fun with it!

I noticed my old OEM CMC windshield is delaminating around the edges.  Was that the issue.  MUSBJIM's is a classic body - Carl already has a VS one of those!  Is a luggage rack with a Lobstah trap appropriate?  I hear the Frisbee was invented in CN.  Hawaii Bill has designation at DOS SPEEDIE so guess Carl is DOS SPEEDIE DOS? Or Zwie Schwartz?

Two Speedsters are better than one!

The issue with the windshield on both my car and Chris' was something akin to "watermarks" on one of the lamination layers within the windshield, such that you would see waves or flat bubbles when the light hit it right.  On both, these wavy/bubbles were seen all across the glass area, but particularly annoying in front of the driver.  Cured that with new windshields from Beck and they are gorgeous.  In fact, I believe I replaced the windshields on all five Speedsters in Beaufort when we lived there!  (I was on a roll one week    )

I was thinking, on the way home from seeing our grandson, that when I got to Beaufort there were 5 Speedsters and 1 Spyder in town.  I've helped sell the Spyder and three of the Speedsters and moved mine out of the state, leaving just one left, a black/black flared model with CMC Nerf bars and the usual CMC silver/gold rims (he is not a member, here, but "built" his own car).

That Spyder was a beast, bought by a Real Estate guy for his wife.  The car was black with a eye-popping red interior, a 2,260cc (?) Raby engine and a 5-speed - I think it was a Beck.  I drooled all over it when I first saw it and actually got to drive it once when it showed up at Tommy O'Briens repair shop and he asked me to help with a problem.  WICKED fast, super handling, all that stuff.   Apparently, after the first week or so of her getting her hair blown all around and the exhaust smell washing over the cockpit after stopping, she hated it (she was a Southern Cheerleader Chick - 'Nuff said).  I helped sell it to a guy I met at a Port Royal car show - I think he lives down near Savannah and runs a classy B&B in the Historic district, just up the street from Johnny Mercer's mansion.  It totally fit his personality.