2013 Speedster-palooza

Working on a Fritz Chardonnay 2010. Not so bad.

 

Think I might still have a bottle of SOC Speedsters from Carlisle somewhere. I think it's very old....

Speedster-palooza ...Weather will be perfect for cruising !

 

Best to arrive around 9:00AM for coffee etc. as we head out at 10 sharp to arrive at the Winery a little after 1:00pm

 

Directions to our home are in the above post

 

Have a safe trip out to the Merklin Casa !

 

C- ya soon ! ... Alan & Connie

 

Confirmed, Alan. Flat-towing this year cuz nearing the end of our engine's service life.

Alan

 

I'm coming with my new ride

 

Lew

Lew, that's great ...will you have a right seater too ?

I have been out of touch a while, but just to say I will be coming tomorrow  arrive Chambersberg 9:00-ish.  i have been all summer rebuilding carbs, refitting fuel lines and trying to get the engine to run right.  Had fire in the beast for first time in a while yesterday.  Should be good to go.  Last minute fix-ups, clean-ups this PM and I'll be down the road.

Alan,

A little change - Lois not coming - will be to cold - My friend Terry or my son Caleb riding shotgun. Most likely flat towing - new ( to me ) slightly tested tranny, clutch etc. so lacking a bit of faith in the short term, but most likely it will work fine.

Looking forward to it

Kelly ... Best to edit the text  

 

"Had fire in the beast for first time in a while yesterday"  bad omen :~)

 

Should be  just right weather for cruise n !

I really should not go public w/ the details, as they are too embarrassing, but let's just say that the work involved new fuel lines, and I wanted to flush them out a little before "going live" w/ the carbs, and so some fuel was run through the lines.  There was gas in the engine compartment.  There was a loose B+ wire.  The kill switch was in the On position.  In retrospect, I am lucky to be alive . . .

 

Only fire recently in the beast has been contained in a well synchronized way to the four cylinders, thankfully.

 

 

Kelly

Really Kelly!!!!   What are your fellow "Rocket Scientists" going to think????    Don't feel tooo bad, I lost an oil cooler line sitting in the garage idling....Messy as hell....  I'm just sayn'...

 

OK so it's your first LEFT onto Wilhelm..SO, when you DO turn around it will be on your Right .....

Thank you Connie and Al for another great day!

 

Great people, great roads and a wonderful venue. Really enjoyed the winery and the music.

 

And thanks for all the nice comments about my '65 Plymouth ragtop...all 3,325 pounds of her.

 

Reminded me of the old days, with the SCCA guys and their Yer-O-Pee-Yan sports cars mixing it up with the roundy-round stock-car boys and their A-Mer-I-Kun steel land yachts. ;-)

Thanks again, Alan and Connie, A swell run. Big ups on the winery too.

Let me echo everyone's comments on the Pallooza run, Alan & Connie did a wonderful job with the food, venue, and the run itself. Also to Syl & Maggie for the wine glasses to remember the event. We'll return to the winery again on our own for more "Red Rebel" and "Tears of Gettysburg".

Sorry I missed this Alan.  Hope to meet you guys at the Vintage German Swap meet at Roundtop. 

 

While on vacation last week in NC I had a slight Speedster sighting. It was on the cover of the July 2013 New Yorker

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

Had the S 10 packed with excess VW stuff for Round Top Flea Market..... it is forcast to downpour shortly so I won't be there ...VERY glad we scheduled the Palooza for last week though!

You can say that again! The Speedster Gods were with us!!  

 

~WB

Here is another New Yorker cover which should appeal to LA speedster owners...

 

or not!

PhotoShoped a proper speedster.

 

COOL! 

Jim Chichi and I went to the Ski Roundtop swap meet from about 9 to 13:00 hours no rain. Was able to pick up several pieces that I needed/wanted for my 912 at decent prices, of course along with several 1/43rd Porsche models that I didn't have. I have got to stop collecting them and realize you can never collect them all.

 

Chuck

I also went up north to the Roundtop Swap.  I chickened out of binging my Speedster because of the cast. Got there after 2hrs+ from NVA and no rain in either direction until I got back home to Oakton at 3:00. 

 

I did pick up a T shirt $10,from a real nice guy and his wife (didn't their names), two mondo 6 ton ACDelco adjustable jack stands $10 (yeah I know I can hold up a light tank but hey for $10 bucks how could I loose)and a Special Edition (not a Beck)'Maisto Porsche No. 1 Typ 356 1:18 scale model $5. 

 

I was kinda bummed that by 12ish most folks were packing up.  I didn't get a chance to meet anyone or see all.  I saw one other Speedster when I first arrive but it was gone before I could check it out and meet the owner I think it was a gray/blue/greenish color I did meet one guy from PA with a red outlaw.

 

Pete

Pete - nice score on the goods! Always fun to look-see at swap meets! 

I made it to round top with my red CMC. It's about a 10 to 15 mile run for me. There was another red flared version there  along with a nice original tub.
I ran into Chuck from Palmyra and Dave from Camp Hill. All in all the show was a little smaller than I expected.
I searched around and found some goodies too.  
It was a little windy but the rain  held out till later in the day.
        Dave

Here are some pics. I couldn't figure it out on my stupid smart phone.

The original tub & my goodies.$10 tee, $25 for the aluminum grille, $200 for lights, hope I didn't pay too much for the lights. 

          Dave