"...A Nice, Peppy Little Car..."

Like his cars

Jay Leno's Garage.  Not going to let the cat out of the bag but stay tuned!

Somewhere back in the dim, dark ages of the mid-1990's, as Pearl was slowly coming together (and I do mean, slowly....) I was given a bunch of copies of the PCA newsletter by someone who stopped by my shop.  In one of them was a car that the Emory boys had recently finished and it was, as they say around here, "wicked-awesome stunning".

THAT got me going on what I could do with Pearl, and the rest is history.  I wish, though, that I had the vision and talent that the Emory boys have......Still, I think that they might approve.

Yup.  If I ever do another car it will be an outlaw.  I might even get Henry or Carey to outlaw the car I have.  Really like the small Porsche badge on the hood.  Oh and the louvers.

Do you think the "real" outlaw owners would disapprove of the plastic outlaws?

Beautiful cars and when I win the lottery I'm getting one.

In one of our other threads is the constant talk of cooling etc.  If you notice at 1 minute 12 seconds into the video you can clearly see Emory has cut out the metal under the engine grill.  I'm going to assume that is for more efficient cooling and to allow for clearance of the upright fan shroud. 

Good idea, Phil.  I think Henry is doing a great job on my 'outlaw S6', if that's what you can call it.  I went for the small Intermeccanica badge on the hood, and the louvres.

I have no idea how the 'real' owners would feel, but I hope they would be able to somewhat appreciate the work that Henry does.

Emory also clearly states that, while these cars are 'air cooled', the oil does as much for cooling the engine, in fact, almost equally.  Hence, the need for good oil cooling, however you want to approach that.

Waiting for my Setrab to arrive on Thursday...that's how I'm approaching that! 

Thanks for the link, this was a great show off of the 356 and what Emory did, and I like the louvers below the rear window area and how they put an oil cooler behind one, it would be interesting to route the wind to the engine somehow or put radiators like a Boxter for an Subie there, but you would have to deal with potential large water issue.  Very nice. Ray 

My "Outlawing" started with the One-off Dune Buggy I built in 1967, then continued with my '30 Model A pickup "parts Truck" (with a 2.3L Pinto drive train), then my 1946 Ford Coupe (absolutely Bone-Stock on the outside, Full-Race Flathead under the hood (Stan would have loved that engine - bored out .300 over!), with a LaSalle 4-Speed) and finally, Pearl.  

The small hood emblem on mine is the stock 356 A badge.  I thought that was appropriate, and the hood handle to mount it to properly was stupid too much money so that got eliminated quickly.  Same for the side trim (even though I still have a complete set of genuine 356 side spears) and the bumpers and trim.  Thought shaving the door handles was too much, although a couple of Alan's cars with deleted handles have looked good (but which of Alan's creations hasn't looked good??).

I've always been in awe of those people who can "see" the finished result, even before picking up the first wrench (or saw!).  For me, it comes slowly, over lots of time, as an evolutionary process of doing this, then that, with the occasional epiphany creeping in.  

That's what makes this building stuff fun.

I remember my first outlawing.  As a small boy my friends and I would hit the trails on our bicycles.  We all had the banana seats and high rise handlebars.  We all wanted to go fast and jump high.  So I stripped all the weight I could off of that bike.  Fenders, chain guard and that dumb banana seat.  Stole the small seat off of my sister's 10 speed.  Don't really know if it went any faster or jumped any higher but it sure looked cool.

Oh BTW I like how Emory gave Chuck Beck some of the credit for development of the 4 cylinder 911 engine.  I remember seeing it on one of my trips to his shop in Cali back in the day.

Phil!

You should meet Dave Sims.  He just completed riding the entire route of the Tour de France on a banana-seat chopper bike.  He did the same thing as you and deleted the silly banana seat for a proper road saddle, but let me tell ya......This was one hell of an accomplishment, ESPECIALLY in the Alps:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk...nce-mountains-185788

One of the guys I ride with would do this - and make it look easy, like Dave did!

I remember my first outlaw...stole one of my little sisters metal skates. Separated the wheels. Nailed them front and back on a short piece of 2x4...my first skateboard. Do you know what happens when a metal skate wheel hits a small pebble?  Can you say face plant!

Troy Sloan in the X-Games.

Hey Troy, your post takes me back! I started a skateboard team in 1964, we were the Commies, rad name and my parents, and the parents of the other members hated the name, it was in the middle of the famous Cold War times.

My best trick was a 720 which I could do anytime I wanted-frontside. Backside I could do a 360, no jumping or flipping the board like nowdays.

Those hard, clay wheels gave me many a scab after contacting a small piece of gravel. Boy, the kids have it easy these days!

Will

That's the beauty of owning plastic cars; we don't care what they think!

Cool Will.  Where did you live in 1964?  I was in Huntington Beach, the mega center of skateboarding.  How many people can say they skateboarded on the on and off ramps of the 405 freeway to Beach blvd as it was being built...I did. My best trick was the handstand.  I don't try that one anymore!

I took woodshop in 1965 and we weren't allowed to build skateboards, so we built breadboards!  LOL  Sort of an outlaw even back then.

Sorry for the thread drift Mitch, but I know you don't mind.

Troy, we lived in S.L.O. (San Luis Obispo). Good times, hitch-hiking to Avila Beach with our 9' 6" longboards, making skateboards in woodshop, then came the Summer of Love and it all changed, not so innocent anymore!

Rode my first waves in 62' and use to moon the Amtrak  when we were surfing Tin Can Beach(Bolsa Chica)and munchin on a serving of "Strips" while skateboarding down Main St. Life was good.

You remember when the ONLY skate wheels we could afford were old METAL ones connected to those crappy kids skates? Then the "Caddy" wheels from actual skates from a rink? Then the Urathane wheels? We thought we'd died and went to Heaven! LoL You know your dated when you remember Surfers carving Redwood Boards on Malibu Beach!

Man...you guys are just reliving the dream we all had. When does Hobie Alter come into this ? Where was he then ?

What thread drift? This post is about outlaws.

David Stroud, I have a Hobie Hawk in good condition!

I remember, steel, clay, and urethane. Still have my first board!

I have a 10-0 Corky Carrol longboard built by Robert August in the mid 90's after the release of "Endless Summer 2" and the resurgence of longboard riding.

Just posted it on Craigslist and read this post and thought it was ironic.

Complete thread drift.