At work. Very slow. My group sent me on a locum for a week to cover someone else's business and this shop is not near as busy as ours. Going through the IM site on prior builds and came across this outlaw conv D. It is very well done. Bumpers have even been moved closer to the car like an Emory. Of course I don't have an IM 6 and I can't do the fancy 5 x 130 wheels but I think a Mercedes beige grey outlaw conv D like this would look nice.
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I believe that one has been on here before, possibly even owned by a member. I can't think of the name, though. It really is a nice car.
Really nice!
Lane, have you any new design ideas for your coupe?
Not really. It's still a few months before they'd start work on it, so I am not working myself into a lather about it - or at least trying not to. Once I get going on the process I'm sure I'll lose sleep over decisions like wheels, deco strips or not, etc. Carey and I have had a few conversations, but I know his plate is full.
I'd be lathered up, blade sharp and ready to roll!!! Can't wait to see this come to light.
Ne neither.
And now back to our regularly schedule thread.
That's Rick Davis' car. He used to be a member here (10 years back). I've driven that car-- it's the nicest automobile I've ever piloted, bar none.
The bumpers aren't the coolest thing on the body (IMHO). Check out the re-radiused front wheelwells-- no more unsightly space behind the front wheels.
The engine... oh my. 2.7L 911 6, with PMOs. Unreal.
Henry also did some body modifications on that - I can't remember exactly what he did - but he modified it to look lower than what it really is. I think it was something to do with the rear wheel arch.
The bumpers have come to be known as 'Davis bumpers', as this was the first car to have them. I also had Henry put those bumpers on my car.
I had the pleasure of driving Rick's car a couple of years ago, when I was out in British Columbia on an IM Treffen event, deciding on my own IM6. He and his wife have put thousands of miles on that car travelling up and down the west coast. Rick had Henry do a special 'fresh air' supply system to the interior, to help prevent the windshield fogging up on wet days.
It's a great driving car.
Speaking of that car, the fresh air vent was quite a challenge and expense if I remember. Most of our cars are pretty closed up and have little fresh AIR coming from the front area without being very creative.
Vintage and all the A/C systems simply recirculate the air .... the ultimate car that I ever owned was an 87 535, I could have heat at the windshield, heat at the feet, and fresh outside air to the face via the dash vents...(fully adjustable amounts) Now try that with any modern car and you cannot do it.
To do it requires quite a ducting, cabling and spring closing trap door system, hence the expense and the fact that even the 356 coupes who need it even more don't have it to my knowledge. I thought of creating it for my latest IM but gave up the ghost. VIntage is a really good system and seems to work reasonably well as muvh as the windows being down 
Ray
