Chamonix Super 90 in the US ?

Hello to all,

I am a newbie and I apologize if I ask a question that has already been asked but I was checking Chamonix website and I saw that in their product line, they have a super 90...

http://www.chamonixcars.com.br/produto_super90_html_en.asp

Does anybody know if Special Edition plans to distribute this kit in the US? It is currently not listed on SE website as one of the kits they sell.

Thank you.

Benoit
Little Rock, AR (don't laugh... it ain't that bad)

Why not get the information right from the source. Send Carey an email at carey@beckspeedster.com

replace the word AT with the "at" sign found by pressing "shift 2"

Kind of a long story, but the car is not really in production anymore. We've built a total of 3 in the last few years. 2 were done a year or so ago as cost studies, in which we realized that the cost to produce the car was WAY above where we were comfortable being, and a 3rd is in production now for someone who HAD to have it, and wouldn't take "no" for an answer... (and also didn't care about price tag)

If the dollar regains some strength we will reconsider production, but it is headed the wrong way at the moment.

I have a mailing list/waiting list that you can be added to by sending me an e-mail.

Carey.... Do you have any finished pictures?.....That car looks like a strong contender in the US market....Thanks, Michael

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/57_speedster/super90fn3.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/57_speedster/super90fn2.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/57_speedster/super90fn.jpg

Thank you very much for the explanation, Carey. I will email you.

The car looks fantastic on the pictures. Let's hope for a stronger dollar in the future...

Benoit

What years was the Super 90s originally built?


Marty

AYe carumba... put me down for the waiting list. what is the powerplant?

Well, I am totally confused, as usual. But before we get into that, let me second the emotion: this car looks very very good. Sort of a "D", with a difference, I'd guess. Now the confusion: Was there ever a real Super 90 Speedster? My admitedly incomplete knowledge of P-car lore says there was the Speester, the Convertible D and the Cabriolet in the rag-tops. Is this car shown here a true replica of an old car, or a very interesting, and totally awesome recreation, capturing the best of several issues? I owned a '61 Super 90 Coupe one time, and the front of this car reminds me a lot of that car. To answer the other question, the S90 mill was (duh!) 90 hp. It was a 1600, w/ dual dual throat Solexes (32 PII??), large valves in a larger head, sodium filled on the exhaust side, special alloy barrels/fins, Nichrome lined w/ oil dimples, and basically the racing engine of the day, setting aside the OH cam Carrera. Does the Super 90 label on this rascal indicate a real S90 engine inside? And why would it be so expensive to build, relative to what is already going on??

And is the SUPER 90 gold emblem inside on the dash a true piece? Might like to have one of those, vs. the 1600 SUPER tag now on the back of my Speedster. Would take away from my "traditional" look a little, but would remind me of the good old days in my rockin' S90 Coupe and would be closer to the truth wrt what is really inside my Speedster. Maybe . . .

Look closely. It's a cabriolet replica, not a speedster or a D. It's a "C" body replica, if my eyes don't deceive me.

Speedsters were "A" bodies. They had removable windshield frames, stripped down interiors, and "emergency" tops (with side curtains). The cabriolets all ("A"-"C") had wind-up windows, and windshields that were part of the body, and cushier seats and better tops.

The speedster was meant to be a stripped down boy-racer version of the 356 meant to compete with lower priced British cars in the American market. The "D" was the speedster replacement in '59 only, and the "Roadster" was the "D" replacement in the "B" body.

356's actually varied quite a bit "A" to "C", and their target customers varied quite a bit as well, according to body style.

..... sort of like the replica market today.

Powerplant and chassis are the same as our speedster; tube frame and aircooled.

Stan is correct, it is a replica of the '64 356C Cabriolet. The molds are from the ENVEMO cars. My father was a part of that project in the 80's. The molds were sold off and bounced through a few hands before we reacquired them in the early 90's.

The S-90 badge is available at Stoddard and the like. The one on the dash is out of place IIRC.

I have always wanted to expand our product line with this car, as well as the '64 C coupe, but the conditions just haven't been there... yet. Maybe someday.

Txs to all for more "history" lessons.

Carey, we swapped emails on the Super 90 a few months back... Beautiful car! If a nice original 356C Cab sells for at least $75k, it seems to me there would be a viable market for a replica in the $40k range??? Hope the economics gets favorable soon! There are a lot of us out there that would belly up to have a more reasonable daily driver model like the Cabriolet...

Stan Galat wrote: "The speedster was meant to be a stripped down boy-racer version of the 356 meant to compete with lower priced British cars in the American market."

I drive a Speedster, therefore I must be a "boy-racer".

Boy racer.....

hmmmmmmmmm............

Makes me feel a lot younger than my 57 years......especially when I blow the hubcaps off of a V8 around Beaufort.

Boy Racer.......I LIKE that!!

Thanks, Stan!!

(typed while Kathy is saying in the background "WILL you grow up!!"

When you grow up that means we'll have to grow up too...what fun is that? I still drive go carts like it's a do or die race, Kim won't even go on the same track as me anymore :) May there always be a good amount if kid left in all of us~ Alan

Yeah, but you would still lose in a Go-Kart race to "Hot Foot Norma" Stumpp.......

Gordon, was that meant to read:
"... especially when I blow the hubcaps off of a VWs around Beaufort." ... ?
Heh, heh.

Well, there IS this guy who showed up at the recent Port Royal Oktoberfest car show.....

'62 VW sedan, nicely finished with a 2332 set up for the Drags.....

Lightened everything, no fan shroud, BIG slicks on the rear....

Lots of time slips showing upper 11's at 120 mph or so.......

Him I might have some trouble with. Oh yeah, Lots of trouble!!

gordon, how about hosting a tech day for us SC and other guys in the big B? and then a tour of the hollywood of the east. Next week I know that you are heading down to Dayton, how about the saturday the 10th of november?

Ooooooooo!!!! Sounds like fun.

Alan and Gordon,

Speaking of "Hotfoot", you guys need to lose a little shut eye at Carlisle this year and join us Saturday night at the go karts.

End of thread hi-jack.

Carey,

Nice car!!!

ECB