eye candy 1/21/17

Beautiful car, Will, but I thought Carreras didn't have any side or rocker trim, the bumper trim was just an aluminum strip and there were no overriders (towel bars) or uprights. Al

PS- shows you what I know...

Al, I think you're thinking of the GT's?

 Will 

Looks awesome! Don't forget - there is eye candy under the hood too

Ahhh, thank you Will! So, correct me if I'm wrong- Carreras came in GS and GT models, and that's a GS pictured? 

And you're right, Brian; although the car looks great, the eye candy is under the hood!

Here's the engine in the Carrera above      (as usual, click for supersize)

and here's a Carrera GT, sorry Al, that the image is so small

and here's an interesting write-up on the GT above:

http://www.janluehn.com/cars/1...rrera-speedster-gsgt

Will Hesch posted:

 

It think 9/10 of why 4-cam pictures make me weak in the knees is because of what they meant in 195X. OHC engines were exotic forerunners to everything that has come since. Pretty amazing but of 60 year-old kit.

Stan, admit it, you like the dual distributors...

Will Hesch posted:

Stan, admit it, you like the dual distributors...

Busted.

Thanks for the info, Will. I forgot about the whole GS/GT thing. 

And who doesn't like dual distributors???

For those who didn't read the link above, a Carrera GS is the "street" model, the GT is for racing and some years had aluminum doors and louvered aluminum engine hoods

Had an up-close and personal look at a four-cam in Seattle once.  Not exactly his daily driver, but not just a show car either.  Yeah, weak knees.  This is what you get when you tell the genius who designs your engines to do whatever he thinks would be fun.

Will Hesch posted:

For those who didn't read the link above, a Carrera GS is the "street" model, the GT is for racing and some years had aluminum doors and louvered aluminum engine hoods, 10% more horsepower than the GS, 550RS front brakes,  and no superfluous side, rocker or bumper trim

fixed it for ya (see, I did learn something today)...

Thanks again, Will. Al

Will Hesch posted:

Here's the engine in the Carrera above      (as usual, click for supersize)

 

Ain't that pretty...that really is the nicest looking factory Speedster engine.

And I bow in subjugation to Al's encyclopedic knowledge...

It was all in the link that Will provided, Bob.

And that 4 cammer in the Speedster is gorgeous isn't it? Does anybody know why some came with the distributors off the heads and other off a drive on the crankshaft?

VS could build you two identical looking cars for the cost of those Rudge wheels alone. Last restored set I saw had an asking price of $75,000. The cam driven distributors were on early engines...