How do you make it rain in California?... buy a speedster.

LOL LOL   'DONT FROWN ON BROWN"!!!   HMMMM  I water mine with Guinness Its as green as Irland lol  .....   funny thing is you guys are getting our water  Thanks for protesting Ted!!   You need to put a sign up that reads " GIVE THE CENTRAL VALLEY IT'S WATER BACK, LOOK AT MY LAWN WE DONT NEED IT" lol lol   

 

Or AS Terry Nuckles Lawn care guide (Circa 1963) would suggest.. spray it with

 "LAWN GREEN KRYLON"  

 

tebs    

    It never fails...About the time my 'enthusiasm & energy' begins to slip into apathy somebody posts a photo of magnificent BLACK SPEEDSTER that recharges all my madness batteries!...Such as Ignacio's black VS, or his 'cousin in Samoa' sporting those magnificent wheels on his black speedster...and now Ted's smooth iconic example of a head turning/thumbs up black speedster!...I'm able to even overlook the dust on Wolfgang's, and am looking forward to when he rolls it out of his barn/garage into the Florida sunlight for us all to admire.

 

   Don't get me wrong. I don't disparage any speedster clothed in any color, but black pushes all my buttons!...An analogy would be the radiant image of a lady in a sultry black gown adorned with just the right, and tasteful, coordinates. She simply stands out from the crowd!    

 

        

So, funny story... When I first started looking I was dead sent against black. Not sure what happened

Now I can't imagine anything else.

I wanted Black. Many years ago, I had a Datsun 260z, Black.  To make a long story short, the CFO said no black.  Oh well the next one...Black.

 

Ted, your car, with your mirror finish, and  Thooose wheels !!! Good for you!!

 

Art

 

 

Carl, that's why it's called "the little black dress"

True story:

 

Pearl started out in Black Gel Coat.  Same interior and everything, just black with black-spoked Fuchs.  Looked a lot like Wild Bill's "Blackie".

 

Then, about the time I was getting her bodywork finished, the guy in the next office shows up for work in a new, '99 Audi in Pearlescent White.  That did it for me.

 

 

 

 

Quick, you eastern SOC'ers......

 

Where was this picture taken??

I know this may sound a little weird.  I am also a fan of black.  My car is Mercedes beige/gray.  I'm thinking about removing all trim pieces, essentially outlawing the car, painting it black but leaving some beige/gray gumballs to match the interior.  Would go nicely with a hard tonneau that I picked up.  My wife says the beige/gray color is the only thing she likes about the car.  Maybe just a beige/gray outlaw.  Hmm.  I need a bada$$ look to go with my car's new found power.

How can you not like black?  On the other hand daily washing comes with it, Griot's random orbital polisher needs to be used for swirl marks more often...   Ray

Phil, better not change the color or you may end up sleeping in the Speedster...LOL.

You could still 'outlaw' the beige-gray and paint on black roundels instead...then you'd both be sort of happy.

Yes I've thought about that too.  Does anyone now if Carey does fiberglass and paint?  Indiana is a lot closer than B.C.  Car is perfect mechanically.  Yes I know it needs a turbocharger...but besides that.

Carey most definitely does. They mold the Fiberglas on site in Indiana and have their own in-house body & paint shop.

> On Jul 7, 2015, at 10:46 AM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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Thanks Tom.  Sticking with beige/gray without gumballs probably the way to go.  Beige/gray hard tonneau with dark brown leather, though I have thought about painting the tonneau black.  My wheels are powdercoated black.  Thinking about black Outlaw script with black fog lights.  Semiblackification.  Oh.  My hardtop is black.

Carey also does classic Porsche restorations, so you know the paint work has to be good.

Because I live where bugs go to settle down and raise their little bug families. Bugs who don't live here get together and have little bug trade-shows and conferences here, and come to vacation from other places. Once they're here, they despair of living and feel the need to end it all all over the front of any vehicle driving more than 5 mph.

 

Also, we have a highway department dedicated to covering the earth under a thin belt of cinders. Years form now when archaeologists dig up Illinois, they'll find a 1/2" thick layer of cinders on top of crumbling asphalt. I'm pretty sure the DOT uses the entire yearly allocation for road upkeep on cinders. They spread them pretty much all winter, then make a half-hearted attempt to sweep them up in August or so. I've got a spare lot where the township pushes the snow from our cul-de-sac- every spring there is at least 6" of cinders in the ditch. I'm thinking of saving them for my own 1930s track and field stadium. 

 

I suppose the theory is that eventually they will deposit into the potholes, but we're a good application of tar away from the 'ol tar and chip asphalt roadway. I actually did this to fill a big hole in front of my driveway. I just took a broom out and swept the cinders into the hole, then got some blacktop sealant and dumped it over the whole mess. It was the only improvement (besides our daily application of cinders from December to May) that my street has ever received.

 

So yeah, black is cool, but not for me. 

Gordon, 

 

In front of the old Carlisle hotel - not sure what year.  

Close......In Carlisle, in front of the Ramada, just outside of the Portico and looking towards the big Truck Stop.  

 

I'm guessing around 2006 or 2007, photo taken by Nick Wolwolnia (deep blue IM from Toronto) and one of my favorite photos with my son.

Well, that was fun!

Borrowed Theron's welder and relocated the parking brake up under the dash this weekend.  Need to order a new carpet kit and a few springs, but it's almost done.

Learned to weld (*poorly*) and copied Chris's bell crank brackets from his outlaw. Used an original 356 handbrake and bell crank for the rest of it. Need to relocate the headlight harness and hook up some springs to take up the slack when the handle is at rest. I'm Impressed with how smoothly it works.



The carpet is pretty threadbare and trashed under the ebrake boot. I'll order a new kit from Henry.

Anybody need a black ebrake boot and a chrome ebrake handle?

Looking good Ted, hope it holds the car better than mine 

Thanks! I have 4 places to adjust the uptake of slack. I'm hopeful that I can make it work. Carpet kit is 4-6 weeks out. Gauges are 8-10 weeks out!!

Patience is a virtue.

Ted

Very cool, Ted! I had no idea you were planning on relocating your e brake.

I guess that puts the kabosh on drifting, eh?

Nice job on the E-brake fabrication, Ted!