I'm soon to be a proud owner of a Beck Speedster/suby

@gg1 Nice Looking Speedster!! Enjoy

Congrats. Very nice car.

Very nice, @gg1!  I have fond memories of Tom's car.  Got a name you'd like us to use or should we just call you "gg"?

I always liked that car. I LOVE the exhaust in the bumperettes. I remember when he got the wheels(Vintage 190) and got them powdercoated black.

If he had another bay in his garage(or lived somewhere warmer) I'd bet it would still be his.

@Lane Anderson posted:

Very nice, @gg1!  I have fond memories of Tom's car.  Got a name you'd like us to use or should we just call you "gg"?

Thanks.  My name is Curt.

Thanks for the kind welcome.  

I see you're in Pittsburgh.  You should join us in Carlisle next weekend even if you haven't gotten your car yet.

Curt ..  Natalie what a well sorted speedster!  Come to Carlisle even if you have not received the car yet, good people to meet and lot of fun!

Just days until Carlisle weekend! Pick up the phone and call the Hotel @ 717 766 9006 . Select the option for the Sales Office, if Charity does not pick up please leave a message as she will.... call you back. Be sure to mention Speedster Owners Group.

There are 18 room reservations to date & we have extended the room block timeline to include you, at Courtyard by Marriot.  A free daily breakfast is Included with your room reservation and use of the hotel's Hospitality Room.

Current Reservations to date :
Andersen, Ascheman, Cuccureddu, Drake, Dowd, Erickson, Frazer, Greig, Holden, Kennedy, Luebbert, Merklin, Mossberg, Piperato, Schumacher, Stumpp, Thibodeau & Vickers .

To register a car for the Carlisle Showfield: https://bit.ly/3vBjtdE

Beautiful car. Congratulations. Getting a car that nice and not having to wait 2.5 years. That’s a real win win.

@Lane Anderson posted:

I see you're in Pittsburgh.  You should join us in Carlisle next weekend even if you haven't gotten your car yet.

I unfortunately work on Friday and Sunday.  I didn't plan for this.  I was thinking of driving out for the day on Saturday however.  I don't know if I will have my car yet.  It is about a 3 hours from my home, so pretty close for such an event.  I have been trying to get rid of my Friday shift, but so far no luck.  Carlisle sounds like a blast.  I went for Corvettes a very long time ago when I restored a '60 Corvette.  Huge event.

@550 Phil posted:

Beautiful car. Congratulations. Getting a car that nice and not having to wait 2.5 years. That’s a real win win.

It is honestly very close to what I would order, but I it even has things I wouldn't have ordered, but happy they are there.  Tom did a lot over his ownership.  I think I read every post of his. lol

@Alan Merklin posted:

Curt ..  Natalie what a well sorted speedster!  Come to Carlisle even if you have not received the car yet, good people to meet and lot of fun!

I might make it for Saturday.  See my reply above.  Thanks.

That car is a great score, Curt. We would love to see you next Saturday if you can make it. I know about work invasions though—same thing happened to me this year so I'll be on my laptop for part of Thursday and Friday.

Every winter Tom took the car back to the Beck folks for upgrades.  Then, in the spring he would take the train there and drive Natalie back home.  I had the pleasure of making the trip with him one time and riding back in Natalie.  It also gave me the chance to visit Beck and see their operation.

@Tom Blankinship

My brutha! Looks like your 'Natalie' found a very good home!

@Michael McKelvey posted:

Every winter Tom took the car back to the Beck folks for upgrades.  Then, in the spring he would take the train there and drive Natalie back home.  I had the pleasure of making the trip with him one time and riding back in Natalie.  It also gave me the chance to visit Beck and see their operation.

Beck is an amazing operation.  It was about 6 hour drive for me. Well worth the trip.

Very special interior.  Nice.

Great news, congrats and enjoy the ride.

@gg1, when were those pictures taken?  That blue Coupe near Natalie looks very similar to my car when it was being built, but for it to be mine the picture would be around 2 years old, so it's probably not.

@Lane Anderson posted:

@gg1, when were those pictures taken?  That blue Coupe near Natalie looks very similar to my car when it was being built, but for it to be mine the picture would be around 2 years old, so it's probably not.

I took the picture with the blue coupe last Friday.  

Definitely not mine, then.  You're going to love Tom's car.

@Lane Anderson posted:

Definitely not mine, then.  You're going to love Tom's car.

Yeah, I just spent some time talking to Tom on the phone today.  So lucky to get to talk to the person that owned it for so long and kept upgrading and tweaking the car.  I can't wait for it to get here, but it might be a while.  Was sort of hoping for this weekend to ride it to Carlisle, but that seems unlikely.