IM Super Wide Body Speedster 3.6ltr

Nice.  It has the bee hives, it just needs a louvered deck lid.

Wow, Wow and Wow.  We need this guy to tell us the specs on the build.

-=theron

Holy CARP!!!   Henry doing a superwide?!  It's another sign of the apocalypse.

Well, I know he follows the dictum of 'do what the customer wants'. 

 

Did you ever see the Pink Roadster he built for a woman in the States?

That is awesome!  I like the wheels, what are they?  That style in a wide five would be cool.

 

Technical question: Why does IM cut out for the rear license plate?  Is this for additional access?  Extra cooling?  Clearance?  or?

I like those wheels too.  Anyone know Henry's source?

James

 

I believe it's to make it easier to change the fan belt, but probably some cooling is provided also.

Interesting that he would go through all the trouble of attaching flares to a regular body when he could probably just buy a widebody from Vintage or maybe even from the same source in Ensenada, Mexico that Kirk gets them. 

His frame is completely different, so he'd have to convert inner panels as well if he used a VS body.  He may also prefer to have total control over the quality.

Not a fan of the wide body.  Definitely not a fan of the nerfs but that engine really gives that car street credibility.  He should really go all out and put a 911 turbo engine and a whale tail in that bad boy.  Bada$$!

I agree with Troy.

That fierce widebodied 'persona' simply cries for a louvered engine lid...and a throbbing exhaust at idle!

 

That venting hidden by the license plate probably doubles as both cooling and access to fan belt tinkering...A flip-down license plate bracket in this case would be a great addition. I hope that puts a bug in the back of the head of our creative 'engineering' types...I'd certainly buy one!

 

Speaking of 'enginerd modifications':

Did anyone notice the scissor mechanics of the soft top supports over the doors?

I looks to be composed of five separate articulating pieces...I'd buy a set of those too!!!    

If you keep this up you're going to be on that rice & bean diet for a long, long time, Carl!

I am personally not a fan of the wide body rear end. I know Bob's car has a wider rear end and I bet it could be made even wider and would be still more akin to a reg body style with the pie shaped cuts that IM does to complete the widening. The liscence plate vent helps with cooling.  Ray 

Only wide body I'm a fan of




> On Aug 7, 2015, at 1:00 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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Careful, Vinnie....

Way up above, James asked about the rear license plate vent and got a semi-bogus answer (sorry, to all you bogus people out there - and I am NOT turned off by all body hair.  Well, maybe a little.)

 

As I unnerstan it, the hole behind the license plate is to enable venting from/to the engine compartment.  Kinda clever, if you ask me......

Engineer a flip down license plate bracket?

 

Heck, they are stock equipment on my 1965 Plymouth. :-)

 

One of the gang at the SLO meet has one on his speedster. He pushes a button on his key fob and the front plate flops down and slides away. 

Jim - who's the father and son duo who show up every year?  (NO, I don't mean Terry.  That's his brother... not his son.)

Ted

'65 Plymouth, huh?...Bingo!

 

Since seeing that neat modification on the build photos of Bob's IM I've made it a point to prowl the hardware offerings at Home Depot and flea market vendors looking for spring loaded hinges. The closest I've found is a cabinet hinge manufactured by YoungDale in Vista, CA...But it just doesn't seem robust enough.

 

Unfortunately I imagine all junked fifty year old Plymouths have long ago been crushed into metallic cubes and sent to Japan

What about this Carl?

 

https://www.etrailer.com/p-8802.html

I believe MangoSmoothy has a 'flip down-slide away' front plate on his speedster.

 

Years and years ago Connecticut DMV issued only one plate, so no displayed front plate wasn't an issue with the police. Fortunately (old habits are hard to break?) they still ignore missing front plates...so people, like me, who think their vehicles look better (especially speedsters) can drive about with an 'uncluttered' front end.

Bingo, Bingo... Robert M

 

Does this mean I've been wasting my time prowling hardware stores?!

 

Although it appears it would fit too snuggly to a speedster's body to allow much of a space for venting hot engine compartment air...but great access to crank pulley which would save scraped knuckles!

That would be Roy McIntyre. Had a motorized front plate mount that hides underneath the front valence and at the flip of a switch, out comes the license plate and rolls up into a vertical position. Pretty cool!

I have a plain bracket attached to my car that I secured my plate and frame to.  If you have something like this:

 

http://www.sierramadrecollecti...12-68-73-p26800.html

 

You could attach the flip down plate to this part and that should keep it off the body a few more inches. I don't have a hole in my car though but you could see how the plate sits off the body.

Gee I am looking for the 007 version

http://www.hidetheplates.com/

http://teslatap.com/modificati...front-license-plate/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFrze9eY9o0

 

You got to watch this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUl6ZmqQseM

Not sure those disappearing plate mounts work for what Carl was suggesting...which was an easy way to flip the rear plate down to access the hole behind it.

 

Thanks to the crazy engineers that put gas filler pipes behind rear license plates, there are a number of options.

 

Chryslers/Plymouths/Dodges from the early to mid 1960s had em. But I do not believe anyone reproduces them. Found a beat up one on ebay...

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-D...e6a05a8b&vxp=mtr

 

Turns out mid sixties Chevy's used them too. And of course, being Chevys, the parts are reproduced.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-6...17411fb7&vxp=mtr

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/68-79-...128017b2&vxp=mtr

 

And as I continued to search...I found a generic version for only $20. This looks like the winner for Carl!

 

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/License...ll-Pan-/331671019993

Mid-70s Camaros had 'em too.  Lots of cars in the Malaise Era had that setup. 

Yeah, I worked as a gas jockey/mechanic in the early 80s. Lots of American cars had the flip-down plate option.

 

I fear that most are long-since crushed by now, as Carl says.

"Although it appears it would fit too snuggly to a speedster's body to allow much of a space for venting hot engine compartment air...but great access to crank pulley which would save scraped knuckles!"

 

The scraped knuckles is the main reason Henry builds these flip down plates into his six cylinder builds. There isn't much room between the fan belts and the body, so providing outside access is a great idea.

 

I saw that wide body when I was out at IM, and it is beautiful car  - almost nice enough to make me like wide bodied Speedsters...

Whats the matter Bob, still just can't see through to appeciating a litte junk in the trunk??

Junk in the trunk?  You'll have to explain that one.

 

As they say, to each his own.  Like I said, it's a beautiful car, but not for me.

Junk in the trunk

http://youtu.be/nxtIRArhVD4

> On Oct 10, 2015, at 10:12 AM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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I guess I can appreciate that junk...