Lane's Beck Coupe #1

The aesthetics of  beetle oval window install Foose did looks like it belonged there from day one ......beautiful. If I were to do a coupe that would be the first custom item on a build list ~

Sorry Lane, the video is on Overhaulin, a 356 B I think gets redone... quite lovely you might be able to find it ..Ray

Alan, I thought the roof was way cool as well... he also went from teardrops to beehives a very nice touch and finally, don't you think that the bumpers and the front signal lights really were over done on that model IMHO and trimming them down sure looks more appropriate to me    I think Lane might get some ideas from this build. Ray

Bob Carley's IM-6 does have the front bumper, but it has cut-outs in the bumper for the dual front coolers.  The same concept could be used for water radiators, I'm sure, and I like this look better than a scoop hanging down under the front of the body.

I'm actually partial to bumpers on outlaws, if they're tastefully done (says the guy who's running Nerf bars).  The plain, 356-style bumper, like on Bob's car, seems to fit the "Outlaw" concept well, but I wonder if other simple bumpers might be tried to see what visual effect they have?  Photoshop is a wonderful thing.......

I don't understand this discussion. On a Beck, the scoop is basically an opening in the front of the spare tire well which is below the bumper and under the car. Having a bumper or not would not change the appearance of the scoop.
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These or a wide set of Fuchs would be very "Outlawish"

And I liked the baby window on the coupe Foose did...

Or stretch it and take all your friends to Carlisle every year!

Since the body is that of a T6 B/C, the types of vents used on water-cooled 356A bodies couldn't be the same.  Not sure what Carey has planned but the T6 body does have 4 vents on the front - 2 above the bumper and 2 below.

 

Maybe not all of Carey's vents are on the front:

 

 

Geez!  How'd you figure out that was what he was making for me?

 

They must have brought the prototype out to California for some winter road testing, so when these spy photos started showing up online, I put two and two together.

I like the cup holders on the roof and passenger door.

 

 

Shows what I know......I thought those were beer bottle openers.

Would have worked well with Chremi Bill's "Kona Beer"

Gordon Nichols posted:

Shows what I know......I thought those were beer bottle openers.

Would have worked well with Chremi Bill's "Kona Beer"

A bottle opener in place of the "oh ****" handle on the dash may be my next mod!

crhemi (Bill) posted:

I know Tom hates this, and that's cool. Somehow, I never saw it (no cable, busy life).

That's really, really excellent. I'm WAY better with the back end/rear window than OE Porsche. The rear 3/4 view is always why a 356 coupe was not something I pined for. This one is way-the-heck cool.

Bill seems to have located the only photo of the missing link, the 356 Panamera family and friends version!

Gordon;

I like the GT bumpers trim. Just aluminum, no rubber.

Me too! 

Hmmm....

No. Not this one!

Paul Mossberg posted:

Interesting...I kinda like it and I kinda don't, I'm confused!

Any more pics or info?

 

Definitely looks like the top has been chopped.

Yeah the amount of chop to the top undoes it for me. Beautifully executed car though and certainly it's making somebody happy. Good for them.

 

Paul Mossberg posted:

Maybe they got the roof from this:

 

 

Roof, nuthin'-- The whole thing: stance, silhouette, roofline, pretty much everything bears a really strong family resemblance to the Merc. It's not a bad thing, it's just kind've unnerving. 

It's like the black car's kid brother. I'd sorta' expect Billy Gibbons to step out of it if it pulled up to a Save-a-Lot.

I kept hearing about the Fuoss 356, and I guess I expected it to look like this one rather than the car with the oval rear window. This one's really not my thing. I know I need to say something like, "if he's having fun that's great" or the like. But the way I really feel is: if he wanted a lead-sled, perhaps he should've bought a '50s Mercury and left this one for the Emorys to have at it. 

 

I dunno, Stan.

The only way to know for sure is to check for one of these on the steering wheel:

 

 

Ahh!...that 49/50 Merc is what I drove through highschool (no chopped roof though) Torched front coils / lowering blocks / '54 Olds grill / indecent Glasspac exhaust / spun aluminum Moon hubcaps and skirts. Remembering it makes my heart beat faster!

When I was a kid I'd ride my bike to George and Sam Barris's shop in Lynwood CA and watch them magically 'chop' those babies. Couldn't ogle  enough of that environment so on Saturday nights I'd peddle to the Clock Drive-In on Atlantic Avenue, Southgate, and visually feast on the customs and rods cruising in and out of their parking lot...No frigg'n wonder I'm as 'sick' as I am!!!

BTW, has anyone else noticed the headlight height on the chopped red A coupe? They're in a higher fender position like the South African speedsters that both our friends Marty and Gary re-glassed to Stuttgart height.

And...The skirts on the stretched limo that Bill posted...Is there an 'after market' source for those?

Oh, my Merc didn't have frenched headlights (utilizing '52 Ford rims) but it did have 'blue-dot' tail lights!!!

And did anyone notice that the chopped red coupe has bodacious engine lid (centered) louvers instead of the grill?....Neat!!!

Carl:  If you liked the look of a slammed '49 Merc, how about a chopped and slammed Hudson Commodore?

I love this look, but almost expect those fuzzy pom-poms hung along the headliner.....  "Miss Daisey" would not have approved, I'm sure.

Mate this look with that living-room-couch front seat and it becomes a really cool long-range cruiser.

How the hell did we make this much of a detour on the thread??  

Back to Lane's Outlaw coupe - LANE!   What'cha-gonna-do for interior bits?

And how about a pair of Semaphore turn signals??  Wicked cool, that.

20 pages here we come!

Right now the interior is (probably) oxblood leather with oatmeal carpet.  Some matching coco mats would be nice.  It will have a GT-style roll-bar and Speedster seats.  I need to speak to Carey about how shoulder harnesses will be mounted.  One option would be a removable crossbar (removable because it would otherwise block engine access) that would facilitate a 4-point harness.  I believe he plans for a standard 3-point harness which will be fine if the harness mount is up on the B-pillar.  I will have Mike Lempert make me a wheel - we have already discussed configuration - that will fit a Nardi hub.  Shifter, pedals, and gauges are up to Carey at this point, but I'd love a non-Beetle pedal cluster as I really don't like the accelerator so far forward of the brake pedal.  Other interior details are TBD as the standard specs of the coupe are not yet fully firmed up.

crhemi (Bill) posted:

20 pages here we come!

Funny! I was thinking the same thing. The build of Lane's car alone could hit 20 pages. Add in drifts into topics like the chopped Merc? Heck, we could hit 40 pages!

Lane Anderson posted:

...oxblood leather...oatmeal carpet...coco mats....

Sounds like Lane is building an edible car!

Paul Mossberg posted:

Lane Anderson posted:

...oxblood leather...oatmeal carpet...coco mats....

Sounds like Lane is building an edible car!

I think I'd prefer Merlot leather, champagne carpet, and whisky mats.

You do have a point, Mitch. 

Here's some inspiration/motivation from the envemo Facebook page. 

Gordon Nichols posted:

Bob Carley's IM-6 does have the front bumper, but it has cut-outs in the bumper for the dual front coolers.  The same concept could be used for water radiators, I'm sure, and I like this look better than a scoop hanging down under the front of the body.

I'm actually partial to bumpers on outlaws, if they're tastefully done (says the guy who's running Nerf bars).  The plain, 356-style bumper, like on Bob's car, seems to fit the "Outlaw" concept well, but I wonder if other simple bumpers might be tried to see what visual effect they have?  Photoshop is a wonderful thing.......

Gordon:  That was my idea to add the two front grill openings.  I just wanted something different on the front.  Henry already does cut-outs of the body behind the bumper to let the air flow to the coolers.  As for the bumpers, they are 'Davis style' that Henry does - different than the standard 356 bumpers.

Lane:  You are getting no shortage of 'advice' on your build, and it's great to see the interest developing! 

My only advice is - choose wisely...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3rdfI28s0

 

Here's a pic from Carey.  This is Chuck fine tuning the fit of original glass on the prototype body.

Awesome pic!

One of the things I learned about our cars was that they were made slightly wider in the back I suppose to accommodate the Brasilia platform.  In you pic you can see how the rear quarters come out. Are you going to maintain that stance or are they going to slim the back?