Carey now has the custom offset rear wheels done and on the car. They look great. He's being held up on the remaining items, mostly interior and glass, due to supply chain issues "because COVID." Argh!
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Nice stance.
I like the "Open Door" concept, too.
Best of both Speedster and Coupe worlds - Lots of air and a sun shield.
I'm planning to take a trip out to Bremen, then maybe visit Stanistan.
I might sneak into the SE skunk-works and install a lighted MACK Bulldog hood ornament on a certain blue coupe. He he he!
What a truly special automobile. You'll love it.
Anticipation.........
Wonderful the offset looks awesome Lane. It's getting there.
Mmmmmmm, tasty. That rear wheel area is just perfect.
Well I finally got behind the wheel of my Coupe today... sort of. I was over at Mike Lempert’s place helping him work on my steering wheel. We got the spokes sanded and polished and worked out how to do the wood segments, gluing up one of the three layers of teak. There is also a layer of ebony. In all, there are 27 teak segments and 9 ebony ones. I see why he charges $1200-$1400 just to redo the wood on one of the real Porsche ones. It’s kind of a PITA.
In other news, Carey tells me he’s found a supplier for the flat safety glass In the side windows, but it’ll still be a few weeks until they’re ready for installation.
Because COVID!!
If it was me, I would get caught on the couch driving the steering wheel, making engine noises.
I'll say it again: "That blue is absolutely WICKED!" 
"If it was me, I would get caught on the couch driving the steering wheel, making engine noises."
Not exactly without precedent:
That Recarro Wannabee is now resident in the Facebook-famous "Hoopty", cruising the streets of Baltimore and DC, looking for potential 'Vette "road kill".
I think Lane has the only other copy of that poster on the shop door, too.... A montage of his Speedster build.
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I don't have a copy of that. But I do have a 2006 Carlisle montage from you, framed, as well. It does have some of Lane's build shots in it.
Gordon, is that the #2 Speedster pan?
Gotta be. Chris was in diapers when the first one went together. 
Naaah, it was’t THAT long ago. Pearl’s body was bought (in black gel) in 1993, but I had to add on to the garage for room to build her, so the real build started in 1994, finishing in 2001. Chris would have just gotten to high school when it started? He graduated college in 1999 and I got it on the road in 2001.
The photo above was the red, Speedster #2 build in Beaufort, so that would have been 2010-ish? The poster on the door was a low-res, slightly fuzzy “first try” on the Staples wide-format printer. Later ones were much better quality.
Dan - you must have gotten that poster from the raffle. There were three slightly different ones. I forgot I made that one! I just remember that in order to get the photos crisp I had to create it in hi-def, the file was around 700 MB and saving it to a thumb drive took about five minutes on my old Mac. There was a Lane-build-specific one, a broader Carlisle one (Dan’s) and a Chris specific one for the build that became a Christmas present. I must still have the files someplace.....
The Blue on Lane's coupe looks better in person. 
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@Marty Grzynkowicz are you planning on a coupe 
You’re lucky to be close enough for a drop-in, Marty.
Nah, Marty just stopped by and tied a beer bottle on a string inside the door, like disgruntled GM workers used to do. He he he!
Carey did me a solid and had his paint manufacturer order me a few original Alfa samples. He then sprayed him out for me.
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You didn’t happen to see a dark green, almost completed speedster while you were there??
@Stuman posted:You didn’t happen to see a dark green, almost completed speedster while you were there??
Sorry Stu. That's a maybe. The shop is big.
Your Alfa colors aren’t a whole lot different than my Coupe colors, Marty. Obviously a man of good taste. 😬
Super cool!
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@Lane Anderson how many gallons is that tank?
Looks like about 50 or so.... 😉
Big thing, ain’t it?
Lane’s probably gonna make the whole trip to Carlisle on a single tank.
@DannyP posted:Nah, Marty just stopped by and tied a beer bottle on a string inside the door, like disgruntled GM workers used to do. He he he!
If a coworker leaves one of their bikes unattended at work, I'll sneak a marble dipped in grease into their handlebar. It wont make any noise rolling the bike around, but as soon as you hit a bump on the trail, an unknown sound appears. Drives them batshit crazy.
The employee handbook has many don'ts listed because of me.
I asked Carey about the capacity but haven’t heard back yet. It’s not real deep, so I’m guessing it’s not as big as it looks.
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But fix-a-flat-and-credit-card spare, fer sure.
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@Sacto Mitch posted:.
But fix-a-flat-and-credit-card spare, fer sure.
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Oh yeah, "fer sure!" You'll sleep much better...especially when driving this Blue Beauty on an "overnighter."
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...or you could rock this look...
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@Gordon Nichols posted:Looks like about 50 or so.... 😉
Big thing, ain’t it?
Lane’s probably gonna make the whole trip to Carlisle on a single tank.
Cannonball!! 
Just heard back from the always responsive Mr. Hines. He says by raw measurements it should hold around 18(!) gallons. Given the shape and the fender filler it might not hold quite that much, but even at 15 gallons it should have quite a range. I remember John Hallstrand telling me he would see 35-40 mpg on the road. A 500 mile range could be the bottom end.
I'm tellin' ya...... Mt. Pleasant to Carlisle on one tank! And you won't have to worry about topping off before you get to North Carolina.
I've never been certain he wasn't pulling my leg, but my uncle who lived in Las Vegas once owned a Peugeot wagon of the type that was used for inter-city taxi service in Africa. He told me that when it got down to a 1/4 tank, he'd head down to Cuidad Morelos and fill up on dirt cheap Pemex diesel, and it would last a month or so before he had to drive back down.
Suby 2.5 in a lightweight coupe? I'll bet you could cruise at 75 and get 30-35 mpg. You should be able to get 400 miles of range and still have a reserve easily with that tank.
Around town with a lot of "brapping"? Not as much as interstate cruising, but I'd bet at least 25mpg on your worst day.
Beautiful tank fabrication, Carey!
Actually, Carey is going to show you how to open that up and store your luggage in it under lock and key.
Impressive, most impressive.
@Sacto Mitch posted:.
But fix-a-flat-and-credit-card spare, fer sure.
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Umm, he has two trunks. You know where the engine usually goes? Yeah there. Lane has a trunk because the engine is right behind where the passengers sit. A small bump in the trunk around the trans, but yeah, all that room, plus the small space in the front trunk.
Because: mid-engine!
Tank looks familiar to mid-engine aficionados.
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...Umm, he has two trunks...
...Because: mid-engine!...
Oh yeah, completely forgot.
It's not a replica, it's a revolution.
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