Pretty exciting, Lane!
The car is going to one fun drive. 
The good news is that the heating system can get a good test...
Sounds good, Lane!
Lane....I can't find my info on the guy who made your steering wheel. Would you please send me that info ?.................Bruce
I'll PM you, Bruce.
The latest from the frazzled but ever so productive Mr. Hines:
"Trans had a bad reverse light switch, and access to it is blocked by both the shifter and header, so we ordered a new one, swapped it out and then did final install on the shifter. We’ll be starting exhaust next week. I had a local metal fab guy come out and look at what we talked about re” exhaust tips and we’ve got a plan for it. Once I get the twin tips routed, he’ll fab up some surrounds.
Mike has been working on wiring.
Doors are on the bench still but windows are installed and fully functional. We’ll just make some minor tweaks to the angle of the frames to aid in best possible sealing, once the doors are hung.
The RF remote relay came in and we’re working on integrating it to control the driver’s window. Almost done with that as well."
And a few pictures. Looks like a may have started a color trend.
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The gas tank is very impressive.
@Michael McKelvey posted:The gas tank is very impressive.
You're going to need a larger bladder to match (or Depends).
That's uber bad, Lane. (Is that the trendy way to say something is very nice?).
You may need those Depends on delivery day...
WOW, that is looking really nice Lane.
The whole thing is very impressive. Nice work, Carey and company!
In addition to admiring your car, I am now also obsessively enlarging and zooming in on all your pics in the hope of even the slightest glimpse of my speedster. I think in your 4th picture (rear 3/4 driver side) I can just make out the nose peeking at me under the other coupe on the lift in the background. Based on the pictures I got last week, position in the shop, I'm almost positive!
I'm such a nerd.
Yes Sam that is yours. It moved more central this morning and they've installed taillights, engine grill, pedals, all latches and releases, brake/clutch cylinders, and are working on plumbing and wiring also. Your doors are on assembly racks and they've also done inner and outer handles, latches and mechanisms.
Makes. My. Week.
Thanks!!
Outstanding Lane!! Looking forward to seeing the car at Tour D' Smo!
Tour D'Smo.
Gotta get down there this year, if all conditions are go...
@Bob: IM S6 posted:Tour D'Smo.
Gotta get down there this year, if all conditions are go...
Yes you do, Bob. Yes you do. I am optimistically predicting that we will be in decent shape by September/October. We'll chose a different hotel just to change things up, and maybe a different base town.
I'm in.
@Panhandle Bob posted:Outstanding Lane!! Looking forward to seeing the car at Tour D' Smo!
@Bob: IM S6 posted:Tour D'Smo.
Gotta get down there this year, if all conditions are go...
@DannyP posted:I'm in.
I'm 100% in. I'm in for as long as I'm upright.
However, it's February already. We're burnin' daylight. We need somebody to head this up. I've been to the Maggie Valley Creekside Inn 3 times now. I thought I might be sick of it, but so far I'm not.
We need somebody to scout a different home base and some new roads (there are countless great roads in this part of the world). Somebody local. Somebody wise to the ways of the mountains. Somebody with the time, energy, and good-natured constitution to head this up.
Somebody in short, like @Carlos G-- our mountain-man, Gandalf the Gray.
I agree with you Stan, but don't pi$$ off the Wizard LOL!
Carey said "The RF remote relay came in and we’re working on integrating it to control the driver’s window. Almost done with that as well."
I know Carey has some possibly not kind words for me, but I'm sure Lane will be happy!
@DannyP posted:Carey said "The RF remote relay came in and we’re working on integrating it to control the driver’s window. Almost done with that as well."
I know Carey has some possibly not kind words for me, but I'm sure Lane will be happy!
Carey and I spoke about that. I think he said a doll and some pins might have been involved. 🤣
@DannyP Honestly my only issue was I had a list of parts but not a clear understanding of exactly what he needed done, and the parts were designed (mostly) for use in a modern car, so once I understood the exact need here I quickly realized that I could do it all with a simple polarity switching RF relay. $25 and a few hours of tinkering...
@chines1 - Am I gonna have to teach you how to mess with someone? 🤣
That's Mike's job. Carey is too nice a guy...
In my best crazed Dr. Frankenstein voice:
IT'S ALIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike FIncher sent me the video of its first start today. It has no exhaust system on it yet, but doesn't sound too bad.
Well crap. I can't seem to load the video. It's in an .mp4 file and the site gives me an error message after loading. Any ideas, @Theron?
Woohoooooo!
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How big is the file? I think there's a 100mb limit here.
Larger files, you have to upload them to another hosting site (like YouTube) and then post (or embed) a link here.
No one ever said having a coupe built was gonna be easy.
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It’s under 5 MB
@Lane Anderson posted:Well crap. I can't seem to load the video. It's in an .mp4 file and the site gives me an error message after loading. Any ideas, @Theron?
No idea, I don't have access to the video but if its under 5MB he could just email it to you directly.
-=theron
I’ve got the file. It came via FB Messenger and I downloaded it to my iMac. I wish the site would provide more error information. All it does is put a red stripe over the upload line and change the status to "Error". The file is 4.62MB in size, so it should be ok.
UPDATE: Well crap x2. I tried uploading as a .mov file - no joy. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. Both files work just fine on the iMac.
UPDATE: Well crap x3. I tried loading both file types from a Windows 10 PC. Same thing.
Ok, let's try this again.
Nope. Different size file that operates just fine on my computers but cannot be uploaded to this site. @Theron, is there something special about uploading video?
Can you try it as an attachment?
Nope, nothing special just has to be under 100MB. You can upload to any of the file sharing sites and see if you can embed it here.
-=theron
I never have any luck with doing anything other than uploading it to YouTube and pasting the "Share" link in a post.
@dlearl476 posted:I never have any luck with doing anything other than uploading it to YouTube and pasting the "Share" link in a post.
@Lane Anderson save yourself upload aggravations by doing what @dlearl476 said. Upload to YouTube then embed in your post. This is the simplest way to share a movie file on this forum.
I think soon it will be time to drive out to Indiana. I need to put a few final touches on that coupe and take it for a drive.
Ok, let's try this: https://youtu.be/PHGvHQbVWlo
A lot of work for a 19 second video.
NICE!
Sounds pretty darn good! Very cool Lane.
Pete
@DannyP stop by here and pick me up on your way.