Lane's Beck Super Coupe #3

@Lane Anderson wrote: "Carey didn’t consult me about the battery."

I just went back through a few pages of this (quite interesting) thread and was wondering if @chines1and his band of merry car-building cohorts have managed to find and install the equivalent of the original "Brass Thingie"?

Or maybe it has been secretly installed, just waiting for that future moment when, in a fit of mischievousness, it can spring forth to be forever lost somewhere in the "Garage-Mahal de Lane".

Intriguing thought, for sure.

Perhaps it will become the topic of a future, many-page-long thread for our interest and entertainment.

We all await.  Delivery draws near.  

@Lane Anderson posted:

ALMOST FINISHED!!!

It looks cool.

what are the straps holding down on the rear deck lid?

Will that fuel tank fit a Spyder?

@Lane Anderson i congratulate you on that stunning car...compared to our pan cars...it will be the next generation of SC's  ("super coupes")    pun intended

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Lane, some quick math says about 130 pounds of fuel onboard with a full tank.

Did Carey say anything about internal baffling or adjusting front spring rates because of the big tank?

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@americanworkmule - The straps are on a fake suitcase that is over the engine.  Originals used that area for luggage.

@Sacto Mitch - He didn’t say but I’ll try to remember to ask him.

This just in:

Lane's new coupe at the hotel in Carlisle.

Yay!!! It’s officially a car!

Terrific!!

Congratulations @Lane Anderson. It looks great!

Congratulations!  Looks great!  Enjoy!

Congratulations Lane, looks absolutely awesome!!

Whoa!  Looking very cool, there, Lane!  What's it like to drive?  Instead of bumpers- some nerf bars, trimmed down like for Speedsters as talked about in another thread recently would look deadly.

And tonight, if all of you could raise a glass for those of us that can't be there... Al

That is top notch! Great quality!

@Lane Anderson i betting it's like having a new child after a nervous labor time....congratulations on a stunning vehicle!...although the rest of us have been kinda relegated back to the JV team....and i'm good with it!

I think that the Bremen Boys have resurrected the old "Envemo" coupe of decades ago, with a lot of new twists and different power plant(s).  One of those efforts you just have to stand in awe of but they sure are thinking ahead of the curve these days.

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Wow, Lane, I hope somebody wrote down your words upon starting it the first time.

That's one giant leap for mankind.

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Enjoy that car Lane !

Congratulations, @Lane Anderson!

Awesome Lane- love it !!!

Congratulations, Lane---it is everything and even much more than we all thought it would be.  I know you will enjoy it for many, many more years to come.  Truly spectacular.  I hope I can caravan on the old route to Carlisle with you next year!!

Gotta love a 17 year old Etta James...

Lane’s coupe, too.

Probably just as curvy, too.

Awesome!  Congrats Lane.

Must be a blast to drive...

Looks great Lane !! It must be drawing a crowd back there. Let us know how it drives. I have ordered a Subaru powered Speedster from Vintage Motorcars. I think I will like my choice. Excited to hear all about it. Nice job Carey and crew !

This was sort of an appetizer.  The main course will come when Mike delivers it after they do the last couple of finishing touches.  I’m adding a passenger side headrest since the one they did for the driver worked so well, and we had to look at knee clearance for the AC vent location.  A couple of small punch list items and it’ll be good to go.

How does it drive?  Hmmm...  Ok , try this: imagine Chris Hemsworth in a nicely tailored suit.  Great looking, and seriously athletic underneath.  Quite fast, with strong brakes, and great shifter, but what really gets you is the handling.  Very direct and crisp steering, corners flat, and sticks like a lamprey.  The ride is surprisingly comfy, but with a near race car suspension you do hear the clunks of the heim joints over bumps.  I think it adds to the “athlete in a nice suit” vibe.

Many kudos to @chines1 and his band of merry men.

Hi Lane:

Congratulations again on the car, it is beautiful. It is great to hear how fast it is with the Subaru motor and how how well it drives and handles.

I can't imagine how fast my car will be with the 3.2 L Porsche Boxster S motor and how it will handle with that added power.

Good luck with it and I look forward to meeting you and the car one day soon.

Joel

@Gordon Nichols posted:

This just in:

Lane's new coupe at the hotel in Carlisle.

What color is this? I think I have to have it!

It’s Oslo Blue, which was used on the B series through ‘63.  It’s not correct for a C series, but I don’t care.  Call me a rebel. 😬

You are a rebel.

He doth live in the deep south, right?

I certainly doth.  Can't get much deeper than Charleston.

@Lane Anderson posted:

Call me a rebel. 😬

@Robert M posted:

It was bound to happen at some point, but the World's Most Interesting Man is looking a bit... old.

@Stan Galat posted:

It was bound to happen at some point, but the World's Most Interesting Man is looking a bit... old.

It's funny you mention that. I was thinking the same thing as I was posting it. That meme has been worn out. I'll start looking for a new one.

Aw, @Robert M - I'm a father and a grandfather. In my world, there's no such thing as a worn out joke - they just become jokes that only I find funny. If you are a man of a certain age, that's got to be enough. We amuse ourselves, and there's a good deal of satisfaction in that.

I was simply surprised to see that Mr. Interesting is really looking a bit long in the tooth.

its from that Mexican beer and all those ladies:}

About 5 years ago, Marianne & I spent a couple of hours across a coffee table from Mr. & Mrs. Interesting while waiting for a flight in LA. Probably to nobody's surprise it wasn't all that interesting.  Just another guy without a replica speedster or spyder...

Jonathan Goldsmith had a real nice run with those commercials. He became about as famous as a real movie star, for about 1/50th the work. Then they replaced him with a younger dude, who failed.

Much respect.

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@edsnova posted:

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Jonathan Goldsmith had a real nice run with those commercials. He became about as famous as a real movie star, for about 1/50th the work. Then they replaced him with a younger dude, who failed.

Much respect.

Interesting.

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Coming from a Texan, can you give us a couple pics of how the AC install turned out?