My IM6

Danny:

 

Yes, Henry did a terrific job on this car.  As for Carlisle, you'll get first chance at a ride.

 

What's that?  You would prefer to drive it???

 

If you're offering, HECK YEAH!

Hey!

 

Weren't you supposed to be home from Canada by now and posting photos??

 

Oh - Wait.......You LIVE in Canada, don't you.

 

OK, then......Weren't you supposed to be home from Vancouver, out in the far west, were Men are Men and there are roads for Speedsters??

 

So, I need a couple of "finish" photos of you (and maybe Henry) and your IM-6.

 

We're waiting..........

 

(and if you're still out in the Manly West, please ignore this til you get home - Jus sayin......)

I think Bob is back home, but his car is still at IM, getting its final tweaking.

Gordon and Ron

 

Yes we are back home from Vancouver, and I have a few shots I can send you Gordon.  Henry still has the car and is doing some tweaking (not twerking) - lots of finishing touches that he wants to do before he ships it east to me.

 

I should have some better shots once he is finished, and they'll be on their way to you.

 

Bob

Bob, your car apron is really nice you can see the nice aluminum tail pipes too, great looking..Ray

Gee thanks, Bob.  Now I have an image in my head of Henry twerking.  Not a pretty sight.

Ray:

 

I had Henry make the pipes to mimic the look of the beehives.  He actually used a beehive rim as a template to get the pipes to the right dimension, etc.

Somehow, and especially after living with Bob's photos for a few months, I get the feeling that a while lot of thought went into this car from BOTH Bob and Henry.  

 

All that detailing surely pays off in spades as this car is the BOMB for details!

Gordon, it's still an ongoing project till it ships but then, you know the madness is you need to keep improving it... Ray

You have no idea, Gordon...  Henry and I had lots of back and forth discussions sorting out details, and we are still at it. 

Here are some shots of our B.C. trip, giving the new car a good shakedown cruise. 

 

The car ran like a dream - a good dream, that is.

 

There is some beautiful scenery out there.

 

On the 3rd pic (of Bob and Henry) I was just off to the right...

Well, here you go Al.  Great meeting you and having a drink at Woody's!

 

 

Stand by, boys and girls....

 

The official "Bob's IM-6 Build" Video is in final compilation and should be ready for viewing later today!

 

I started this adventure back in June while on my PEI Bike Trip and it's gone through a few iterations to make it flow nicely, but Bob has (almost) blessed the final version and we're "raaarin to go"!

 

Watch this space!

Bob, that photo (with Al drooling on your car) really shows off the colour.  That green, with the tan top, looks awesome.

 I didn't think you'd taken a picture with me beside the beast! And it great spending the evening with you and your lovely wife as well, Bob. Now, I can see from that picture I've gotta get back on the bike...

Thanks so much for doing this, Gordon!  And for giving me a chance to view it first.

 

Next up, the Oscars for Gordon...

If you remember last June, I was on a Bicycle trip to Prince Edward Island.  We were sitting in the lounge of the Quality Inn in Charlottetown, PEI and I was doodling on my laptop and in a matter of 30 minutes I had the basis for the following video (that iPad app for iMovie is amazing).  My biking friends were impressed (it already had the first track of background music from the Jefferson Airplane) that I could do that much while sitting at a bar with a couple of Gahan's beers.  Later, my wife saw it and kindly pointed out that it "wasn't my best work".  

 

Ouch.

 

Back to the casting couch I went and, a few months and more photos later, out popped most of what you will see below.  Then Bob Carley saw it and gave me a short page of "corrections".  Geez....Started to feel like I was back working on PowerPoint presentations for customers or sum thin.  

 

But in the end, that collaboration of people has produced a nice little video about the building of Bob's IM-6.  All those weeks of messing with the photos on and off has given me a HUGE appreciation for all of the details that went into this build.  Bob has written that this car doesn't have all of the "frills" of the car he admired and used as a template.  Believe me.......THIS car has "all the right stuff in all the right places".

 

Bob and I hope you enjoy this video.  What started out as a germ of a thought in an airplane flying from Boston to Halifax turned into a pretty nifty dream for both of us - and maybe you, too.

 

Don't forget to click the right corner gear and bump the resolution up to 720P and THEN hit the full page icon - and crank the audio - it's totally "G" rated!!

 

Gordon, that was amazing! And the help you had from all those people in the credits...

Gordon:  Thanks again for chronicling my IM6 build!  The video is great.

 

Bob

As I said on the FB page, WOW!  

Gordon;

 

Great video!   Bob great car!

 

Thanks to both!

 

Art

 

X3 WOW!

That was fun to watch, very cool.

 

Pete

There are cars, there are roadsters ..Then there is Bob's "IM SIC" !

Henry, his outstanding crew and you have so much to be proud of ....

What a beautiful stunning machine both in and out!  

 

Drclock wish's to gently pilot your ride....CONGRATULATIONS ! :~)

Those guys really KNOW how to build a car!  Great choice of colors and the wheels look great on the car.

Bob....just a LARGE a congrats to you. Your choices must have been darn'd near endless but you have created through Henry's diligence a beautiful and totally unique example of why we have fun here. Can't wait to see it at Carlisle 2016.

 

A beautiful video too, Gordon. Nice one indeed....

 

Bob and Gordon, congrats on two epic productions!

 

I love fantasy films that let us imagine what it must be like to live the good life.

 

 

Henry did a great job on the car, and Gordon did the same on the video.

 

Mitch: Sometimes life does smile on you in very unexpected ways 

Gordon, that was a VERY cool production! 

 

Bob, you car is what dreams are made of! 

Hubba Hubba Hubba.  All the right stuff indeed.  I'm not generally a fan of the hood strap thing, but aside from that, all the choices made here are really spot on.  In many of the shots the car looks blue, but says BRG and I see that in some shots when the light is right.  Whatever the color, what an awesome build.  As I have said in this space many times, I think Henry's 911 Speedster builds are the epitome of the craft here.  All Porsche running gear, more power/torque than any sane man can figure out what to do with, and the best possible fit and finish of the classic Speedster design.  Does not get any better.

 

Fine video too.  Might have included some down-the-road shots w/ Bob at the wheel, a few burn-outs, and like that, for those of us with prurient interests.

 

That's in the sequel - Die Schnell und die Furious 2

 

 

Coming soon to a theatre near you - to be filmed at Carlisle 2016. 

 

Have to show those 'fart can muffler' guys what a real car can do...

Oh boy, can't wait for the Speedster guys and the Fart Can guys to square off.  Gonna be -- um -- interesting.

Flat six vs Flatulent four.....I can't wait!

"That's in the sequel - Die Schnell und die Furious 2"

 

Oh-ohhhhh.......I better get "Hans und Fritz" involved with this one.

       
       

Ron,  I can take them on. They will never know they got killed by friendly fire, LOL

Watching the movie 'Casablanca' recently, I was struck by the narrator's speech at the beginning:

 

"And so a tortuous, round-about refugee trail sprang up. Paris to Marseilles, across the Mediterranean to Oran [in Algeria], then by train or auto or foot across the rim of Africa to Casablanca in French Morocco. Here the fortunate ones through money or influence or luck might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon, and from Lisbon to the New World. But the others wait in Casablanca, and wait...and wait...and wait."

 

That last sentence resounded with me.  Henry's doing a few things to finish up my new car, so I wait...and wait...and wait...

 

And it's a beautiful Fall day today, just right for a cool, top down drive in a Speedster. 

 

If only...

Bob, reheat a cup coffee, rake some leaves, play with the dog, and reflect on the fact that the result of your anxious waiting insures that what rolls off the auto carrier is a well 'sorted' machine that requires absolutely no post-sales tweaking or head scratching!!