My New Speedster! Street Beast / Innovative Street Machines

@Stunned Mullet

Nice score on that project car. Looking forward to following your progress, with pics, of course! "Welcome to the Madness" known as replica ownership!

BTW - there are several SOCers in Fresno that you will hopefully cross paths with!

looks like the car out of Reno on CL i posted awhile back..good luck..lived in Fresno in late 70 selling drugs(pharmaceuticals), miss the Diccios Calzones..think Mike is down that way...he will chime in..

barncobob.. HA HA.. yes, I bought the car you are mentioning. And Diccios calzones are great, but Ovidio's are better!! ha ha!

Hey! Good for you! Congratulations from Canada!

Ovids wasnt in biz when w  i was there,,let me have my memories...3 hrs away, might cruze down in P and get 4-5 to go,,dammn thats along drive

Welcome to the group. Building cars is easy and fun!

40 hour clock is starting ... TICK-TOCK!

I've assembled two of the Street Beasts , one classic and the other flared .  I assume that is the one from NV .

@WOLFGANG posted:

40 hour clock is starting ... TICK-TOCK!

LOL

I found the other  .............................  0     Right there under the work bench along with a 10mm socket ~

Yes. This is the one from Nevada.

Things that need to be done:  SB has the kick panels inboard of the 2 x 4 steel box frame , they need to be moved using sheet metal to the outer -wheel well side on the steel frame to allow for a wider foot well and so that your left foot can operate the clutch safety. The donor rear torsion assembly is secured with two 2" clamps, best to have the torsion welded to the SB "frame".

Alan. Could you send me pictures of the foot well area reconfiguration?

This area?

Sorry I do not have photos , I will pm you my phone number   

alan, i feel for U buddy...

On earlier pan CMCs, the kick panels are on the other side (outside) of the steel frame.  My size 12 would not fit well there.

At lease SB fixed the often too close to the driver's rear wheel well opening by requiring the torsion assembly to be mounted with bolts.  It can now be aligned to allow both sides to be equal.

@Stunned Mullet I live in Fresno as does @Former Member and @arajani and @Miguel & Jessica and we go on a lot of drives together. @Troy Sloan refreshes a lot of these cars and he lives here too. He's not so much a builder as he is a refresher. However, he has a lot of knowledge and could probably offer some assistance as could the rest of us. especially if you need to see a completed car in person.

You mentioned Ovidios. Are you close to there? I'm near Herndon and Marks area.

Congrats on the new car! Hopefully it’s done by spring/summer so you can join us on some cruises.

Hey Robert! Yes! I live right around the corner from you then!! I am on marks and Sierra.

@Miguel & Jessica posted:

Congrats on the new car! Hopefully it’s done by spring/summer so you can join us on some cruises.

Ship it out to me along with a check and I'll have it assembled and back to you in 90 days ~

@Stunned Mullet I went you a PM. To find the PM look at the top right of the screen there a blue box with your avatar and screen name. Hover the mouse over it and a drop box will open. Click on Private Messages and my message to you is there.

Nice purchase!  You’ll have tons of fun; well 1,750 pounds anyway as these don’t quite weigh a ton.

I, too, am in Fresno.  It’ll be nice getting together for a drive sooner than later.

@TheMayoMachine posted:

Nice purchase!  You’ll have tons of fun; well 1,750 pounds anyway as these don’t quite weigh a ton.

I, too, am in Fresno.  It’ll be nice getting together for a drive sooner than later.

How in the heII did I forget the @TheMayoMachine? Sorry Ed.

@Robert M : it hurt me to my core!  LOL

@TheMayoMachine posted:

@Robert M : it hurt me to my core!  LOL

Impossible!!

CMC morphed into Street Beasts; those wide flared CMCs which were displayed at certain airports back in the late '70's and early '80's (which I believe are not the extra wide flared models later done by Vintage Speedsters) were the start of my infatuation with Speedsters. It would take over 20 years for me to make my dream come true and finally get one and we're still here 16 years later still enjoying that same car.

@Impala posted:

CMC morphed into Street Beasts; those wide flared CMCs which were displayed at certain airports back in the late '70's and early '80's (which I believe are not the extra wide flared models later done by Vintage Speedsters) were the start of my infatuation with Speedsters. It would take over 20 years for me to make my dream come true and finally get one and we're still here 16 years later still enjoying that same car.

You are correct, they are not the "extra wide models later done by Vintage Speedsters", but they are also not the same as the more mild flared Speedsters built by Vintage Speedsters.

It's a suttle difference and you have to look closely to see it, but the flared Speedsters built by Street Beast, CMC and FiberFab are not the same as either of the two flared versions built by Vintage Speedsters.