NEED HELP

CAN ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS CAR
I HAVE SEEN IT ON WEBSITES POSTED HERE
I WOULD LIKE TO LOCATE IT AND THE OWNER
I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO HAVE THE WEBSITES AGAIN
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP

SIC!!PIC!!!

Is that a bent window coupe or is it just the angle of the pic? The wheels really throw me, I swear they are centerlines...

angela

Somehow that coupe looks familiar, but can't remember where. Awesome look. Just the type I like. One day...

ANGELA
I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WHEELS
PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DATA U CAN

I have been looking on Google and Yahoo and the only pics I see are old SpeedTV posts that no longer work or this...

http://forums.mwerks.com/zerothread?id=4173686&page=2

Look at page 1: http://forums.mwerks.com/zerothread?id=4173686&page=1

Is that Speedsters at Carlisle in the back????

Mike - Yup, that's the Carlisle Speedsters group. Not sure what year, tho'.

I've seen that coupe before, but I can't remember where. It's definitely a bent window. You can also tell by the deeper, rolled-under rocker panels.

Gerd,

That pic isn't big enough but the wheels look like centerlines. I've got a set on the blazer project we have. Weld makes a similar wheel, but I'm pretty sure those are Centerlines. Not sure they still make that exact one as I bought my set about eight years ago. The bolt pattern could provide some difficulty. Centerline did make a wide 5 for VW but not sure if they made anything else that was european. Weld and Crager also had a similar wheel.

This is my blazer's wheel - sorry for the dirt.
angela

That prick knows everything...

The car is a 1953 Pre-A owned and commissioned by Randall Yow. The rear fenders have been widened via wedge cutting and the rockers were extended downwards to give it a lowered "look" but still keep suspension travel. It has a sunken number plate box and four traditional 356 tear drop tail lights set on upwards angles. Shaved trim, electric doors and a huge stupid scoop on the rear deck lid.

Five speed transaxle, four wheel discs, '71 VW Type IV engine bumped up to 2.7 litres with around 195 hp and 200 foot pounds torque, and dressed out to look like a 911 mill.

The wheels are custom made 16 inch aluminum items.


ForUm PrICk

You'll find more pictures of it, and other cars like it, here:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4115102&postid=53061835

Randall Yow is pretty well-known in the restoration biz.
I found a link to lots of pictures of what appears to be a very similar car to the one GERD asked about...or, it's (more likely) the same car painted silver.
Either way, it's an interesting "take" on the Outlaw idea. I like it..especially the tail-lights. Very imaginative.
The asking price for this beauty was $100k, however. Pleasant dreams.

http://www.foreigncoachworks.com/Carpages/53Outlaw.html

THANKS EVERYONE

Thanks for the link, TC/FP. I hadn't run across that forum before.

HEY GUYS WHAT ARE ROCKER PANELS
OPPS NEVER MIND I FIQURED IT OUT

Rocker Panels are 'Committees' staffed by aging musicians!

He's here all week, folks!

It is so cool when someone w/ real artistry goes off the wall and gets it so right. I would love to see that ride in person. What a rod . . .

Those wheels are very similar to the JC Whitney Billet VW wide 5 wheels.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/ALUMINUM-WHEELS/GP_2003865_N_111+10210+600007894_10110.jcw

Those are ERCO racing wheel's you can find them on samba .

Hey Rollo, are you going to Morro?

SOOON

Gerd, what happened to your beauty? I see the photos of a crash posted.Were you rear-ended? What a cryin shame. That was such a pretty baby!

check events
tragic event

Gerd,

That is indeed a tragic event. So sad to see.Almost like watching a pet get run over! That was one of the most beautiful cars on this site.

THANKS DAN
I AM HAVING FUN DESIGNING THE NEW COUPE BUT I DO MESS MY SPEEDSTER I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH IT ALL OVER AGAIN

What can brown do for you!Sorry I got to the last picture and...what was the topic here?\
http://forums.mwerks.com/zerothread?id=4173686&page=1