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@Tonyvan You didn’t include the photos. And we love photos around here. 

Welcome To The Madness, Tony! I'm in Burnaby. And yeah, we're gonna need pics. Lots of pics. And just call me Al _{(come on- you know the tune!)}

I thought I spent ages attaching the photos! 
so here we go again -

Nice.  I love the body colored wheels!

We're going to need motor specs.

Word to the wise, don't bring up gear ratios, questions about the best oil, or brass weber parts. 

Welcome to the forum. 

I’ve been through all the gears and oil posts I can manage...

motor-wise, it’s marked as a 1600 - it could have a small big bore, but I honestly don’t know. Dual Solex/kadrons, and the aforementioned 911 shroud. I’d have stuck with a plain dog house, but that’s what it had. It’s also carbon fibre, so if I keep it, I will at least paint it black. It has some kind of hidden performance exhaust which at least doesn’t hang the mufflers below the bumper and has two small tailpipes, so that’ll probably stay. Bosch coil - some electronic ignition - probably pertronix -and that’s about it. I’ve done enough hot rodding to know to leave it alone for a while. Otherwise I’ll tune it until it doesn’t work.

TRP posted:

We're going to need motor specs.

Word to the wise, don't bring up gear ratios, questions about the best oil, or brass weber parts. 

Welcome to the forum. 

Party pooper! And yes, we're going to need engine AND TRANSAXLE specs! _{(nothing wrong with a little gear ratio conversation!)}

_{Oh- I almost forgot- tire size(s)?}

PS- Great looking car, Tony.

I don’t know what tranny is in it. It’s got 4 speeds and a non-functioning shifter lock and that’s about all I know. Tell me what to look for and I’ll find out.

I'm a buyer on the rack and straps if ya sell it !!!

A bit of a tinkering update. For a start it’s an IRS tranny.

Then, I didn’t like the chrome wheels, so painted them black. Cool. But actually they kinda looked too toy-ish on a black car. So, off they came again and got painted dark gray. And that didn’t work either. So now they’re stock silver. Which works, but sort of looks too stock.

I’m sick of painting wheels now, so I fitted a cigar lighter to allow me to power my phone and a speaker if I ever decide to try to listen to music or use a GPS. 

And finished up an oil catch can to replace the one that was on there - it looked like an old plastic washer bottle zip-tied to the fuel line!

Yeah, you've got the madness........bad.

Hey Tony,

Love the car, and those changes you have made to the wheels really looks cool. Keep it going ...

Brian

Don't you just love to see what other folks like (or not) and how we customize these little plastic cars to make them just the way we like them?  Looking good, Tony!

A few posts back, Tony wrote (in part): "I’ve done enough hot rodding to know to leave it alone for a while. Otherwise I’ll tune it until it doesn’t work."

Welcome to the club.  I have been known to "continually improve" things, like my Dellorto carbs until they became un-driveable and I finally hoisted the white flag and found someone who actually knew how to make things right.  It takes a whole lot to happen to get me to that point, but at least I know I can spend my way out of deep trouble.   

From my Hot Rod days, a '46 Ford Business Coupe done Old School,  59 A/B Flathead bored .300 over and slightly stroked, Ofenhauser Heads, Triple Stromberg 97's, Edlebrock Intake, LaSalle 4-speed and LaSalle rear end, stupidly radical track cam, Kong Magneto Ign.  Went like a raped ape up to 90 when the gearing caught up with it.

BEFORE:

AFTER (sorry - this was scanned from a old Polaroid):

Haha - sometimes I wish I knew nothing at all about cars and just drove the stupid things... My last car was a '41 Ford Business Coupe. Chopped to Hell & back, and yes - quick off the mark, but aerodynamics, weight, and visibility stopped it from being 'fast'...

If there was ever a car that suited the term "bitchin," it's that one.  Nice!

Love that blue on the coupe! Congrats on the new to you Speedy too!

Bill

Tonyvan posted:

A bit of a tinkering update. For a start it’s an IRS tranny.

Then, I didn’t like the chrome wheels, so painted them black. Cool. But actually they kinda looked too toy-ish on a black car. So, off they came again and got painted dark gray. And that didn’t work either. So now they’re stock silver. Which works, but sort of looks too stock.

I’m sick of painting wheels now, so I fitted a cigar lighter to allow me to power my phone and a speaker if I ever decide to try to listen to music or use a GPS. 

And finished up an oil catch can to replace the one that was on there - it looked like an old plastic washer bottle zip-tied to the fuel line!

 @Tonyvan looks like you went through different wheel color 

The grey wheels look good.  A little different look, but very subtle.