Picures after my first drive

I took my Speedster for it's first drive tonight. Still isn't running very good and the brakes need some work but it was still a blast!

If you notice in the interior picture I had to mount my E brake sideways in front of the driver's seat. I couldn't figure out how to cram it in the tunnel of the Metalcraft chassis.

Whoo - hooo!!!! First Drive! Don't worry about little issues like running rough or no brakes. As long as you don't hit anything, nothing catches on fire and you don't get arrested, then it's a successful first drive!

angela

Good for you! Just in time for the fall foliage. Looks great!!

Yeee-Haaaa nice ride ( Outlaws rock) what kind of wheels you rollin?? Cabanaboy out !!

Ron: Nice meeting you at Carlisle last May, and I know you were trying to bring your "JLO" Speedster then, but lots of things always seem to get in the way, don't they?

Let's see.....Running rough and poor brakes - sounds just like "Pearl" when I first got her on the road....It's all "Permagrin" from now on!!

Looking forward to seeing you both at next year's Carlisle get-together. We're expecting to be doing a LOT more driving, after the success of this year's evening dinner cruises!!

Gordon and Pearl:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f254/speedster356/Pearl2005.jpg

Very nice Ron!! I love that behind (as I do JLO's....that Mark Anthony....lucky lucky guy...)

Hey Ron -

Dude, you gotta know that you're throwing out some MAJOR VIBES cruising around in that bad-ass car!!NICE!

Peace - Out!

Congratulations. Great looking ride too.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I was afraid I wouldn't get to drive it before the snow flew. Technically I didn't. Had about 3" of the white stuff on 10/12. Even with the problems the "Permagrin" was there.

I hope to have it at Carlile this year and probably the Glenn.

Gordon, I saw you at the Glenn but you were in line waiting to go on the track and then couldn't find you after that.

Here is the link for the wheels. Delivered with tires $800 back in December. Difficult finding wheels with an offset that didn't require thick spacers. Rears didn't need any.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findProductCategoryDetailBrnd.do?tpc=MBMVIN&tp=Truck

Nice aftermarket wheels, notice no bumber holes, in California mandatory- I've been lucky. Cabanaboy all in!!

She's a beaut, Ron. We'll see you in Carlisle for sure!
I'm curious about the sideways mounting of the brake, though. Does the Metalcraft chassis have a perch there, or did you make a tube for the brake cable to pass through as it made the turn to the rear?

Nice job Ron

I like the suttle outlaw look, the small bugs will get worked out.....

Congrats on a job well done !

~Alan

Thanks Cory and Alan.

Alan, I hope your recovery is going well!

Cory, I purchased a Lokar hot rod set up. The handle just mounts in a slot I cut in the floor. The cables have their own housings or cable covers. They also have a mounting block for the end closest to the handle. They just run across the bottom of the chassis held there by clamps that I installed. The great thing about them was that the caliper end was a perfect fit. I have a disc brake set up from cip1. The housing end fit perfect in the caliper hole and the retaining nut held it in place. Even the end on the cable was a perfect fit for the actuation lever. I got lucky!

Ron:
Congrats on your new ride. Looks great. My CMC and I live on the other end of Monroe County in Fairport. Maybe see you in the spring at the Log Cabin or at the Victor (now Farmington) MG show?

Chuck, I am planning on contacting you in the spring. I was at the Log Cabin a couple of times with my Mustang this year. Now it's gone and I plan on taking the Speedster. Saw a couple of Spyders there this year.

Cory, This is a picture of the e brake from under the car. I think I have to add 1 or 2 more cable clamps.