Project #30

Project #30
Purchased from Gordon today meeting him half way near the VA. NC. state lines. (The Hillsville, VA. Shoney's was excellent!)
Gordon did an excellent job prepping the fresh chassis and attaching the body to it. Windshield, deck lid, hood, doors and latchs are installed too. So to me it's not a full build but a completion project. Need to sort and inventory many cartons of parts that were included and have my body shop guy over the red gelcoat and see if a sand and buff will work, I think it will.

Glad everything worked out, buddy. No surprise there -- it's Gordon. Wish I could have gone along with you and Doug. Glad you had a good ride and got #30 home okay.

Wow, 30, that is incredible. Hats off to you!

30 Speedster assemblies must put you in some sort of hall of super heroes - Superman, Batman, Stretch Armstrong, The Hulk, etc. But then, these guys never assembled a single Speedster. It would appear that your fate will continue to be egg sammiches at Carlisle with Gordon, Hoss and Zoey. What a country!! Another milestone for drclock ....

You know, 12 hours in a truck in one day makes for a loooooooooooong day. Talked with Alan yesterday about whether we wanted to make another trip to deliver Peter McEwan's car the same way we did my car.

We both decided we would rather stay home and pay someone else.

I agree, though, 30 Speedsters in not very many years is an awesome achievement.

I still think he only gets three hours of sleep per night. Or maybe he has a group of elves working with him. Dunno.

Sorry I didn't call you back about the offer to come along. I woke up kinda late Sunday and figured you were already on the road. Shoulda called anyway, tho'. Mea culpa.

Thanks for the kudos, they're not all complete builds some have been fixer uppers, you now .....tear it down, spend mucho money to fix someone's mess and reassemble.

Yeah, if I do another one it WON'T be a complete-from-scratch. Just far too time consuming. I'll do what you and Troy are doing - Quick make-over and drop a Suby in it.

Lane!

Lane who?

Oh....sleepy Lane?

Somehow, I didn't get that excited feeling in your voice the day before so had already written you off and wasn't surprised to not hear from you. I was probably on the other side of Columbia when you got up.

I was already on I-26 by 8am, cruise on, wicked-good travelin' mix on the iPod, phone linked to the GPS and mucho Mountain Dew to keep me awake. Not a lot of traffic on the way up, lots of Panthers fans on the way back, just in Charlotte. Saw a couple of flashers and a really cool air-borne accident but that was about it. got home just about 7pm. Zero grown grass.

Next trip that long and fast is gonna be to Carlisle.

I once saw the wagon tracks of many Amish wagons in Alan's back yard! I've seen Amish construct a huge barn in a weekend so a speedster or few would be nothing for them. Amish must be branching out after success with those ceramic home heaters you see in all the magazines.

The barn will be nothing..... You should have seen " The Amish Entertainment Center " they were selling at our local AMISH FURNITURE STORE.... GARGANTUAN!!!!

It's true, the local Amish here did built my shop...couldn't beat the price and quality.

Tried a light 1000 wet sanding and buff on a small area of the gelcoat today and it worked wonders.

I got the speedster back from the body shop..looks fantastic.
Also picked up a fresh turn key rebuilt 1641 motor, clutch set, all tins, header exhaust, heater boxes and more all for $1,200!

#%^_*!!!&

Yeah, Leon, I know what you mean.

Hey I don't #%^_*!!!& around~

Bwaa#%^_*!!!&Haaaaa!!