reunion in south florida

Are there any reunion in South Florida of Speedster owner ?
Does anyone know. ?
Peter V Choy

Hi Peter---I know you must be excited about getting your new Beck--you should have it around September or so---right? Congrats, you got a wonderful car and the support you will have from Carey will be wonderful from what everyone here says.

I haven't heard of any gatherings in S. FL but hope someone will post about one. I really enjoy my Speedster a lot but tio me a huge part of the fun (or madness, as it's called) is the wonderful folks you will meet on this site and the various gatherings that are held around the country. If you don't attend these events you are missing out on most of the fun!

The next event I know about is the 'Tail Of The Dragon" in the Smoky Mountains in October. We meet near Knoxville, TN which is really not all that far for you to come. Lane Anderson is an enthusastic Beck supporter and drivesfrom near Charleston, SC to The Dragon. He also drives to the Carlisle event and that's not too much farther than your trip to The Dragon. Marty G. drives hios Vintage from Chicago to the Dragon and I do it from Hot Springs, AR. Some of us are planning a drive to the Morrow Bay, CA event next April and thats a 2 1/2 or 3 day drive for me. So you can make it to The Dragon and we'd love to meet you and see your ride.

Good luck with your new car! ---Jack

I'll be there for the Dragon Run, come on and join us Pete!

That's good news Nolan; I'll be there too & I'll be sporting some new hardware under the hood.

Cool Marty; can't wait to see you all again! Bringing that Amish lady with you?

I must admit to being quite shocked when I learned that some of the Amish came from Italy.

Yeah she'll make you an offer you can't refuse. Or she'll make you some focaccia bread. Amish style of course:)

Bwaahhaaaa!

Hi thanks for your support I hope my car be ready by them ete

Peter, what are the specs on your car?

And post pics as soon as you can. We're all nosey.

Why don't we have a Florida get together?

hi,i am also interrested in a getogether in southflorida ,especially on oceandrive in southbeach.anyway peter,contact me,i am part of the sobe madness.herbert hofer,

Nolan we are heading to Fl in the morning. We are hitting the Keys first and than back to Hollywood Beach for the 4th. Maybe we can meet for lunch or a cocktail. What da think?

Marty

Marty,

You and Sandy need to go to "No Name Pub" ... the walls there are amazing and great pizza.

~Alan

North Watson Blvd.(1 1/2 mi. north of US 1)
Big Pine Key, FL, 33043 (305) 872-9115

Hey Marty, I love to see you guys again call me. I sent an email with my ph0ne number.

Dr. Choy asked me to make a post about his car. I will be happy to update the thread with some photos as we progress.
Although his profile shows the car as red/whiskey, we have tentatively changed that to silver/blue.
The car is being built as a one off flared Beck with an EJ25 Suby motor. Rancho is building one of their pro-comp boxes, and it is being custom geared with all new Phoenix gear sets. We have used 4 of these boxes in the last few months and they are working out GREAT!
We have a shop making custom axles and bearing housings, and Airkewld is making custom rotors for us. Brakes are cross-drilled 11" rotors w/ Wilwood 2 piston calipers in the front and Golf in the rear.
Wheels are 19x8.5 and 19x10.5 3 piece 911 Turbo aftermarket wheels that are being slightly modified by Weldcraft to change the offset a bit. By changing the offset of the wheels and widening the suspension itself, we should get away without spacers of any kind here...
The car is being built as a "comfortable" outlaw, with no trim or bumpers, but will feature AC and heat.
Completion date is estimated to be December 9th.

I'm watching (involuntarily;mums got the remote ! ) Price is Right. Lets start the lightning round.

I'm thinking $45000 minimum. And a 6 month wait. HMMM

That "Hope and Change" is workin out fine down sout !


Peter you'd better be packin heat. Theres some areas in WPB i wont even stop at .

Must be working in a lot of places... we are on a 90 day wait list for "normal" speedsters and spyders, almost a 1 year wait list on the C Cabriolets, and are coming off of the 2 busiest months in close to a year.

To One of the Good Guys, Carey;

Here's wishing you continued Good Health & Prosperity!!

Peace - Out!

Glad to see business is doing so well. Gonna need a lot of manuals, I bet ;-)

Hi Lane The car is a Beck Widebody It is going to have a Subaru EJ 2.5 engine,with rancho transaxle,and Porsche style brake. I resently told Carey I wanted to change the color from Red to Silver/Blue Interior . I have decided on 19 "real porsche wheel
I don't think I want any badge on the car. What do you guys think ?
Peter

Hi Herbert I got your phone and E mail. I like to get more of us here in South Florida. As sonn I have my car I will E mail you Peter

Peter, I agree with you about the badges, particularly since it's a widebody. It sounds like it's gonna be quite a car.

Hi Nolan. It will be nice but I don,t think my car will be ready. I wonder if I coul go with another car? It will be good to meet you guys Peter

Hey Peter: It's more about the people, so come with what rolls, lol. I'm sure you'll enjoy meeting the other guys and gals.

Peter---you would enjoy the gathering no matter what you drive. My son showed up last year in an old Bug convertable. Come to the Dragon run---yopu will be very welcome, you can see a lot of Speedsters and you will enjoy the group dinner, SAS tour and more.

When I started "the madness" I thoughjt it was all about the car but the car is only half the fun. This site, the various events and most of all the people you will be with make the enjoyment much, much more than just the car.

Your car sounds fantastic too.---Jack

Ditto what Jack and Nolan said. We'll have one fellow driving either a Porsche (real) Carrera 4 Cabrio or an Audi R8. I mean really, if we allow those, we'll allow anything, right? ;-)

hi peter ,i am taking a spin almost everyday on southbeach and sometimes over to miami,like tomorrow when my wife kicks me out from our home because the cleaninglady is coming and i have to split .so if you want give me a call and i pick you up and show you my toy.anyway all the best.herbert.

Hi Herbert I am a working guy,but I love to see your Tub If you are around Miami on a Friday after 1 PM we could get together Peter

hi peter ,to bad next friday i am out of town,but call me anytime when it is good for you. by the way your car is not on a VW pan,otherwise it would have been very ease to register wih anticplates,my builder registert the car in california{with licenzplates}in my name,i went with the titel to my inssurence and then had the titel changed to florida antic plates with no problems at all,cost about 90.-dollars well if you need more info let me know,good luck,herbert.

Holy crap......spell check? Just sayin'!

sorry for my spelling but it is my 3rd language ,and i learn a new word everyday,herbert.

That's ok, Herbert. It's my first language and I still learn a new word everyday. Today's word was "truthiness".

...and the officiality of Lane's truthiness cannot be disputilated!!

hi peter v choy,i was told there is a cruisenite this friday from 6 pm to 10 pm on university drive and i 595,hopefully weather will be good and we could meet there,herbert hofer.

Mmmm, If the weather is good, and the wife is in a good mood, I might drop by the Cruise-In before the Marlin's game gets too deep into the innings. Like to meet up with you P-nuts (Porsche-O-Philes), If I can make it I'll show up around 6pm and stick around 'til 7:30.

weather should be ok.,i hate to drive in a tropical douwnpour,so i love to meet another speedsterman,will be there around 6 pm ,herbert hofer.

hi peter,nolan and jim,it was really great meeting you guys yesterday at the cruisenite,now i have some faces behind the wild speedsterboys,anyway i am already looking forward to see you gentleman coming to southbeach for an exiting drive with the artdecobuildings as a backdrop.so till next time,drive save and show off your ride,herbert hofer.

Cruise-In was great, meeting other 356 owners was a blast, even though we were parked with the Heavy Metal Detroit iron we got a lot of attention. The South Beach run sounds like fun, now if only I can get the Frau to agree to it, lol!