SAS Coupe

What a lovely car. (About 12 other people beat me to Gorgeous).

Congrats, enjoy!

-Jeff

Wow, Charles! Congratulations!

Sweeeeeet!

Absolutely STUNNING !! The photos look like it's at the Pebble Beach Concours. Such a classy look, especially the interior.
The chiroprators in Georgia will be very busy now with all the turned head injuries!

Like that color! What size wheels and tires are you running?

LOVE IT!

Dale, the tires are 205/50Z R17 and the wheels were used on recent Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan vehicles. SAS crafted some Porsche disks to cover the center hubs. This car looks a lot 'meaner' in person than the photos let on.

Bucky, GA is a big chiropractor state so I think we can handle the problem OK. So far, it is difficult to get much done in the car since everyone has to talk about it.

"This car looks a lot 'meaner' in person than the photos let on"

I'll say! It certainly attracted the crowds at Carlisle.

Charles,

Can you shed some light on how the engine bay is accessed (I assume through the cabin?) and what the interior noise levels are like at highway speeds?

Thanks,

-Jeff

Jeff, I suppose you could say there are three levels of access to the engine. As you can see in the picture, there is a shelf behind the seat. First, both seats are folded forward. After the release of an upholstered flap, the well-sealed lid raises up for access to water level check/add, oil check/add and A/C check/add

I just saw the "car wash baptism" photos at the SAS site. Impressive. I also got an email from Steve showing off your car, also nice to see some active marketing. :)

To give some perspective to how impressive the baptism is, I had an early 2000's Z3, brand new. And right in the owners manual it told you not to take the car through car washes as it -would- leak. This was a $50K BMW. Granted it was a convertible, but still. A 2000 vintage car from a global manufacturer and it would not have passed the baptism. So kudos to Steve.

-Jeff

Charles,

Thanks for the info on the engine bay and the additional photos.

Out of curiosity, how large a person do you think you could slot in there? I notice there doesn't appear to be any additional seat travel in the photo. Similar to my old TR7, but that actually had quite a bit of leg room up to about 6' 2". Are the seats just all the way back?

-Jeff

Jeff, as with most of my answers, the response is not just are yes or no. In this version of the coupe, the seats are all the way back and at full rake. I would think the issue with this particular coupe is girth rather than height and my girth has gotten quite large over the years but I feel comfortable once I get settled in the driver

Many of you saw the Creme Brule Coupe at Carlisle in an unfinish condition. Others have seen pictures of the completed car taken by the assembler. I am attaching pictures of the coupe in my garage after a wet sanding, buffing and detailing. The basecoat/clear coat paint now shines as it should. Power and handling are excellent. So far, so good.

Beautiful car, Charles. I received an email from Steve Lawing that was sort of a press release about the car. I responded with some appropriate compliments and he invited me to the shop when we do the Dragon Run. Seems like a very nice fellow. I may have to figure out a way to take him up on that.

Hey Lane, let's do lunch at Hunter's Grill after you have a look-see at SAS.

Hmmm... Gotta figure out how to work that in. A side benefit would be maximizing my stay in the mountains.

Charles - your car is AWESOME!!

Now get out there and drive it like you stole it!!

Peace - Out!

Charles -

The paint looks amazing. I profess not to be a paint expert. The wet sanding was something you had done post delivery?

-Jeff

Jeff, I just took the car to a world class detailer and told him to make the car look good. My selection of a detailer was based on other cars at a local auto repair shop. When I returned to pick the car up, the auto shop owner told me that the detailer decided it needed wet sanding to get the quality I was looking for. This would have usually been done by SAS but the car, being the SAS prototype coupe, was scheduled for some additional modifications in September and SAS had held off the final wet sanding. As the owner, I got antsy and had it done anyway. I am very pleased with how it turned out. Lovely car.

Hi Charles, you have a lovely car there. What sort of radio do you in it? From the pictures, it looks like you have a period-correct Becker or something. However, I read on the SAS website that your car has a CD player and other modern day sound system goodies.

My SAS coupe has a period correct Blaupunkt radio with ivory knobs. It has the European Long and Medium wave bands (L&M) and the FM band (U). I only get stations in the U.S. on the U band. I think perhaps a modern clone with contemporary innards might be a better choice for most folks. I tend to put the radio on one station and leave it there.