Shes going to finally find the light of day.

Hey Everyone,
Im a first time owner here, and I've wanted one of these cars for a while. After much debate I picked me up another project.

The car is a 85 CMC, on a 74 pan.

I'm in the middle of redoing one of those myself... Same chasis.... If I can help, e-mail me.

It's amazing how many CMCs are out there still in the original shipping crates! Taken me awhile (from 1989!) - but mine is near drive-able. They must of had a heck of a sales staff! Post up some pictures!

This web site is killing me, but i managed to upload a few photos.

They are of when i took delivery of her. She has been uncompleted in a bar for the last 8 years.

My CMC came unbuilt from Florida to Glasgow, scotland ! Had been sitting for 12+years.....

I drove it today !! Only to the end of my street, but its a start....


Cheers
gerry

Thats excellent! I hope to be driving this one in about a month.

Great post.

I have a quick story like this.

I see you said "in a Bar" ... My 1st experience with a replica was a red little gem placed inside a local watering hole (as a display) then they shut the walls off. That little car languished there for 20 years - maybe more. It was really unloved.

The place went under / and then obviously closed. Not long after I get a call (I am known in my area for sports cars) and some contractor guy is asking me what a 1957 PORSCH Speedster could be worth. He goes on to tell me about the little red machine that was inside of this bar. He tells me that the new owners of the building wanted the car out of the premises - and had told him "you can have it if you can get it out of here - and then repair what it took to remove the wall."

He was ecstatic. So... I tell him "its a great car, I have known of it for years & years... Replicas like it in that poor condition sell for about $2000..."

He was like "R E P L I C A?"

I never did hear what happened to it.

Michael - GREAT story!

Ryan - FULL SPEED AHEAD!!

Ryan:

Like Leon and Wolfgang, I'm working on a 1988 CMC which I got as an un-started kit a couple of years back. I also have a finished 1993 CMC seen below. Anything you want to ask, please do and someone on here will be able to help.

Gordon
The Speedstah Guy from Beaufort

I have often felt "uncompleted" and unloved when I was in a bar. I get it.

Haha David, Thats a good one.

Here are some more photo before she get dismantled .

Got it home and stripped it. Never trust anyones work on projects.

Nice 4 wheel disc kit for it.

Now that she stripped its off to media blasting. Need to find the treasures.

Looks good blasted, Very minor swiss cheese holes. Time to patch and weld the 4 tiny holes.

Time to get the frame into epoxy paint.

And just dropped the body off at paint.

Its going artic white with silver peral over it.

Hope to see it back in 2 to 3 weeks.

got the gear box and steering box in paint.

All this work is done in the first 1.5 weeks of owning this car.

I just the front end put together. Brand new everything.

Sorry for dark photo, got done a bit late. Ill get some more photos up soon.

Yeah, CMC did have one helluva sales staff. Unfortunately, it's manufacturing and shipping departments couldn't quite keep up! One of their salesmen snagged my name from somewhere and grabbed on like an alligator - he just started twisting and turning like a gator. Luckily I knew all about CMC - courtesy of Curt Rodgers (?) newsletter. Took near five years to get them to stop calling me.

CMC/Fiberfab made a good product - if you could ever get all the pieces. I think the entire sales staff went on to be lawyers and/or politicians.

Welcome aboard and enjoy the trip!

" Curt Scott "....
Having had my hands on more CMC's than most, I can say, not a bad product, fix the door issues and gaps, prop up the rear body support and build yourself a speedster.

Ryan - dude you got some mad skilz! It will be cool to follow your build, Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Whats going on with the rear support?

Thanks for the comments guys! This thing is a blast to work on. Im attempting to do a mock up of the engine tonight. Then it will be dismantle and off to powdercoating and machine shop.

And I just got her turned over. This is probably the first time in at least 8 years she has ran.

And heres another at idle.

The engine will be torn down this week for powder coating, and new seals.

Alright shes a rolling frame now, And I have the engine bolted up.

Used 71 dodge dart shocks in the front.

Might be removeing some leafs to soften up the suspension.

Heres the engine a rear suspension.

Im not a fan of out the emergency cable lines lay on the axels, so im going to have to fab up some brackets.

DUDE! You're surely not wasting any time putting that bad boy together! SWEET!

Since you are doing this in a home garage with basic tools etc, I'm going out on limb here and giving you the Merklin Motor Craft seal of approval....keep us in the loop.

Thanks for the comments guys!

Im hoping this car will be on the road in a month.

I just visited the body other other day, it was getting some gel coat repair and the panels fitted.

Got the body mocked up before laying finishing body work. We reinforced the rear sub frame so the sagging will go away.

Nice work all around, Ryan!

Out of this world, amazing, keep the posts coming

Hey guys.

Its been slow lately, its mostly this body guy. I went to check on the car today and it looks amazing. The body seams and lines are perfect. The doors maintain a constant 2.5 mil gap all around, and the hood and engine cover look like they were just cut from the body. He's getting it in primer this saturday, and will will post photos up.

Here are some updated photos!

NICE! Soon....soon...