Last week I met Chris and Maxine in their older, red CMC. Yesterday I met their neighbor (name escapes me)who had sold Chris his red car. Sold it for good reason! He and his wife were driving a bright yellow, super-wide body Vintage Speedster. But that alone is not what got my attention. No, it was the Dick Landy Magnacharger (belt-driven supercharger) with a four barrel carb and a nice chrome air cleaner protruding gloriously 15 inches above the rear deck that got my attention. He claims 200 horses at 5000 RPM at the rear wheels. He had spanked a new Mustang just that morning. LOUD! He is the real deal. A semi-retired owner of the Bug Germanator shop in North Bend, OR. He has been building VW engines for dune buggies for 20 years. I tried to get him to say "hello" on our forum - he said he had seen it a few times.
And here I am, 1000 miles from my speedy. I get to spend the summer in a cabin on a lake, but it's at the end of a gravel road. I'm dying here . . . .
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