I've built my own Outlaw over a period of 6 years.
When I turned 40 in 2007 I decided the time had come to make my childhood dream become a reality and the actual build of the car began. Being a lawyer I’m consequently technically impaired so I knew when I started to build the car that it would be a humongous challenge.Unfortunately my technical impairment implied also that the build most of the time was one of ‘two steps forward, one step back’ and I can honestly say that being a perfectionist with a slight OCD didn’t help either. Luckily I had a group of great supporters that kept believing in my abilities even when I started doubting them (not my supporters, but my abilities).
Now it's finished (allthough: is it ever finished?) I'm really happy with the end result.
It's a café racer on 4 wheels which I prefer to call 'outcast' (because the body comes out of a cast ;-) ) instead of 'outlaw'. During the built of the car I had regular contact with Gary Emory. I even got an Emory Motorsports gear shift knop from them, which gives the car a nice 'Outlaw' touch..
The engine is an original type 4 1.800cc Riechert with a horizontally placed 901 fan, 316' racing cam, 45mm Weber carburators and a custom made SS racing exhaust, which set-up produces 124 bhp (while the car weighs 660 kg)
This car is wicked cool!
Later on she always asked 'are you going to work on your Betty', 'How's Betty doing', 'How's Betty coming along' and things like that. Sometimes she even was a bit jealous of the attention I gave to and the time I spend with 'my Betty'. That's the way my car got its name![/true story]
