The newest newbies...

Well, this is our inaugural post! Many of you have probably already heard...we will be the new owners of Vince's awesome car! Blake has wanted a Speedster for a while now and he just couldn't convince me that I want one too. Then he took me to see the cars on Saturday and by the end of the day I was hooked! Dale you are one hell of a salesman! So, thank you to Dale, Terry, everyone whose names I missed, and most importantly, THANK YOU to Vince and Teri!

We're looking forward to rides in car and hangin' out with all you yahoos!

Congratulations. I had hoped to see you before we left Saturday for 100 plus miles of zooming on the back roads around your area. Terry and I really enjoyed meeting you two and hope to see you next year. You two have a great time and check the registry for some folks near you.

Blake and Jen - it was a pleasure meeting your this morning and though I'm sad to see that beautiful car out of Vince's hands, it looks like it will have a wonderful new home.

Congratulations on your purchase - this is a TERRIFIC car!
angela

welcome blake and jen


BYE VINCE

Ahhh, the newbies, didn't get to meet you in person, but we are glad to have you here. Vince promises although he wont have MR 356 anymore, he's not gonna leave us!

Hope you can hang with us next year at Paso, this is an awesome group of people.

Blake and Jen...MR356 is in the Garage all clean and covered till next Saturday when it comes home to you....Keep watching the events forum for upcoming events, and never worry about if your speedy can make the trip....it will.....
Blake are you any relation to the NHRA crew chief "Leong"
(very famous wrencher).....

Welcome Blake and Jen! Being that you are taking over Vince's car keep in mind that you will also have to take over the posting of what I'd call "colorful" pics Vince is so famous for. Enjoy your new ride!

Bye Vince! Welcome Blake and Jen!

Blake and Jen, welcome!
Really a pleasure to meet you. I'm glad you were able to "persuade" Uncle Vince to part with Mr356. Beautiful car. You guys are going to look HOT driving around Paso.
Looking forward to seeing you next year and posting frequently on this site.
Dale, do those Eskimos need any more ice? Global warming is coming.;)

Dale...I owe you one....A fresh one...

Vince, I don't know what a "Fresh one" is, but after all the nasty things I've said and thought about you, I felt I owed you one! Glad I could help a little bit.

You sold your car to a great couple that will really enjoy it.

Welcome Blake and Jen! -J

Wow! Quite the warm welcome! If we hadn't met some of you, we'd think you're all just a bunch of nice guys. We're glad we already know better!

As for taking over Vince's duty of posting "colorful" photos, we promise to post pics of Vince on the pole in our wine bus!

That sounds like an invitation I can't refuse.....
But it won't be pretty

It never is, Vince, it never is.

Congratulations, Blake and Jen!
I'd say you have big shoes to fill, but you know what they say about men with little cars ...
Tough act to follow, that guy. You folks will have to dress the car up in pretty little flowers and take it to parades and such, and maybe hire a PR consulting firm to clean up its image as the punk kid on the West Coast.

No more roping bodies to the luggage rack for desert disposal and such. No more Vietnamese laundress stories ...
Vince ... my man ... I hadda dig into the archives for this tribute:

"I would be honored to be the "first" SOC member to be ignored....
Now if I could just think of something obnoxious (sp) to say...
I'll get back to you guys...........keep reading the forum.."

... Just to say you and that Ghia had better stick around. I know it's out of context and the irritants have left the building, but dang, dude! Who's gonna provide the well-tempered, evil humor now?
And who the hell is going to put GERD to bed?

On a related, unrelated note, I do find it somewhat ironic that you and TC both have Ghias. I'm not sayin' ... I'm just sayin' ...

Cory, like I said before, I'm not going anywhere, you guys are stuck with me....I'm the ugly duckling....I kinda like that moniker....

Ghia was delivered today...will be on the next cruise, probably Lake Arrowhead or maybe a wine run to the Solvang area.....needs tires and a pair of carbs...

I will say that I am glad MR356 is staying in the Area and I an also happy for the new young owners, I hope they have as much fun as Teri and I have had the last 5 years with it.....

Saturday night when Blake came by and said he wanted the car, Teri cried for about an hour.........frigging cry baby....

Buy her some shoes, Vince.
She'll forget all about MR356.

Blake and Jen...I want to welcome you to the SOC madness....you will have a blast with your new toy and you will also have lots of fun with us all in here. Angela, Jennifer and myself are the only girls here so maybe Jen might want to join us...we need more girl power here..LOL
A word of caution...try not to pay to much attention to certain people in here( you all know who you are) just kidding guys :) Have fun and drive safely.
~Esther

Terry Nuckles.....you are so right on...way too funny.
I just bought a really cool old Tuscan looking wall plaque and this is what it says...

"One shoe can change your life"
Cinderella

I hung it inside of my dressing room next to my 105 pairs of shoes and counting..... ~Esther

Blake & Jen -

Welcome to the madness! We missed the opportunity to meet you at Paso Robles, but it sounds like you had a good time.

Looking forward to your posts and meeting up at the next SOC gathering.

Here's a pic of your 'new' car, front & center at SOC Paso Robles 2007.

Peace - Out!

OK..so, how does someone go about figuring out how to market and set the price for a Speedster Replica. Serial number 41 Intermechanica Body, built in 1970. Updated periodically, new engine, trans, etc. but only 1,000 miles since built. Thanks vickigmyers@yahoo.com..

Vicki - that car is old enough that it may be considered part of IM's "history". Maybe call IM and query as to its value?

angela

Blake & Jen, it was a pleasure to meet you Sunday morning out side of Vinces room. (Lili and I were in the next room!) you have obviously seen what it could be like here on this site, and what a bunch of clowns are around here that actually know how to use a keyboard! I am sure you will soon be driving the back roads and taking tons of pix. please rememebr to post them so we all can see. and do us all a favor... keep Vince off the poles this coming weekend! OBAN or not i do not know if I could take antoher shot of that look!

Speedster "D" looking forward to your SEG...

I received a call this morning from one of the other couple's who saw MR356 at Paso. The guy says his wife has been bugging him to buy my car...I told him it was sold, and he tried to offer me an additional grand to sell it to him....When I said NO, he said, "at least I tried"....
Blake & Jen, MR356 is yours... and is now being detailed..
See you Saturday, late morning.........

Vicki,
The first IM speedster were made in 1976. The 1970 must come for the year of the VW pan used in the construction of the car.

To determine an approximate value you will need to look at other speedsters that are in similar condition. And then, because it is an Intermeccancia, add 5000 dollars.

Just kidding about the 5000 dollars.

You do need to look at other cars in similar condition with similar engines. Posting several interior and exterior pictures will help and finding someone in your area to look at the car will help too.

Beat me to it, Dale; yes Intermeccanica started producing Speedsters in '76 or '77.

Cool...Our new car is in demand! Vince, we knew you were stand up guy, no matter what anybody else said.
We're getting so excited that we already ordered new plates. Nothing falshy, just to the point. VNTG356. What else do we need to say?
Now, about keeping Vince off the pole...we will do our best, but I have a feeling that could be a difficult job. He will be here for a good 30 minutes or so.

oh, I forgot to ask. What is an SEG?

Esther,
You three girls may be the only ones posting here but some of us are just watching and monitoring the madness of these overgrown boys we are married to. With any kind of luck they will never grow up. They are too much fun like this!!
Sharon

Blake and Jen,
SEG = $h_t eating grin!

Look at you boys, all rough and tough, then you abbreviate the naughty words. That's so cute!
J

Sharon....your cracking me up!!!!!! I know what you mean....~Esther

Mommy yells when we use the naughty words.

...and my dad smacks me with a 'Fresh One'!

We are the proud new owners of a Speedster! MR356 is now 356VNTG. Thanks Vince and Teri!
We had a great time cruising the car today, made a few stops. At one winery a woman even asked to us to wait as we were leaving so her husband could see our car! Cool and weird...
Unfortunately, we did encounter one problem. Right after we picked her up we came home to drop off our other car. Blake went to put the e-brake on and the cable snapped. We don't have a mechanic yet, so is it easy to replace the cable? Has anyone done this before, and can lend some tips on what to do and what NOT to do?

May not have snapped but pulled out of the adjuster/shortening end at the e' brake handle ?...
Lift the e'brake vinyl boot up and out of the way to check this.
If it did pull out of the adjuster, back off the allen screw,grab the cable with a needle nosed vise grip pushing it back into the adjuster and re-tightening the allen screw, ~Alan

Blake and Jen,congratulation on your new purchase!!!
I suggest you buy the "Bug me video" series (comes on DVD too). It shows you step by step how to work on the engine,brakes,transmissions etc. BTW it will show you how to replace the e-brake too. www.bugmevideo.com I DO have 5 different dvd's and I can tell you for sure they are very helpfull.



Good luck,and enjoy!!!

Blake and Jen, I suggest you drive that little bugger straight back to Vince and demand a Ghia in exchange ...
He'd be happy ...