Vintage wide flared

Just completed various upgrades on this VS flared version.
'04 Mustang Firemist metallic with silver ghost flames, interior is '02 Vette beige oak, brick red carpet, modified Miata roll-show bar, American Torq ThrustII 16" polished aluminum wheels,front discs, custom made 130 mm to 5 on 4.75 - 2" billet aluminum wheel spacers on the back & 1" on the front, MofoCo "Street Wise Project" 1776 fully balanced motor with twin Solex carbs, 12.5 flywheel, Pertronix Ingitor II Ignition.

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Looks great Alan! I'd hate to see those braided line scratch your nicely painted fan shroud. Wound you like a couple of 90 degree fittings?

Bruce,
I didn't catch that in time the nasty deed has been done with a light scuff under the braided hose from the motor running, I ended up placing a small piece of sticky rubber on the underside of the braided hose to keep it off the shroud. Probably will pull the shroud and re-shoot it but it too has the ghost flames...tnxs for the offer.

Beautiful.

SIC !!! nice work on you tub. L8 Cabanaboy OUT !!

Alan, that car looks gorgous! Did you do the miata bars or were they there when you bought the car? How much mod was needed to fit them? I love the look! Miata "style bars" are not too expensive. Just wondering how big a job it would be to fit them to a speedy.

Cool car Alan!...that was a well kept secret....

WOW!!

WAY TOO COOL!
Alan, that's young folks talk, however, I'm not one of them.

You are my hero!! Awesome ride.

Great work Alan! Please give us some more info on those great looking rollbars! They look awesome! Where did you get them?....how were they installed?...etc...etc... Thanks, Michael

Alan, how wide are your 16in wheels ? 7 or 8. and what size tires are mounted on them.

I'm in awe.

I'm in L.A. and I STILL love it!

Speedster "D'

WOW!! Beautiful Job! That is a pure craftsman that built that car.

ROCK ON!


Paul

Wheels are 7" on the front and 8" in the rear. 2" custom Billet spacer/adapters from 130mm to 5 on 4.75. Using spacers can be tricky, the rears are made in two pieces for each spacer....the 3/4" inner spacer bolts the the hub with recessed VW wheel bolts, the 1-1/4" outer spacer ring is bolted to the inner spacer section using recessed grade 8 fine threaded Allen head cap bolts. This makes for a strong combo and fills out the wheel wells.

Miata show bar, takes about an 1.5 hours to fit into a speedster. Have to use a stainless steel one instead of a chrome unit. All four attached tabs need to be removed and ground smooth. I then made a simple set of brackets to secure the bar to the inside of the rear seat tub area.
This show bar is an inexpensive way to get the look but if you look closely the center of the hoops are 1" outboard of the center of the seats but not really noticeable. I made up a set of canned installation instructions if anyone wants to go with this type of show bar.

Alan, from a guy who hates the Outlaw look.......that car is gorgeous!!

Alan,
Are your Miata roll bar "canned instructions" posted somewhere?
I see at least two Miata roll bar configs. (I'm looking on e-bay)
Do you have a part no. or the Year/model Miata application, or a source?

Thanks,
Greg

Here's a current ebay link to the compant where I got the show bar from:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Miata-Stainless-Super-Roll-Bar-89-and-Up-SUPER-NICE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ36475QQihZ005QQitemZ150028766263QQrdZ1

Greg I am emailing you my installation instructions

Alan,
Any chance I can get you to forward me your instructions also. This would be the perfect touch to my project.
Thanks,
Jim

Hey Alan:

Is this Matt Haugh's old car? I was looking thruogh the Registery and found what I think is the car you have now. Beautiful...but selling it so soon (ebay)?

Do you have a buy it now number? You can always email me off site if that is your preference.

David

Best wishes.

Well gang , last night I took my speedster out on some back country roads and enjoyed a half hour of intense hammering through the twists and turns returning home with a smile.
I found out this week that in the coming weeks ahead I'll have to have the spinal surgery that some of you are aware of and hemmed and hawed as I really like this speedster but decided to play it safe making a decision to sell the speedster to maintain stability as I don't know how long the recovery process will be. You all "know me" and there will be yet another as soon as I am up and running.
It is on eBay,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250026574165

Good luck Alan. Coming from someone who has had spinal and inter-cranial(if there is such a word) tumor removal--It's meat and potatoes nowadays, nothing to worry.

Good luck Alan. We'll be thinking about you. Let us know as soon as you can how your recovery is doing.
ed

Best Wishes, Dude ! ! ! !

Probably be joining the ranks sooner than I'd hoped.

So, my Dad went in three months ago to have a tumor and about a fifth of his skull removed . . . . he just came over to visit last week in a brand new Mustang !

He's 88 this month, still has a bandage on his head and another where they took the skin and bone from his hip for the graft, plus he likes a cane to make up for the lack of balance resulting . . . . he stumbles into the dealership and the salesman says, "You know, I can see you in a new Mustang. "

And the old man goes, "I think you're right ! "

WHAT ! ! ! ? ? ? ! ! !

You'll survive just fine . . . .

Luck,

TC

Hey thanks guys for the encouragements....

TC
Glad your dad is doing well, I guess I can now tell my wife I'll be getting a new ride out of all of this :)

Alan,
email me if I can help with anything...


Michael

Tnx Michael!

Alan,
Sorry to see you selling this one. You did one hecka job on finishing it out. That is one of the sweetest rides I have seen yet. I see plenty of ideas that I am planning to use on my project, including the roll bar.
Best of luck in your medical adventures. I'm sure you will be building an even more awesome ride in no time.
Jim

Alan -

Its good to see that you keep matters in their proper perspective. I offer a prayer for an uneventful recovery period and expeditious return to the Speedster world.

Here's wishing you continued good health & a prosperous future.

Hope you will at least lurk on this site for an occassional laugh from one of my moronic posts!

Peace - Out!

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