Y'all drivin' the Hoopty (photos)

Stacey, Rocky and Max.

Lambros, Paul, Mickey and Henry.

Mickey had an event-within-the-event-within-the-event.
Doesn't he look like a movie star?

This was the highlight of my weekend until the big truck pull Sunday. Chuck Beck decided to actively investigate what I knew about the Sloppy Jalopy's construction and numbers. If I didn't know better, I'd have thought I was taking an engineering final.

Thank heavens Parnelli Jones spoke through me and made it seem like I knew what I was talking about. I made sure to give credit where it was due, telling him this entire club made my car possible, and that Sartwell had done the majority of the hard stuff.
I think I left him with the impression that it was the club's car.
He declined to drive it, saying that he didn't like to drive cars that didn't belong to him.

What a super guy. I'm glad Lambros dragged him over to see the car and let me talk to him. Thanks, Bro!

(Photos by Chris Nichols. Thanks again, man.)

This is Rob Young's Suby Turbo, his poor offspring sleeping in the front seat and a really neat vertical panorama.

(Rob said he was taking this poor child to Hershey Park as a thank-you. Good stuff.)

Nah, more like a rock star.

Dude, that "Tom" in the first post is actually Steve Perry - I think.

Tom, Lane and John.

Rolling the dice that your fact is better than my guess here, Lane. I wish we'd have worn nametags around all weekend; this is a bit embarrassing ...
"Tom," above, is now edited to read "Steve." Hope you're right ... :^B

There are so many of these that I thought it'd be appropriate to make a new thread for them.
I know I didn't get everyone here ...

Alan, Gordon and Steve, all smiling. (Edited thanks to a quick catch from Mr. "Longest Distance Driven" Anderson, below: I had thought Steve's name was Tom all weekend. Eeek -- sorry, Steve! Good catch, Lane!)

Yup, he's right.

Cory - cool pics! Looks like a great group of guys to hang out with. I'm guessing everyone that drove Hoopty at ludicrous speed that weekend has a story to take home with them!

Peace - Out!

It was every bit as much fun as Disneyland for a five-year-old, Jim. A riot.

>"I'm guessing everyone that drove Hoopty at ludicrous speed that weekend has a story to take home with them!"

You just ain't whistling Dixie Jim! :)

Bill - it looks like you guys were having more fun than humans are allowed to have!

Here is another (not a driver, but what can I say? . . .)

LOVE the dash in Rob Young's Suby Turbo ! ! Looks like a real/or modeled after a real 356B/C piece.

Nice!

SAW/SAS cars are absolute customs, so the owners get whatever dash and gauges they want (which means they're all different), but every one I've seen (about 5 now) is done with very tasteful touches and a lot of class.

Hope to see Bill Re's car soon (Suby #2) to compare that, too.

Actually, the SAS dashboards are all molded from an original so the general shape should be authentic. The arrangement of the instruments are all the same, since the cutouts from the "buck" were already there. The control knob positioning may vary from car to car; Steve O's arrangement is very different from mine. Both Steve and I elected to go with plain plastic knobs rather than the standard controls with international symbols.

Instruments of the earlier cars are all from Specialty Instruments but cars being produced now have the more familiar VDO type. I have gotten used to mine and prefer the look, function and easy readability as opposed to the more "correct" units.

OOPS! That should have read "Classic Instruments" and not "Specialty Instruments." I guess I must have had the word Specialty on the brain (fault).

Hoss - 1 of your 2 bolts must be loose!