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Reply to "Lane's Beck Super Coupe #3"

Drove the car quite a bit this weekend and had it at two Car & Coffee type events.  It's a hit to put it mildly.  The color gets a lot of comments.

It's surprisingly modern and easy to drive despite the near race car suspension and brakes.  The A/C has been a boon in the heat although I don't think I have the hidden controls totally committed to memory.  The seat and controls fit me almost perfectly, including the headrest suspended from the roll bar.  It won't work for everybody since it doesn't move with the seat, but that's not my problem.

I will be reworking the air scoop for the radiator a bit, either intentionally or not, as I've scraped it several times and replaced several rivets already.  This is the type of sorting issue that Carey and I expected to find in real-world use.  Due to the heavy rains here there are street gutters and driveway entries that the current scoop just won't clear, so I plan to raise the car about 1/2" (easy with the coilovers) and reshape the scoop a bit to keep the opening size by widening it but making it more shallow.  I have a friend here who has built a lot of cars and who has the tools and skills to fashion a new scoop better than I can.  I'm kind of glad that I can contribute some engineering to this.

One thing that I thought would be a big issue (the long travel clutch pedal) quickly turned into a non-issue.  I hardly have to think about it now.  I may still work on a pedal stop idea, but it's no longer a priority.

What I haven't done yet is get it on a really twisty road - mainly because there aren't many of those around here.  This things gonna be a blast in the mountains, though.  C'mon Tour de Smo'!

Last edited by Lane Anderson
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