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@Gordon Nichols  I wish it was a Beck, it would have been done LONG ago...  LOL   It started life as a CMI and I've changed just about everything about the car (that was possible). 
One really cool thing that has come out of this car is I now know exactly WHY Chuck made the changes he did to the car in the 80s.  There is just SO MUCH that doesn't make sense from a production/service/common sense standpoint it's comical.

The biggest challenge has been trying to improve on some really bad shortcuts, some of which were quite frankly dangerous, to say the least.  The fuel tank was a great example.  We simply wanted to support it better so that it didn't come through the hood on a hard stop (or god forbid a frontal impact), BUT it was done so half assed originally because it NEEDED to float around to fit under the seal lip of the front hood, and in order for the hood to close... 40+ hours later, it's right...

Some things I just couldn't do anything about...  I HATE single circuit master cylinders, but its already up against the front beam and crammed into a tight space left to right, and the pedals are as far back as possible... so there is just no way to do do anything about it. This is one of the major changes Chuck made to wheelbase, in order to fit a dual circuit cylinder without changing front end geometry...  so in this case it's just one of the shortcomings we have to live with.  
OK, back to work for me.  I have 3 cars being delivered as Christmas presents over the next 10 days...

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