Outlaw Speedster Build.

Please, for the love of God, put a real motor in this one. And I'm talking bigger than a 1915.

Like, a 2110, 2165, 2276, or 2332.

@DannyP posted:

Please, for the love of God, put a real motor in this one. And I'm talking bigger than a 1915.

Like, a 2110, 2165, 2276, or 2332.

Edit: New 2165

I have a like new, gently broken in 1200 mile 2332 Pat Downs motor that will be crated and ready to ship by Feb. Would be willing to offer a very good deal on it if you haven’t already pulled the trigger on the 2165.

@Alan Merklin.   ^^^^Do This!!!^^^^

Either that or a T-4!

@Gordon Nichols posted:

@Alan Merklin.   ^^^^Do This!!!^^^^

Either that or a T-4!

Absolutely. No half measures.

@Chappy posted:

I have a like new, gently broken in 1200 mile 2332 Pat Downs motor that will be crated and ready to ship by Feb. Would be willing to offer a very good deal on it if you haven’t already pulled the trigger on the 2165.

I have a new on a pallet 2165cc engine came with the project ~

Carry on!

Must follow build...

@Alan Merklin wrote:
”I have a new, on a pallet, 2165cc engine that came with the project”.

That’s good - Use it!   Way better than a Ho-Hum 1915 with lots of chrome, fer sure!

Outlaw : The last three days have been spent discovering that the VW flanged stub axles on the Mendeola suspension are VW Bus and not Beetle so I'll need to make up  axles that have Beetle CV joints on one end and Bus CV joints on the other.  The disc brakes are made by Neal Inc ( now out of business) I wanted to add E brake so it's probably going to mean replacing the entire rear disc brake $ set up. ( vs a cheap $45 Park Line Loc) ...Also fixing stuff that was not done right like changing out door latch bolts for oval head screws, switch door cables for door rods, fit the battery box that gets located under the driver side rear seat base. Also hood and deck lid prop rods, aligning the doors & refitting the windshield to the car ... that, was a half day magic wand stuff :~)  I am impressed with the frame and suspension design as well as Rafael's speedster body is thick with additional glassed in bracing. Tomorrow I'll pick up the HD specific built trans.

I think that I have seen rear calipers with a mechanical lever for the E brake ,

are there any modern cars with this setup ?

@Alan Merklin, change the flanges on the transmission to Type 181/Thing flanges and then you can use Type 2 CV joints all around.  

@LI-Rick posted:

@Alan Merklin, change the flanges on the transmission to Type 181/Thing flanges and then you can use Type 2 CV joints all around.  Type 2 joints are wider than Type 1, so you will have to use narrowed axles.

PM Sent

Ham sandwich lunch time Outlaw update. My mis-matched flanges fix was to switch out the stub axles for Type 1's to match the Type 1 built trans.

Today, I'm in the process of putting a square peg into around hole. i.e being able to fold down the top carriage frame, still have room to attach the fiberglass quarter tonneau, still use part of the show bar and the cloth 1/4 boot cover so that it can all be on the speedster at the same time switched out as desired ....stay tuned~

Edit:  ......With much help from my wife Connie, an afternoon of cutting, grinding and drilling, I was able to adjust the scissor top frame fit so it now clears the rear lip on the tub body and the adjusted fiberglass header bow still captures the windshield frame along with having room to set the fiberglass tonneau over the stored top and can also now replace the fiberglass tonneau with a Stay-fast 1/4 boot cover and it all fits . With this configured, the "show" driver's hoop bar can remain and the horizontal cross brace that supports that too. The padded fairing will also be on the car. .........So the way it will work : Outlaw mode: Open polished aluminum wide five wheels, fiberglass tonneau, hoop bar & padded fairing in place. Stock configuration: Porsche wheel caps, replace the fiberglass tonneau, faring and hoop bat with the Stay-fast 1/4 boot cover. Owner's choice so to speak. I'll post a photo early next Week .......... Merry Christmas All !

@Alan Merklin posted:

Ham sandwich lunch time Outlaw update. My mis-matched flanges fix was to switch out the stub axles for Type 1's to match the Type 1 built trans.

Today, I'm in the process of putting a square peg into around hole. i.e being able to fold down the top carriage frame, still have room to attach the fiberglass quarter tonneau, still use part of the show bar and the cloth 1/4 boot cover so that it can all be on the speedster at the same time switched out as desired ....stay tuned~

Edit:  ......An afternoon of cutting, grinding and drilling, I was able to adjust the scissor top frame fit so it now clears the rear lip on the tub body and the adjusted fiberglass header bow still captures the windshield frame along with having room to set the fiberglass tonneau over the stored top and can also now replace the fiberglass tonneau with a Stay-fast 1/4 boot cover and it all fits . With this configured, the "show" driver's hoop bar can remain and the horizontal cross brace that supports that too. The padded faring will also be on the car. .........So the way it will work : Outlaw mode: Open polished aluminum wide five wheels, fiberglass tonneau, hoop bar & padded faring in place. Stock configuration: Porsche wheel caps, replace the fiberglass tonneau, faring and hoop bat with the Stay-fast 1/4 boot cover. Owner's choice so to speak. I'll post a photo early next Week .......... Merry Christmas All !

Your theme song, Alan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...b_channel=CarlySimon

@Alan Merklin wrote- "I'll post a photo early next week ..."

Looking forward to it!

Outlaw update ..... . After many hours, the body is off the chassis and bolted to a rolling cart I made and ready to go to the paint shop on Monday. It took me quite a bit of time to fit the top carriage frame assembly stored under the hard fiberglass tunnel ( shown loose on the body )  while being able to keep the rollbar cross brace intact. This involved moving the windshield slightly forward, not get too close to the wiper pivots on the cowl a lot of other fabrication, that you don’t see to get things to fits well. . The previous owner did a professional job on extending the Berrien dune buggy chassis slightly more than 8" inches to fit the Speedster wheelbase with a sleeved square 2 inch tubing...Goes to paint in PA on Monday and I'll be working on the chassis.  Color is: Ferrari Grigio Silverstone        ( dark gray metallic ) w/ baseball brown leather interior.

@Alan Merklin wrote: “The previous owner did a professional   job on extending the chassis slightly more than 8" inches with a sleeved square 2 inch tubing.”

What’s up with that?  Is this car 8” longer than a “regular” Speedster?  Looking at the chassis photos, it doesn’t look different but maybe it’s hidden well.

What’s da Scoop?

@Gordon Nichols posted:

@Alan Merklin wrote: “The previous owner did a professional   job on extending the chassis slightly more than 8" inches with a sleeved square 2 inch tubing.”

What’s up with that?  Is this car 8” longer than a “regular” Speedster?  Looking at the chassis photos, it doesn’t look different but maybe it’s hidden well.

What’s da Scoop?

I changed the text to add: 8" from Berrien buggy chassis to speedster wheelbase ...tnx !