Let's see some pics.

Marty that’s one Beautiful car you have!!

Warmin up before a brap the other day.

I’ll get something tomorrow if it doesn’t rain.  We have a tad more color than Marty, so there is that and a really cool common and bandstand in the center of town so we’ll see how good the car looks up there....  

Lots of green still on the Blackstone Canal bike trail this afternoon, but that will certainly change this coming week as the foliage peak approaches.

Here’s a couple pics of mine.

Here's my baby. I love this fall weather.

A couple from a three day tour a week or so ago.

1st trophy....best of show..   burbank police foundation car show....johnny carson park oct 5th

Plugging away, still. 

Love that blue @edsnova.

Heres a couple from last year.

Love to show her off.

Cars and coffee.

Always the usual suspects, but always some new faces, too.

A pristine, fresh-from-the-dealer brand new Ford GT, paint still perfect all around. No hits, no rubs, no errors.

A newly rolled out British sports car, from the age when real people could afford them. And real people could fix them. Running again, after a refit.

An early 60's Alfa. A Giulia. Or a Giulietta? Served up with Webers Bolognese. Mama mia!

A few gems, a few diamonds in the rough, sprinkled among the Mustangs and the Vettes and the Lambos. As things were wrapping up, though, I spotted this guy.

My day was made!

Not a great shot but one with many memories. Pic taken in Castlegar, BC , one year and one day ago while driving from Vancouver to Ottawa having just taken delivery. The odo is now plus 14,083 km since the pic. 

A friend snapped these early this morning from his 550 Spyder as we crossed the Richmond- San Rafael Bridge to Head to a Cars and Coffee in Marin. 

I just love the motion shots of our cars. 

Good stuff. 

Cows in the road = leather (and steak)!

BTW: nice gloves @Marty Grzynkowicz !

This is one of my favorites from a run to Starved Rock a few years ago.  I'm always in awe on how many of you guys can fix these cars on the side of the road. Can anyone name the faceless character in this picture.  

Great job guys- they all look bitchen'!

Local show this weekend.  Sorry for a terrible quality of the photo!

Y'all are making me jealous - and impatient. 

Hometown Cars & Coffee - Charlotte, NC on 10/05/2019

A video of our Speedster at the Sacramento Cruisefest Oct 5th with a few VW Bugs cruising by, one with Porsche decals all over it! 😊

Here is my little guy.

Looks like the rest of the week is supposed to be raining around Five Cent Racing's Inter-Galactic Headquarters, so today was IT for a "Foliage Ride" for a few days.

Pearl, up at "The Center" of town - every one just says "The Center" and everyone else knows where that is and it is, quite literally, up on the highest hill in town.   Town Common Bandstand in the background,  Grafton Inn and Tavern in the far background (white building) and roof peak of the library far right.  I tried to get that "Marty" look in this shot.  All those Maples will be spectacular in about a week or two (Colored Foliage is 2-3 weeks late this year).

Entering the Upton State Forest, one town over.  Those "Swamp Maples" are just about going by while a lot of other trees are still green (but not for long!)

Listened to "Patsy Cline" for the whole ride and ready for more (both Patsy and another ride)!

I want to have my Fuchs finished like you have. What body Speedster is your car? The Flares look wider than a FF/CMC.

Nope.  1993 CMC " Speedster Californian ".  Could be the camera angles, though, making her hips look fatter (like JLO).   

The Fuchs started out life as black anodized spokes (from Germany - They're real Fuchs) but I thought they would look better against the white car with stripped and polished spokes so I spent 4 entire days on each wheel, stripping (stripping was a useless effort), grinding (that anodizing was really tough), sanding and polishing them to what you now see.  Only a retired guy would waste so much time on something so foolish, but they look friggin AWSOME, don't they?

I have real Fuchs as well but plan to send mine out this winter to have them polished like your wheels. You did a great job on yours.

Nice to see everyone car. Hope it keeps going.

Finally off the road and no rain. Taken in my hometown during “lunch”. 

On the road after a year of work, but still finishing up the interior and top.

Sitting here waiting for my new wheels to arrive (there were issues with two of them so they had to be rebuilt), it’s interesting seeing the variety of wheel arrangements on everyone’s cars.

 These cars look nice whatever wheels are on them.

@Bob: IM S6 from which wheel to which wheel? 15 to 16 ?

Good idea Bob.  Let's continue this thread with wheels.  Porsche 944 Turbo Spares.  I bought one original off of eBay.  Mailed it to Chris Codington in California.  He ran a custom CNC to reproduce for me. Originally 15 by 6 but widened with engine upgrade.  

calmotion posted:

@Bob: IM S6 from which wheel to which wheel? 15 to 16 ?

With all 911 suspension, I am running 16” Porsche wheels currently, as pictured above on my IM6.  Six inch front, eight inch rear.  Genuine Porsche, but a little ugly.

After a long search to find a company to make the wheels I wanted, I am going to 17” custom made Fuch like wheels, with 15” centers, and 17” stepped rim.  This gives me more choice in performance tires.  

I don't have any photos of the new wheels.

Thanks.

@Marty Grzynkowicz Nice. I did not know Chris C still do wheels. I thought the custom shop as well as the wheel place had close. 

calmotion posted:

@Marty Grzynkowicz Nice. I did not know Chris C still do wheels. I thought the custom shop as well as the wheel place had close. 

This is going back a few years.  I don't know what he is up to today. 

@MusbJim nice black and white photo. Poster 

HRBB - Hot Rods By Boyd, is apparently what Chris Coddington has going. He is making wheels with a specific wheel for Porsche 911 and 356. Nothing as good looking as Marty's wheels on the site.

That black and white shot does look way cool, BUT, your P-logo center cap is not facing the correct direction. The horror!

I see some awesome 2020 calendar photos.

Like Marty my wheels were made by Chris Coddington. Carey sent him the offset and now I have very lightweight (knock off) knock offs. 😉

Knock-off knock offs! Good one! Also very great as the original Rudges were actually kinda heavy?

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My ride, now in my hands for three days.    Gotta love it. More pics to come, right?

Empi alloy wheels.

my friday night BOBS buddy Ed's REAL DEAL 1954 356 continental....awesome 6 figure car!

mandatory pt. dume /zuma shot

jncspyder posted:

my friday night BOBS buddy Ed's REAL DEAL 1954 356 continental....awesome 6 figure car!

Interesting dashboard 

@calmotion  it's a very rare pre A car    very neat!

MaxMartens posted:

My ride, now in my hands for three days.    Gotta love it. More pics to come, right?

Empi alloy wheels.

DANG!!  That coupe takes bad-a$$ to a whole new level!  @MaxMartens

Out and about while we are in socal...

Acid wash!!!

Cruise out to Harmony Grove if you need a quick fix. Nice roads to cruise and not too far from where you are. Nice to see you out and about and you even made it to the coast. Have you thought about Palomar Mountain? Stone Brewery is a nice venue out your way too. 

Thanks ZF.  I have done Harmony Grove repeatedly already (to & from JPS). El Camino Del Norte also. Almost Palomar today... Soon! - Looks excellent on the map. Done the 78 out to Ramona today - ate at Ramona Cafe. Very tasty. Highland Valley Rd too. Cruised the Coast Hwy a couple of times, La Jolla too. Going to Philz coffee too lol in Encinitas. All over the place - our Outlaw is rockin'.

We hope to have a 1000 miles on the car by next week for our 1st oil change.

Hope to see you Saturday. We'll be easy to spot. 

If you find that you need donuts with that coffee...Leucadia Donuts to the North in Leucadia or VG Donuts to the South in Cardiff by the Sea. Pipes Cafe is a great for breakfast (the both of you can share one of their generous breakfast plates) or if you are around for lunch, Fish 101 in Cardiff or Leucadia. And there is always Honey's or Swami's Cafe in Encinitas! There you have a locals POV. Just keep this place a secret

Max,

You are doing the Coupe Owners Gruppe (More on that later) right.  I heard they lowered the speed up to Palomar to 35mph to accommodate the Bicyclists! 

MaxMartens posted:

My ride, now in my hands for three days.    Gotta love it. More pics to come, right?

Empi alloy wheels.

Beautiful...what color and code is that ?

had an 86 carrera looks like same color..meteor grey

Correct meteor grey metallic.

I can picture that color and style on a Speedster Outlaw   hmmmm.

Me and the Dog out for a drive!

Lucky dog!

550 miles & counting... Met up with ZF today for a great chat this morning... Cheers ZF!

Then on to more places...

I apologize for so many pics. We have had a long wait and are infatuated with our car at this point!

MaxMartens posted:

550 miles & counting... Met up with ZF today for a great chat this morning... Cheers ZF!

Then on to more places...

I apologize for so many pics. We have had a long wait and are infatuated with our car at this point!

There is no such thing as too many pics. 

friday night BOB's cruise night....the BOB's mascot

Max is driving the snot out of his new Outlaw JPS Coupe. He should be up to 500 miles soon. We just left C&C and MadMax is driving to Borrego Springs now where it is expected to be 90F degrees by noon. He is going to have a 200 mile day in his coupe. He is definitely shaking it out. Would be great to get a trip report when he returns from the Desert.

Here are a few shots from this mornings C&C at The Ranch (Rancho Santa Fe). The pics pretty much sum up how the entire morning went for Max and there were certainly no shortages of P-cars, Alfas, Lamborghinis, Ferarris, etc...

Max enjoying gear talk with Rich Fortuzza a long time PCA-SD Zone 8 concourse on the left and another 356 enthusiast who sold engines to The Maestro Harry Pellow (RIP) back in the day. Rich gave the JPS two thumbs up.

Have a great weekend everybody!

You called it ZF! Popular day for the JPS car. Some people knew, some didn't. And one was heard saying theres not a Porsche part in it lol. But they did understand 230 Subaru HP.

ZF has become a friend. Understandable and at the same point in our lives.

Optimism.

Yes we made it to Borrego Springs. The Subie ruled. Power on tap. Cornering is good, and pulls out of corners quite well. 700+ miles now, and two more days of hammering miles (for service purposes).

Hope to meet up with JNCSPYDER in a couple of days with his new JPS coupe also.

We all have heard the JPS story, but I think we got a good one. Keeping after it!

Gordon Nichols posted:

Nope.  1993 CMC " Speedster Californian ".  Could be the camera angles, though, making her hips look fatter (like JLO).   

The Fuchs started out life as black anodized spokes (from Germany - They're real Fuchs) but I thought they would look better against the white car with stripped and polished spokes so I spent 4 entire days on each wheel, stripping (stripping was a useless effort), grinding (that anodizing was really tough), sanding and polishing them to what you now see.  Only a retired guy would waste so much time on something so foolish, but they look friggin AWSOME, don't they?

Hey Gordon,

Don't get to see enough pics of your Speedie. I like it! On your 16” Fuchs, what width and tire sizes are you running?

Brian

Max,

I am sending you a PM. If you happen to be in the Temecula wine country area, give me a buzz. I am not back to work until Wednesday. It would be great to meet you and of course, see your awesome ride 🚀. Thanks for logging in your miles with us. Don’t hold back on the pics .... keep em’ coming. I live out here and haven’t gone 400 miles in 2 the years since I got my JPS. What am I waiting for! 

Or “Coupe Gruppe” or “C Gruppe” or ....?

Hmmm...  So when are we going to see that made into a badge? 😬

Like any Society, we have to agree on a name, colors, design. My design skills are pretty primitive by Today’s standards (MS Paint). That is not to say it couldn’t happen. I am planning on making a 3D ish sign for my garage, if there was any interest, I could make copies. I know there is some members that have done badges. Maybe start a new thread for this and we will see. Oh yah, then there is the Merch ... T-shirts, caps, speedos (Euro members only!)

Brian 

Racerx wrote: “Don't get to see enough pics of your Speedie. I like it! On your 16” Fuchs, what width and tire sizes are you running?

Thanks!

Currently, they are all 6” wide by 16” with 205/50 tires.   That combo handles pretty well.

For years I ran 7” wide rims on the rear (it’s a widebody so they fit) with 225/50 tires.  Those really handled well but with rotation sensitive tires I could never rotate them.   Traded the rear 7” rims for 6” and never looked back.

Thanks Gordon!. Just bought some 16x6 Maxilite Fuchs. There sure are some interesting sizes at 16”. Us narrow body guys might have to go with the 175/55 up front and the 195/55 out back. I didn’t want to drop to the 50 series in an effort to keep the revs down. Waiting for my brake upgrade to install. Enjoy your Sunday.

Racer Dude

I recently put 15X4 1/2 Maxilites on my 356 SC coupe. The front wheel studs probably will need to be lengthened as the stud does not quite extend through the wheel nut when tightened down. Hope you don't run into the same result.

Thanks for that @jprpdr. That is one of those things where you are ready to throw the wheels on and take it out, and then ...S#*t!

Brian

RACERX, lets shoot for a Tuesday meet up if you can - I PM'd you...

140 miles today, and up to 860 miles on our Blitzkrieg Coupe!

Lake Hodges to Temecula on back roads, over the 74 to San Clemente and then freeway miles back home on the 5. No pictures... boo.

RACERX and I. We had a nice gear jammin' loop!

@MaxMartens That was a Blast! Thanks for taking it easy on my 1.6 pea shooter! Your car is all that too. Glad I could be a part of your break-in period. Kind of a break-in period to let me see what my Coupe could do as well. It ate Subi exhaust with no problem ...

Enjoy your ride,

Brian in Murrieta

MaxMartens posted:

RACERX and I. We had a nice gear jammin' loop!

 

@MaxMartens@RacerX coupe to coupe toast nice back drop 👍😎

That hot over there!

@IaM-Ray When it starts gettin’ close to 200 deg. outside, the steering wheel gets a little gummy ... but you get used to it.

Are you close to Corey? It got really hot over there.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXuc7SAyk2s

Guess I shouldn’t complain 😔

More pics from today. Mr. X hustled his couple nicely today, even more noticeable with a 1600 motor! The subie rocked it too... Scared the wife a few times lol, but all good.

Perfect day! (Except for me sticking you with the breakfast tab). You two are good peeps.

Brian

Last hurrah in socal at Bobs Big Burger with JNCSPYDER this eve. Fun car hangout. Thanks JNC - good times. And great coupes we have!

And live freak show lizards, hamming it up!

MaxMartens posted:

@MaxMartens was this a send off of the coupe. Last day in LA?👍

Last day CALMOTION. On the road early am.

No sleep till Washington!

MaxMartens posted:

Last day CALMOTION. On the road early am.

No sleep till Washington!

@MaxMartens safe trip. 👍🤙

Night moves

I imagine some are tired of looking at this car, but I have an assortment of pics left. ...I am now back in the PNW and mostly done driving for the year. I have had positive results with the JPS coupe to this point. ...A decent all arounder. I had a blast in socal!

What an Epic journey Max. Glad you made t back to the PNW. We have many things in common!

ZFNHSN posted:

What an Epic journey Max. Glad you made t back to the PNW. We have many things in common!

True dat ZF! I hope to be back to the area next year, as we do probably twice yearly. Either bicycles, motorcycles, and now our coupe for entertainment when we visit... I will try to plan ahead to give a heads up for folks to do a drive out/lunch type deal.

As it is, the wife & I like solo drives too... Touring at our speed, taking pics & finding a local place for a bite. We hope to meet up with the same group again, and more.

Sunday drive with @Teby S and @Sacto Mitch

One day I’ll be done with mine, almost there. 

Bob: IM S6 posted:

Sitting here waiting for my new wheels to arrive (there were issues with two of them so they had to be rebuilt), it’s interesting seeing the variety of wheel arrangements on everyone’s cars.

 These cars look nice whatever wheels are on them.

@Bob: IM S6 How are those wheels coming Bob?

vdubuslife posted:

One day I’ll be done with mine, almost there. 

Is that a C series nose on your hood?

IaM-Ray posted:

Bob: IM S6 posted:

Sitting here waiting for my new wheels to arrive (there were issues with two of them so they had to be rebuilt), it’s interesting seeing the variety of wheel arrangements on everyone’s cars.

 These cars look nice whatever wheels are on them.

@Bob: IM S6 How are those wheels coming Bob?

Ray.  All done.  I just need to make the trip to the shop to pick them up, which I will do any day now.  No need to rush this time of the year...

I'll post a picture or two when I do get them.

Cheers.

Well you know I have this..

Hot Wheels must of seen me coming LOL... Weird coincidence.

I hope they were not telling you that a tow truck was in your future

Here is the link for the coupe. They also have it for the Speedster:

Bob: IM S6 posted:

IaM-Ray posted:

Bob: IM S6 posted:

Sitting here waiting for my new wheels to arrive (there were issues with two of them so they had to be rebuilt), it’s interesting seeing the variety of wheel arrangements on everyone’s cars.

 These cars look nice whatever wheels are on them.

@Bob: IM S6 How are those wheels coming Bob?

Ray.  All done.  I just need to make the trip to the shop to pick them up, which I will do any day now.  No need to rush this time of the year...

I'll post a picture or two when I do get them.

Cheers.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN "NO NEED TO RUSH?" WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO AT THIS TIME OF YEAR?!!?

Robert M posted:

Here is the link for the coupe. They also have it for the Speedster:

Those are Magnus Walker wheels on the Speedster- I wonder how light they are?

I got both.