Good for you, Sam!
Badges are forever and I would have been happy if the first owner of my (also silver) Speedster had left them off. Will look great either way, but what's your plan?
@wrkinprogress, it will have speedster and 1600 super badges, but stopping short of anything beyond that for now. Hood crest will remain Beck and I splurged for a genuine Nardi wheel, so it will have the real Nardi horn button too. If the mood strikes me down the road to go further, I’ll use 3M emblem adhesive, so somewhat future proof to remove.
I would think less is more as time goes on the exactness of your car to a real one is not as significant since it is more a restomod. That is newer tech in an old body.
@Sam Brown posted:Hood crest will remain Beck and I splurged for a genuine Nardi wheel, so it will have the real Nardi horn button too.
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how long till U get the finished car...attitudes on upgrades change over time..just curious..
As @dlearl476 showed in his picture, get the Beck horn button. It looks better than the Nardi one.
@barncobob posted:how long till U get the finished car...attitudes on upgrades change over time..just curious..
That really is the magic question. It does feel very imminent, but like I said above, I’ve made the mistake of saying “so close!” at least half a dozen times just in this thread alone…
@Lane Anderson posted:As @dlearl476 showed in his picture, get the Beck horn button. It looks better than the Nardi one.
And AFAIK , Carey has them. Jamie told me he ordered a bunch when he sent him the emblems to make mine (ours).
@Sam Brown posted:That really is the magic question. It does feel very imminent, but like I said above, I’ve made the mistake of saying “so close!” at least half a dozen times just in this thread alone…
Hah! Yeah, I know how that feels. Still, if they're doing test drives then it is close.
For those that asked about the interior changes, here is a quick rundown.
I made a change to the dash pad and knobs/bezels shorty after I bought my original Speedster. I just wanted to fine tune things towards authenticity... I also changed the door top caps around the same time. Joe's was one of the first with this treatment. All cars get this as a standard now.
The door cards are up to the customer. We do flat, like the original, flat with a pocket, or "D" style with locking map pocket. We also do other custom finishes upon request... we always have, but we have a bit more flexibility now that we have 3 full time upholsterers in-house.
The floor carpet and kick panel carpet with pockets was the most recent change. Floor shape changed due to the new chassis and while we lost a tiny bit of room left of the clutch, we gained 2" seating height, which is huge. The kick panel pockets were just something I wanted for authenticity purposes, plus if you do a flat door card, the kick panel pocket give you a place to store things easily. The area behind the seat changed slightly. Honestly it was needed to clear the new chassis, but I did it in a way that resembled the shelf of the original also.
Oh yeah we also did away with the tunnel mounted e-brake last year. I did under dash umbrella handles on the first several cars, but Im not happy with the function so we're using an electronic ebrake now, testing the waters, and integrating them into the car's wiring so they can;t be operated while moving and they display a "park brake indicator" on the dash/gauge when engaged.
I think this is the last upgrade to Sam's car before I put the last long drive in her and ship...
@chines1 wrote: "If you do a flat door card, the kick panel pockets give you a place to store things easily."
I love that, and I, of course, have the el Cheapo CMC flat panel doors, so I'm gonna look at how I can possibly add the kick panel map pockets, too. I have a YUGE! roll of the same Burgundy carpet that's in there and have been looking for another project, now that the garden's been rained out.
You don't happen to have a few photos of what your kick panel pockets look like that you could post, do you? I don't want to remove the kick panel carpet to sew the pocket on so I'll have to be creative in how I attach them.
Thanks!
Gordon
Here are mine. I keep my ownership and insurance in there. And maps, which I do use as I don't have any GPS. I'll have to look, but I think they are just attached by a little glue and some very small screws.
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IM’s version is fashioned in hard aluminum II believe and they are held down with screws that hide in the carpet square weave .
Yhe original had overlapping carpet with a sewn edge which gapped a bit as a pant side pocket they were pretty cool in my original.
Glad to see you do those Carey, very nice addition. I think they are special order at IM but you have to request them as they are not on the custom order sheet at order time same with moving the wheel archways or pie cuts for 6 cyl. Cars
Great convenience item IMO
Now @chines1 are we getting a 356A coupe from you sometime?
That new frame should work with any body
That's what I had in mind, Bob. My floor/kick panel spaces are a little different, but I had already thought of just getting a colored border to match or complement the carpet color and just screwing it to the body. I believe that I still have the heavy vinyl "binding" that came from CMC for a portion of my CMC seats that I never used, and I bought an entire roll of color matched carpet (8' X 12') at Home Depot almost 20 years ago. I've been using it for a new driver's side carpet every few years as I wear a heal hole in it. Maybe I can graft in a rubber pad for that, too.
YAY! I've found another project to consume part of the next few days!
I'll post a picture of the ones in my car a bit later, Gordon. They're different than Ray's but probably the same as what Carey puts in the Speedsters.
@IaM-Ray posted:Now @chines1 are we getting a 356A coupe from you sometime?
I think there is a "gentleman's agreement" of sorts for turnkeys there. Greg does the bent window pre-A, JPS the A, and Carey the C. I wish Greg and Carey did an A coupe though, I'd gladly buy from either of them and NOT from JPS. It's not the car, it's John.
I know there are a few others that make an A body: Ralph Albiter in Mexico, Kitman Motors, and maybe more.
Nobody does or wants the B, unless it's a real one.
@IaM-Ray the speedster chassis would work for someone else's coupe body however mounting to the chassis would be different and it would certainly need reworked at the rockers and inner sills and wheel wells. My coupe chassis would not work for anyone else's body.
No, I do not plan on an A coupe body. The last thing I need right now is a new project. Sales of what I make currently are still outselling production 4x and we're still in the learning/tweeking phase on our newest 2 products, plus I am knee deep in a watercooled chassis (Boxster) for the 904GTS.
FYI, I started with the A body when we took off on this project and then everyone had an A so I decided to do my own thing, plus it is also "in my blood" from the ENVEMO days of my father...
@Gordon Nichols I make mine out of composite and then they go on afterwards. they aren't as integrated as the originals, BUT I also need them to be easily removable so you can access the kick panel cover for hinge access, speaker access, wiring harness access, etc... Anyway, they have one attachment point at the bottom and then 2 at the top, all of which get covered over with an insert after they are installed. I'll e-mail you pics.
At first I was a little disappointed that the Coupes were C instead of A, but that wore off quickly during development. Now I prefer the C, particularly sans bumpers. The front end wrapping under suits me and I really like the larger windows.
@Gordon Nichols posted:That's what I had in mind, Bob. My floor/kick panel spaces are a little different, but I had already thought of just getting a colored border to match or complement the carpet color and just screwing it to the body. I believe that I still have the heavy vinyl "binding" that came from CMC for a portion of my CMC seats that I never used, and I bought an entire roll of color matched carpet (8' X 12') at Home Depot almost 20 years ago. I've been using it for a new driver's side carpet every few years as I wear a heal hole in it. Maybe I can graft in a rubber pad for that, too.
YAY! I've found another project to consume part of the next few days!
Here are what the finished kick-panel pockets look like in my car, Gordon. Between these, the door pockets, and the real lockable glove box I have lots of storage inside now.
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Thanks, Lane. Very sophisticated. And it's surprising, the difference between a Beck and a CMC - Apples and Cumquats. I'm hoping to end up with something similar, just not extending that far forward. Once I'm in the seat and belted in, it difficult to reach that far forward, anyway. I'm just looking for some place to put my phone and/or mask, other than the passenger seat or in the CD slot mount.
Thanks
@Lane Anderson posted:At first I was a little disappointed that the Coupes were C instead of A, but that wore off quickly during development. Now I prefer the C, particularly sans bumpers. The front end wrapping under suits me and I really like the larger windows.
I think I’m kind of an outlier. I’ve always preferred the C, with the exception of my all-time favorite hard top 356: the Karman coupe.
What’s really funny, if you ever see a C and a 65 911/912 side by side at a show or something, is how similar they are. I think that’s one reason I prefer them.
Thanks for sharing Carey, i was just wondering the why and now I know.
It’s been 905 days in the making, and tomorrow the Speedster arrives. Here’s a little taste after she left Bremen this afternoon. Anyone want to take bets on how few hours I’ll actually sleep tonight…?
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@dlearl476 posted:15 minutes, 3 minutes at a time.
I may take the under if I’m honest. Interruptions split evenly between excitement and trepidation about whatever the Maryland DMV has in store for me.
@Sam Brown posted:I may take the under if I’m honest. Interruptions split evenly between excitement and trepidation about whatever the Maryland DMV has in store for me.
You shouldn’t have any problem with Carey’s paperwork. Remember: if one agent tells you no, go to another agent. 
It’s not that so much, I feel very prepared with all the paperwork. It’s that currently MD only allows DMV visits by appointment for Covid, and the next isn’t available until 9/15…. I did book it, but I’m going to head to a tag & title place tomorrow to try my luck and see what happens. Maybe they’ll even let me slip in with a historic registration…? That’s going to be my opening bid - wish me luck.
Good luck. It worked for me.
But being an out-of-state title transfer, you’ll more than likely need a VIN inspection. If MD still allows LEO’s to do those, you may be in luck. Many states no longer do and have special dmv offices that do it.
I lucked out, when I did mine, Utah still allowed manufacturers & dealers to do them so Carey filled mine out for me.
You’re in MD? You got historic registration at a tag & title place? Tell me your secrets??? How’d you phrase the pitch? This is amazing…
Keep in mind my usually successful opening line with anyone associated with the DMV
Dress neat, walk in with smile , greet the person in front of you asking " I hope that you can help me today " For whatever rational, it always works for me.
@Sam Brown posted:You’re in MD? You got historic registration at a tag & title place? Tell me your secrets??? How’d you phrase the pitch? This is amazing…
No, Utah. But I’ve played the title application/VIN inspection game in Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and New York.
Spoken as only the Soup Nazi can say, “NO SLEEP FOR YOU!!”
@Alan Merklin posted:Keep in mind my usually successful opening line with anyone associated with the DMV
Dress neat, walk in with smile , greet the person in front of you asking " I hope that you can help me today " For whatever rational, it always works for me.
Me, I adopted a tactic I learned from my dad: I tell them my life story up until the moment they called my ticket. By the time I get to the important part of the story their eyes are glazed over and they do whatever I want.
Saved me a $100 charge for lapsed insurance recently when I re-registered my 968. Apparently, my address change never processed when I moved back from NY, despite me registering it in Utah. So when I dropped the liability when I put it in storage in 2018, they sent the “Vehicle Off Road” warning letters to NY then cancelled my registration. I pled my case and the cashier dropped the $100 fine to get rid of me.
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@dlearl476 posted:.
...Behind a fresh, frame off 63 (?) Impala restoration...
It's a '62.
I didn't have to Google.
I was 13 years old, and becoming a man of the world. We were required to know all of the GM, Ford, and Chrysler products just from the tail light configuration.
At night, and from a distance of 100 yards.
The Bel Air had only two lights per side, and no aluminum trim plate.
The SS had that cool faux machining in the trim plate.
Already, we were learning that there are the haves and the have nots.
Chevy, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac.
In that order.
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@Sacto Mitch posted:I was 13 years old, and becoming a man of the world. We were required to know all of the GM, Ford, and Chrysler products just from the tail light configuration.
At night, and from a distance of 100 yards.
Mitch, you are showing your age - this is snippet is a relic of life in an America long gone.
"I was 13 years old, and becoming a man...". I'm struck by the fact that in today's America, 13 years old is about 1/3 of the way through a protracted childhood. I went to school with a farm kid who's dad died when he was a sophomore in HS. Junior and Senior year, Kurt missed a week (or two) of school in the spring to plant the crop, and the same in the fall to get it out. This was not unusual.
I started digging ditches and soldering "drops" for my dad the summer of my 12th year. My friend went to work swinging a hammer for his dad, and my other friends all detasseled corn from 5 AM to noon all summer long. Nobody expected anything that wasn't worked for.
We knew cars by their taillights as well. At one time I could tell a big-block from a small-block with the car driving by at 30 mph. All any of us wanted was to be men, and to operate such a machine, and to have a pretty girl in the right seat.
My kids were raised the same way. They stride as giants among their peers.
Well said, Stan, everything you said about youth then and now, except for the pretty girl in the right seat.
We wanted her snuggled right beside us, on that gigantic front bench seat, with our right arm around her shoulders, and us steering the car with our left. And her name was Peggy Sue.
Life could be so good.
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Stan, most of the time, I feel like I am a relic of an America long gone.
I'm sure my neighbors feel the same when they see me drive by in the Speedster.
And Bob's right, too.
Until I was 13, I didn't understand why these were so popular:
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