Did a 200 mile round trip to the coast and back with my girlfriend and the Speedster.
Beautiful redwoods and a nice beach, twisty mountain roads are great for this car, she's tuned to perfection. May not be the prettiest thing but man is she a turnkey piece of work, and the heater worked great ! More roadtrips soon!
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You know in the midst of all the "pretty ones" yours stands out as pretty perfect.
This looks like the Oregon coast. Was it ?.................Bruce
@aircooled posted:This looks like the Oregon coast. Was it ?.................Bruce
Fort Bragg, California
@WNGD posted:You know in the midst of all the "pretty ones" yours stands out as pretty perfect.
That patina is a work of art, Chris really nailed it with that paint job.
Rat Rods Rule !
@ilovespeedsters posted:That patina is a work of art, Chris really nailed it with that paint job.
Rat Rods Rule !
What ^^^he said^^^. It's a fresh take on the whole replica thing...
I love the fauxtina and think it looks absolutely legit. I wish I had the stones to try it on my Spyder build. There's a guy on the Spyderclub site who did something similar and it's just awesome.
He ordered this Vintage kit in July and got it running and driving by late September.
An absolute fiend.
Here in California, the sun baked patina look is a badge of honor.
Number one comment I get from random people is, "Don't ever paint it."
Dude, that car is just bad-a$$ at every level! Thanks for sharing those cool pics of your cruise to the coast. Here's wishing you many more miles of top-down cruising enjoyment. 
@ilovespeedsters posted:Did a 200 mile round trip to the coast and back with my girlfriend and the Speedster.
Beautiful redwoods and a nice beach, twisty mountain roads are great for this car, she's tuned to perfection. May not be the prettiest thing but man is she a turnkey piece of work, and the heater worked great ! More roadtrips soon!
Whew! At first, I read your trip comments and thought: "Your girlfriend's gonna kill you if she ever reads this post!" 
Then I looked at the photos and breathed a sigh of relief!
If you'd like a "tag along" for another trip before the rains hit (I'm not holding my breath on that happening soon), give me a holler.
@MusbJim posted:Dude, that car is just bad-a$$ at every level! Thanks for sharing those cool pics of your cruise to the coast. Here's wishing you many more miles of top-down cruising enjoyment.
Thanks !
This one lady yelled out :
"I love your Karmann Ghia !!"
@Napa Paul posted:Whew! At first, I read your trip comments and thought: "Your girlfriend's gonna kill you if she ever reads this post!"
Then I looked at the photos and breathed a sigh of relief!
If you'd like a "tag along" for another trip before the rains hit (I'm not holding my breath on that happening soon), give me a holler.
Are you going to that air cooled meetup at the Presidio in a few daze?
@Napa Paul posted:Whew! At first, I read your trip comments and thought: "Your girlfriend's gonna kill you if she ever reads this post!"
Then I looked at the photos and breathed a sigh of relief!
If you'd like a "tag along" for another trip before the rains hit (I'm not holding my breath on that happening soon), give me a holler.
Are you going to that air cooled meetup at the Presidio in a few daze? @ilovespeedsters
@Kevin - Bay Area lives in the Bay Area and might be up for this. 
I wasn’t aware of any air cooled event coming up. Could you share the details?
...next Sunday is a cool event in alameda in front of the USS Hornet. The old WWII ships make a great backdrop for a cars and coffee.
@Kevin - Bay Area posted:I wasn’t aware of any air cooled event coming up. Could you share the details?
...next Sunday is a cool event in alameda in front of the USS Hornet. The old WWII ships make a great backdrop for a cars and coffee.
The beach photos were taken at Little River, in front of Van Damme State Park, one of the most scenic areas in California, and a magnificent camping area. We got lots of abalone from there back when ships were wood and men were iron.
ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO ROUND UP/PICNIC HAS BEEN CANCELED
