Sacrilege

I wonder... as l look at my speedster theres something about the lines, there rear seat, that really isn't a seat at all and cant legally be used anyway, so lve been messing with the idea of how to fill it in..GULP and have been thinking of forms some alloy.... flaring it a little, and covering with a synthetic sued l have to look like a ... well something like the pic including some mild humps behind each seat... maybe even hinging it to form a lockable compartment... tastefully of course... who'd like to comment ? is it sacrilege.. or artistic flare ?? (( be kind ))

Bill,
Do what you like. It's a f#*king replica!
Just don't paint it a copper color...;-)

"that really isn't a seat at all and cant legally be used anyway" - curious why you say that? Assume because no seat belt? Not that anyone over 3' tall would want to sit back there - I can't see how it be illegal? There are fiberglass covers made - with and without headrest humps. Check out the Hoopty!

https://www.speedsterowners.com/files/view.asp?sf=paininthebug&f=010411+rollback.jpg

Bill. If you ever take an extended trip in your Speedster, that space come in very handy for storage!

Dang, Wolfgang! Couldn't have linked to a more positive picture, huh? ;)
I'm digging the Bug-Out shot, though.
Bill, there are two things I would caution you about, if you're considering tonneau options that aren't removable; one, your shift coupler, the gadget that makes it possible to remove the gearbox without hauling the shifter out with it, is located right under that back 'seat.' You need access to that from time to time.
Second is storage. If you need to take a road trip, you'll need a place for a gym bag.

ice chest fits perfect, easy to reach too.

Terry it wont be copper bronze, ( but your car looks nice ) Wolfy I was setting it up like seats... kiddie seats...a lot of things we do aren't legal, my whole car isn't legal...

Troy, define an Extended Trip ? time or distance, I dont think I will drive it a long distance, but I may go to the pub for a long time... Cory good point about the inspection, was thinking of making it removable, and bob, your right its a great place for an ice chest... but dont want anyone stealing from it, you got to know, I'm in Australia and they steal the cork out of you bottle here
Great feedback thanks

Floods are going done and we can head of to New Zealand monday ... what a week

Maybe I should add.. brought another car 56 F100 or is that a truck and building my trike

www.unclebillsbikeshop.com.au

Uncle Bill:

Another Speedstah Guy here in Beaufort did a rear tonneau cover of fiberglass. No seat headrests or anything like that, just a hard cover that looks like a soft one, but it's detachable. It has some nicely discrete hood hold-down pins at the four corners. push down 1/8", remove the retainers (they're small pins, that's all) and lift it right off (along with the fire extinguisher mount between the seats). He made a buck of thin maple and fir wood strips, covered that with window screen, then wax paper and then glassed over that. Once cured he removed the wood stuff and sprayed gel coat on the outer surface, bondo'd the difficult bits and painted it with black crinkle finish to look like convertable top material. Looks mint.

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Cory ; mount a piece plexi betwixt yr 2 "humps" and voila , instant windblocker .

Oh yeah , theres the LOOPS too...

No mo windblown ha-- AW well mebbe someone will use the idea !

Here is are some pics of Desi's 'cabanaboy' outlaw with tonneau cover...

I've always thought that was one of the best tonneau covers I've ever seen.

My Doberman's got her eye on that spot!!!!

That's it! The missing element..... A doberman eared windblocker!

If you hold your arm over the window, allowing the oncoming wind to go up your sleeve and then let it escape out the back of your coat onto and over your doberman's ears, you've effectively have an "F" duct and will gain approximately 4.3 mph...

Got a tingle yet...?

Good one Dave! Unless they read that post in the newbie forum about F-ducts, there's probably a lot of head scratching going on right now.

I did get a tingle, Silver Bee Hive exhaust look waaaay coool !!!

Dave - it would truly be an F-fuct if the airstream entered my sleeve and exited out the back of my pants!! And if the top was up, we'd need an F-fan! 8-)

Jim, that would depend on how air tight your top is.....mine would be no problem! :-)

Troy, ....and click the link!!!

Boy, I sure had to read a long thread in "Newbies" before I found out what an F-Duct is! Still not sure why anyone would want to break a straight suck on a fast road. Did I read that right?

...maybe it meant 'fast suck on a straight road'? 8-)

MINOR HIJACK --

Desi, I just noticed the hinges on your decklid.
Where did they come from?

-- MINOR HIJACK COMPLETE

Bill,

I ran across this while researching a way to fill in the space behind my seats. They are available through Route 30 classics in Mosier, Oregon.

Their add states;
Speedster Headrest Cowl, for the 50's & 60's race look.

Do to the fact every Speedster & reproduction is slightly different, you will need to fabricate a simple L bracket for mounting. Nicely finished fiberglass, ready for paint. $299.00 541-478-2525
retrotech@gorge.net


Rich