Speedster project 50

Bugger...I knew it...

It would be easier to be in a big market like the USA there just seems to be so much more choice.  Good on you Alan. 

Speedster # 50: I did one person interested in me building it to their specs,  he bounced around thoughts & figures for three weeks, another person is in the UK now working on MOT requirements so that scenario will get too involved so with that in mind I decided to build it,  my way yet to be decided ... for Carlisle in May. Rolled the speedster into the garage Friday , with the help of a couple of neighbors, friends and my step son David Saturday AM, we lifted the FG body onto a pair of saw horses I had made and as per past speedster gatherings ( our Pennsylvania Pumpkin Runs) Connie made a great French Toast breakfast for everyone. I've cleaned the shortened chassis that has new floors, suspension and brakes in place, painted it "Henry Ford" black today. Tomorrow,  I'll replace shift rod bushing, check and repack the wheel bearings, hook up the E' brake cables and run a steel fuel line.

...and the hits just keep on comin'...

Hopefully that motor gets internally balanced and a nice FORGED and counter-weighted crank.

Has counterweight crank balanced rods and light flywheel as a rotational unit, mild port on the heads etc. I get the long block  back from the builder next week. Should scoot just fine.

Small cc engines are cool, I say, and so does this guy. 

While there is no replacement for displacement, one can massage quite a bit of scoot out of a smaller cc engine  " In goes the good air, out goes the bad " 

As long as your patient  

Alan Merklin posted:

While there is no replacement for displacement, one can massage quite a bit of scoot out of a smaller cc engine  " In goes the good air, out goes the bad " 

Yes, it's amazing, with a little bit of hotrodding (cam, carbs, exhaust, a little more compression), how much fun even a 1600, 1641 or 1688 cc engine can be. But everything that small engine does, a bigger engine does just that much better...

Speedster build update: Decided to build an Outlaw version idea that have been in my head for some time and additionally a combination of two Emory builds.  Picked up the freshly rebuilt & balanced 1641cc today .  Tomorrow morning the local crew stops by to set the body from the saw horses back onto the completed chassis then we'll  feed them Connie's famous Breakfast French Toast Casserole and Quiche' 

Speedster project # 50 update: Body is bolted on the chassis, caulked and sealed, column installed and windshield was dry fitted leaving the bottom aluminum cowl strip in place . OK  I have changed my mind from the Outlaw build. …. to better appeal to a larger market it will be a classic Speedster in Porsche Seal Grey, black carpet and a nice shade of red seats and door panels.   I still use my painter Tom in PA because he is crazy reasonable and does a two week turn around.  Snow forecast here is for 5" - 8" so to get there and back before the snow ..I was up at 4AM and on the road by 5AM dragging the Speedster with a VW tow bar for the first two hours in thick fog on a single lane mountainous road then a constant 75 mph on the interstate to PA. a minor 9 hour - 420 mile round trip saved me over half the other painters quoted me here. While the car is at paint I'll do final assembly on the fresh engine and a lot of misc. prepping Then I get to do another long day to go get it with a trailer.

The Outlaw build sounded interesting, hope you get to do it one day

Yeah, Alan....  You certainly have had enough “practice”!

How is it possible to loose a type 1 oil cooler in a 2.5 car garage? I've looked in, on below, above in between and behind everything.....it's officially declared as MIA . I 've come to the conclusion the trash men took it for a one way ride. I've gathered some funds A-gain...and as a last ditch effort I've called in the Brain Trust. 

Alan:

I checked my garage. It isn't here either. I did find a bumper I didn't know I still had though.

If you find it I'll bet there's a brass thingy nearby.

Lane I actually thought of just that !

Ed Erickson has it.