The wait is over

Hi, Stu!

I am so very glad that you finally got the car of your dreams and I sincerely hope you have some decent driving season left there in Texas.  I love the color combo you chose - It’s absolutely beautiful

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That is one beautiful Speedster - well appointed and with excellent mechanicals.

If needs be, you can sit in it all winter, and make BRRMM noises...

@Stuman,

What an awesome car! The new Beck/Special Edition frame and suspension is the new highwater mark for what is possible. To see one in a speedster hits the sweet spot for a lot of us.

It's stupid-cool. I'd love to climb all over, under, and around to see how Carey and team did all that they did. In the absence of that as a possibility, please put up as many pictures as possible.

Well done!

Great looking car. I love the Special Edition crew and respect their high quality work. I hope you have many years of enjoyment from that sweet Speedster. I hope to see it at Carlisle whenever it is safe.

Gorgeous car Stu!  And like Stan, I'll look forward to 1 day getting a personal tour and in-depth inspection.  Al

PS- suspension pics?  You'll pull a wheel off for us, right?

Congratulations, Stu!  Now if they could just get the materials to finish mine.  Sheesh.

What?  No brass thingies available?

gorgeous car,,enjoy the ride,love the green..what color is it technically,,manufactuer stock color?

That is a beautiful car Stu. If there isn’t a driving season left in Texas you can ship the car to me in California. I’ll put on all the break in miles etc it needs so it’ll be ready for you come spring. Heck, I’ll even bring my trailer and get it myself. Lol

Love that it's on an oriental rug!

Stu what a great looking speedster, you will love the power and reliability of the EJ253. Same request as Stan would love to see more pictures of the underside would check a lot of boxes for me. Also check you oil often, ask me how I know.

@Stan Galat posted:

@Stuman,

What an awesome car! The new Beck/Special Edition frame and suspension is the new highwater mark for what is possible. To see one in a speedster hits the sweet spot for a lot of us.

It's stupid-cool. I'd love to climb all over, under, and around to see how Carey and team did all that they did. In the absence of that as a possibility, please put up as many pictures as possible.

Well done!

I have tons of pictures as I am sure I was emailing Carey every week asking for them for the past 3 years.  Here are some pics of the front suspension and steering that were taken along the way. 

This is just about the peak of the driving season here.  Highs in the low to mid 60's.  The color is called "Brewster Green".  It is a Porsche color that has been used on several different models over the years. 

From the first shots, it looks like the tunnel behind the seating area is pretty wide. Do you have any shots of that area when the car was under construction?

@Stan Galat posted:

From the first shots, it looks like the tunnel behind the seating area is pretty wide. Do you have any shots of that area when the car was under construction?

Like this?  I am not extremely mechanically inclined so I admit I don't really know what I'm looking at half of the time. 

Do you have a 5 speed?

Beautiful Stu.  Happy Driving!

As as for the SAS/Special Editions thing, I like to think of "setbacks" like that as the universe looking out for us. I can't speak to the quality of an SAS build, but I know you'll be happy with Carey et al's craftsmanship.

In the early 90's, I put a deposit down on a CMC Speedster just as they started experiencing their "troubles."  I fretted over it but then I got a killer job that took me on the road for 15 years, time I would have been paying storage on the unfinished kit, only to end up selling the "project" at a loss (to one of these guys, probably) I cut my loses and moved on. Fast forward 20 years and I bought a (mostly) finished Spyder and I haven't looked back.

@Joe Fortino posted:

Do you have a 5 speed?

20 bucks says he does. It's a Subaru 5 speed, as well.

Stupid-cool.

Congrats and officially welcome!  What a beautiful Speedster......and it's green!  Another member of the Grün Gruppe.