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What a cute couple!  You must be very proud of both of them, Phil.

I grew up in New England during the time when Dads dressed like bland, conservative, well... Dads, and they never expressed their feelings for pretty much anything.  If you wanted feelings, you went to your mother, (and maybe not even then, if you had my grandmother) - This is the home of the American Puritans and Lutherans, after all.  

I tried to be a little cooler and more expressive than that when I brought up my kids, but most of my flamboyancy was Disney related - watch, ties, shirts, hats, underwear, you name it.  But we went there a lot and you can be silly when everyone else around you is silly - It becomes infectious and easy to continue when you return home.

I found that silliness creeping into my everyday work life, and soon became "The Mickey Mouse Guy" (I always wore a tasteful Mickey tie or watch or dress shirt along with a nicely tailored suit) but along with that comes great responsibility to be better than those around you so that you can pull off the flamboyancy.  THAT is the key.  If you're the best person around at whatever it is that you do, you can easily become a flamboyant "character", and that included a few Meterosexuals, some of whom are still good friends today.  One guy used to be requested to meet with customers because of his deep expertise in Network attached Storage (trust me, that's a BIG DEAL for any IT manager, even today).  There would be a few askant looks when he arrived, but by the time he left everyone wanted his contact info.

So I guess the moral to this story is something from the African Journal on American Speech:

"You can't judge a book by its Binding".

Lane, I know you are sad to see the car packed up for the return trip to Carey.   This is such a special car haven been assembled by the SOC crew at Carlisle what---13 or 14 years ago?  It has such a legacy because of that.   Plus so many trips to Carlisle and thousands of happy miles making the trek.  I will miss that Speedster and hope that Beck gets it back to 100% and finds a new owner who will love it and who will take off where you left off with Carlisle trips plus Tail of the Dragon runs.  I know it's an inanimate object but for one, I will miss it.  I have followed that car a zillion miles up I-40!

When do you anticipate your coupe will be done?  I will be 79 tomorrow and am starting to lust for a coupe with all the creature comforts.  I hope it turns out to be a Beck 356 coupe too!!

See you at Carlisle pretty soon.  

Cal: I got cut off on a two-lane expressway merge with two nice curves in it.

Car went sideways when I swerved to avoid Infiniti QX-45. I steered into it at full lock, car slid across two lanes and front hit the guardrail. Then the car spun and back end hit the guardrail as well. I was wearing lap belt only, which kept me in the car. 

A few people stopped and said I was flopping around in there like a rag doll. I don't remember it, I blacked out upon first impact. Because it spun, my face didn't touch anything, but I got REALLY bad whiplash. Nothing broken at all. Cuts and bruises on arms, hands, and shoulders. I was out of work and going to PT for three months.

Doing well, sometimes the neck gets stiff and clicks, but I'm really lucky to be here and be in good shape. Which is one reason why I lobby for MORE than lap belts.........

calmotion posted:

@DannyP nice to hear all is well. I think most would want a shoulder belt if all possible and implementing it correctly sound like a challenge with our cars. 

@Lane Anderson mentioned it again for sure he will implement it in his coupe. 

Oh yeah, that’s a requirement.  Carey tells me it will be standard equipment.  The things they’re putting in the coupe are pretty incredible.

calmotion posted:

@chines1 would be good to get a kit for existing tubs to be able to add on. 

If you mean the mods for the seat belt, that’s not really possible on a Speedster with no B-pillar to work with.

I’m hoping to have Carey install the “Solitude Seats “ Lane found next winter (if I ordered now, I couldn’t get until June).

That has the “Tripps” device which supposedly gets the belts high enough over the shoulder.

We think that the seats will fit in a Beck, but need to verify the belt height.  I’ll be in Bremen on 4/6 to pick up Natalie and plan to take some measurements and compare to those on the Solitude seats to confirm height as it relates to my 5’10” carcass.

http://www.classiccarseats.com...ghtanddimensions.php

 

 

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